While Drowning in the Desert: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Neal Carey Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the While Drowning in the Desert audiobook runs 3.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Joe Barrett (about 2.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 3.9 hours, it is shorter than 92% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Neal Carey Mysteries
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 39.1 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 43 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Cool Breeze on the Underground | 9.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Trail to Buddha’s Mirror | 12.1 hrs |
| 3 | Way Down on the High Lonely | 9.3 hrs |
| 4 | A Long Walk up the Water Slide | 7.7 hrs |
| 5 | While Drowning in the Desert | 3.9 hrs |
More narrated by Joe Barrett
Joe Barrett narrates 394 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,244 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
317 Police & Detective 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
While Drowning in the Desert is book 5 of Don Winslow's Neal Carey Mysteries series: a 3.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Joe Barrett, released December 5, 2023, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joe Barrett
- Released
- December 5, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Neal Carey Mysteries #5
- ISBN
- 9798200706716
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the While Drowning in the Desert audiobook?
While Drowning in the Desert runs 3.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.6 hours.
Is the While Drowning in the Desert audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates While Drowning in the Desert?
While Drowning in the Desert is narrated by Joe Barrett.