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Taking the Fifth by J.A. Jance

Taking the Fifth: Audiobook

Book 4 of the J. P. Beaumont series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Taking the Fifth audiobook runs 7.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Gene Engene (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.7listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2004released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Taking the Fifth at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.7 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Suspense shelf

2,196 Suspense 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

Taking the Fifth is book 4 of J.A. Jance's J. P. Beaumont series: a 7.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Gene Engene, released January 15, 2004, on the Suspense shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.7 hrs
Narrated by
Gene Engene
Released
January 15, 2004
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense
Series
J. P. Beaumont #4
ISBN
9781581163568

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Taking the Fifth audiobook?

Taking the Fifth runs 7.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.

Is the Taking the Fifth audiobook free?

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Who narrates Taking the Fifth?

Taking the Fifth is narrated by Gene Engene.