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The Reluctant Sheriff by Chris Offutt

The Reluctant Sheriff: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Mick Hardin Novels series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Reluctant Sheriff runs 6.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jeff Harding (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.9listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Reluctant Sheriff 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 6.9 hours, it is shorter than 72% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Jeff Harding

Jeff Harding narrates 206 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,244 hours in all.

All Jeff Harding audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Suspense shelf

1,541 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 Reluctant Sheriff is book 4 of Chris Offutt's Mick Hardin Novels series: a 6.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Jeff Harding, released May 22, 2025, on the Suspense shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.9 hrs
Narrated by
Jeff Harding
Released
May 22, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense
Series
The Mick Hardin Novels #4
ISBN
9781004201358

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Reluctant Sheriff as an audiobook?

The Reluctant Sheriff runs 6.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.

Is The Reluctant Sheriff free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Reluctant Sheriff?

The Reluctant Sheriff is narrated by Jeff Harding.