Child of the Shadows: Audiobook
Book 15 of the Maria Wern series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Child of the Shadows audiobook runs 10.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Sofia Engstrand (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.4 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Maria Wern
This is book 15. Books 1 to 14 run 157.3 hours before it; books 1 to 22 run 243.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Speechless God | 8.8 hrs |
| 2 | All the Tranquil Dead | 11.3 hrs |
| 3 | May Death Sleep | 10.7 hrs |
| 4 | The Silver Crown | 10.8 hrs |
| 5 | Dreams from Snow | 11.9 hrs |
| 6 | Black Butterfly | 13.2 hrs |
| 7 | Strange Bird | 11.6 hrs |
| 8 | Boy Missing | 12.4 hrs |
| 9 | Not even the past | 11.9 hrs |
| 10 | Not Until the Giver is Dead | 11.9 hrs |
| 11 | Killer's Island | 12 hrs |
| 12 | The Eternal Flame of Alchemy | 11.2 hrs |
More narrated by Sofia Engstrand
Sofia Engstrand narrates 125 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,326 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,896 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
Child of the Shadows is book 15 of Anna Jansson's Maria Wern series: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Sofia Engstrand, released August 4, 2025, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sofia Engstrand
- Released
- August 4, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Maria Wern #15
- ISBN
- 9789180440127
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Child of the Shadows audiobook?
Child of the Shadows runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is the Child of the Shadows audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Child of the Shadows?
Child of the Shadows is narrated by Sofia Engstrand.
Is Child of the Shadows worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.