
Punishment: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Detective Barnes series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Punishment audiobook runs 8.2 hours unabridged, narrated by JD Jackson (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.2 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Detective Barnes
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 17.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punishment | 8.2 hrs |
| 2 | Machine City | 9 hrs |
More narrated by JD Jackson
JD Jackson narrates 145 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,287 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,441 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
- Open Season
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- The People vs. Alex Cross
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Punishment is book 1 of Scott J. Holliday's Detective Barnes series: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by JD Jackson, released February 1, 2018, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- JD Jackson
- Released
- February 1, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Detective Barnes #1
- ISBN
- 9781543640199
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Punishment audiobook?
Punishment runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
Is the Punishment audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Punishment?
Punishment is narrated by JD Jackson.