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Scandal in Babylon by Barbara Hambly

Scandal in Babylon: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Silver Screen Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Scandal in Babylon audiobook runs 9.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Pilar Witherspoon (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.6listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.6 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 9.6 hours, it runs longer than 67% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Silver Screen Mysteries

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 19.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Scandal in Babylon9.6 hrs
2One Extra Corpse9.5 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,838 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

Scandal in Babylon is book 1 of Barbara Hambly's Silver Screen Mysteries series: a 9.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Pilar Witherspoon, released September 7, 2021, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.6 hrs
Narrated by
Pilar Witherspoon
Released
September 7, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Silver Screen Mysteries #1
ISBN
9781705048757

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Scandal in Babylon audiobook?

Scandal in Babylon runs 9.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.

Is the Scandal in Babylon audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Scandal in Babylon?

Scandal in Babylon is narrated by Pilar Witherspoon.