The Defendants: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Thaddeus Murfee series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Defendants runs 8.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Adam Verner (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.2 hours, it is shorter than 72% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Thaddeus Murfee
This is book 1. Books 1 to 10 run 82.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Defendants | 8.2 hrs |
| 2 | Beyond A Reasonable Death | 9.2 hrs |
| 3 | Attorney at Large | 8.5 hrs |
| 4 | Chase, the Bad Baby | 7 hrs |
| 5 | Defending Turquoise | 8.7 hrs |
| 6 | The Mental Case | 8.2 hrs |
| 7 | The Girl Who Wrote The New York Times Bestseller | 8 hrs |
| 8 | The Trial Lawyer | 8.3 hrs |
| 9 | The Near Death Experience | 9.4 hrs |
| 10 | Flagstaff Station | 6.9 hrs |
More narrated by Adam Verner
Adam Verner narrates 591 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,882 hours in all.
About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf
443 Legal & Political 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 Defendants is book 1 of John Ellsworth's Thaddeus Murfee series: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Adam Verner, released May 20, 2025, on the Legal & Political shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Adam Verner
- Released
- May 20, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Legal & Political
- Series
- Thaddeus Murfee #1
- ISBN
- 9798331924164
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Defendants as an audiobook?
The Defendants runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is The Defendants free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Defendants?
The Defendants is narrated by Adam Verner.