A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination runs 23.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Petkoff (about 15.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 23.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 48 days |
| 1 hour / day | 24 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 16 days |
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What our data says
- At 23.7 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robert Petkoff
Robert Petkoff narrates 385 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,502 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
156 The Americas 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
A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination is an audiobook by Philip Shenon: a 23.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Petkoff, released October 29, 2013, on the The Americas and Law & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 23.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Petkoff
- Released
- October 29, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Law & Politics
- ISBN
- 9781427228901
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination as an audiobook?
A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination runs 23.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.8 hours.
Is A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination?
A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination is narrated by Robert Petkoff.
Is A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.8 hours, saving 7.9 hours.