Direct Action: Audiobook
Book 23 of the Spider Shepherd series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Direct Action audiobook runs 12.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Paul Thornley (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Paul Thornley
Paul Thornley narrates 132 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,372 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
1,696 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Wife Between Us
- Local Woman Missing
- The Whistler
- The Judge's List
- The Terminal List
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
Direct Action is book 23 of Stephen Leather's Spider Shepherd series: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Thornley, released June 25, 2026, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Thornley
- Released
- June 25, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Spider Shepherd #23
- ISBN
- 9781444861938
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Direct Action audiobook?
Direct Action runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is the Direct Action audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Direct Action?
Direct Action is narrated by Paul Thornley.
Is Direct Action worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.