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Shades of Mercy by Bruce Borgos

Shades of Mercy: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Sheriff Porter Beck series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shades of Mercy audiobook runs 10.4 hours unabridged, narrated by James Babson (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.4listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Shades of Mercy at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.4 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Sheriff Porter Beck

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 30.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Bitter Past: A Mystery10 hrs
2Shades of Mercy10.4 hrs
3The Blue Horse10.1 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,057 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

Shades of Mercy is book 2 of Bruce Borgos's Sheriff Porter Beck series: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by James Babson, released July 16, 2024, on the Police & Detective and Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.4 hrs
Narrated by
James Babson
Released
July 16, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Fiction
Series
Sheriff Porter Beck #2
ISBN
9781705095140

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Shades of Mercy audiobook?

Shades of Mercy runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.

Is the Shades of Mercy audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Shades of Mercy?

Shades of Mercy is narrated by James Babson.

Is Shades of Mercy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.5 hours.