Risk Factor: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Buddy Steel Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Risk Factor audiobook runs 4.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Alex Knox (about 3.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 4.6 hours, it is shorter than 90% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Buddy Steel Mystery
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 15.8 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 25.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Missing Persons: A Buddy Steel Mystery | 4.7 hrs |
| 2 | One on One | 5.8 hrs |
| 3 | Wild Card | 5.2 hrs |
| 4 | Risk Factor | 4.6 hrs |
| 5 | Death Threat | 5.1 hrs |
More narrated by Alex Knox
Alex Knox narrates 191 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,791 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
734 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
Risk Factor is book 4 of Michael Brandman's Buddy Steel Mystery series: a 4.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Alex Knox, released February 23, 2026, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alex Knox
- Released
- February 23, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Buddy Steel Mystery #4
- ISBN
- 9798331970604
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Risk Factor audiobook?
Risk Factor runs 4.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.1 hours.
Is the Risk Factor audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Risk Factor?
Risk Factor is narrated by Alex Knox.