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The Contrary Blues by John Billheimer

The Contrary Blues: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Contrary Blues runs 7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jerry Sciarrio (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2003released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Contrary Blues at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day14 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 7 hours, it is shorter than 72% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Suspense shelf

1,606 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

The Contrary Blues is an audiobook by John Billheimer: a 7-hour unabridged recording, read by Jerry Sciarrio, released June 15, 2003, on the Suspense shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7 hrs
Narrated by
Jerry Sciarrio
Released
June 15, 2003
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense
ISBN
9781581167351

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Contrary Blues as an audiobook?

The Contrary Blues runs 7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.

Is The Contrary Blues free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Contrary Blues?

The Contrary Blues is narrated by Jerry Sciarrio.