The Best Defense: A Barbara Holloway Novel: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Barbara Holloway Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Best Defense: A Barbara Holloway Novel runs 11.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Anna Fields (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.1 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Barbara Holloway Mysteries
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 15.4 hours before it; books 1 to 14 run 167.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death Qualified: A Mystery of Chaos | 15.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Best Defense: A Barbara Holloway Novel | 11.1 hrs |
| 3 | Malice Prepense | 15.8 hrs |
| 4 | Defense for the Devil | 13 hrs |
| 5 | No Defense | 11.9 hrs |
| 6 | Desperate Measures | 13.1 hrs |
| 7 | Clear and Convincing Proof | 8.3 hrs |
| 8 | The Unbidden Truth | 11.1 hrs |
| 9 | Sleight of Hand: A Barbara Holloway Mystery | 10.1 hrs |
| 10 | A Wrongful Death | 9.5 hrs |
| 11 | Cold Case | 10 hrs |
| 12 | Heaven Is High: A Barbara Holloway Novel | 8.9 hrs |
More narrated by Anna Fields
Anna Fields narrates 132 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,439 hours in all.
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- Sweetwater Creek
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About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,072 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
The Best Defense: A Barbara Holloway Novel is book 2 of Kate Wilhelm's Barbara Holloway Mysteries series: a 11.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Anna Fields, released June 24, 2005, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Anna Fields
- Released
- June 24, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Suspense
- Series
- The Barbara Holloway Mysteries #2
- ISBN
- 9781481599269
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Best Defense: A Barbara Holloway Novel as an audiobook?
The Best Defense: A Barbara Holloway Novel runs 11.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.
Is The Best Defense: A Barbara Holloway Novel free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Best Defense: A Barbara Holloway Novel?
The Best Defense: A Barbara Holloway Novel is narrated by Anna Fields.
Is The Best Defense: A Barbara Holloway Novel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.