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The Hearing by John Lescroart

The Hearing: Audiobook

Book 7 of the Dismas Hardy series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hearing runs 15 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Lawrence (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15listening hrs
Legal & Politicalstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15 hours of listening.

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2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 15 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 919 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf

85 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Hearing is book 7 of John Lescroart's Dismas Hardy series: a 15-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Lawrence, released May 16, 2017, on the Legal & Political shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
15 hrs
Narrated by
Robert Lawrence
Released
May 16, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Legal & Political
Series
Dismas Hardy Series #7
ISBN
9781543613049

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Hearing as an audiobook?

The Hearing runs 15 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.

Is The Hearing free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Hearing?

The Hearing is narrated by Robert Lawrence.

Is The Hearing worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.