The Shirt on His Back: Audiobook
Book 10 of the Benjamin January Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shirt on His Back runs 9.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ron Butler (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.4 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 53,570 Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Benjamin January Mysteries
This is book 10. Books 1 to 9 run 107.2 hours before it; books 1 to 12 run 136 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Free Man of Color | 11.7 hrs |
| 2 | Fever Season | 12.6 hrs |
| 3 | Graveyard Dust | 12.9 hrs |
| 4 | Sold Down the River | 13 hrs |
| 5 | Die upon a Kiss | 14.1 hrs |
| 6 | Wet Grave | 10.9 hrs |
| 7 | Days of the Dead | 12.4 hrs |
| 8 | Dead Water | 10.2 hrs |
| 9 | Dead and Buried | 9.4 hrs |
| 10 | The Shirt on His Back | 9.4 hrs |
| 11 | Ran Away | 9.5 hrs |
| 12 | Good Man Friday | 10 hrs |
More narrated by Ron Butler
Ron Butler narrates 349 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,989 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf
13,158 Mystery, Thriller & Horror 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 Shirt on His Back is book 10 of Barbara Hambly's Benjamin January Mysteries series: a 9.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Ron Butler, released September 14, 2021, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ron Butler
- Released
- September 14, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- The Benjamin January Mysteries #10
- ISBN
- 9781799922735
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shirt on His Back as an audiobook?
The Shirt on His Back runs 9.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is The Shirt on His Back free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Shirt on His Back?
The Shirt on His Back is narrated by Ron Butler.