Short Straw: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Ed Eagle Novel series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Short Straw audiobook runs 6.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Kramer (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.8 hours, it is shorter than 83% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Ed Eagle Novel
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 22.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Short Straw | 6.8 hrs |
| 2 | Santa Fe Dead | 8.1 hrs |
| 3 | Santa Fe Edge | 7.9 hrs |
More narrated by Michael Kramer
Michael Kramer narrates 226 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,186 hours in all.
About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf
231 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- 3rd Degree
- The Beach House
- The 8th Confession
- The 17th Suspect
- Beach Road
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
Short Straw is book 1 of Stuart Woods's Ed Eagle Novel series: a 6.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Kramer, released October 9, 2006, on the Legal & Political shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Kramer
- Released
- October 9, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Legal & Political
- Series
- Ed Eagle Novel #1
- ISBN
- 9781429586344
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Short Straw audiobook?
Short Straw runs 6.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.
Is the Short Straw audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Short Straw?
Short Straw is narrated by Michael Kramer.