Special Counsel: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Adam Drake series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Special Counsel audiobook runs 8.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Shawn Rigby (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.1 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Adam Drake Series
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 31.8 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 39.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Assassin's List | 8 hrs |
| 2 | Oath to Defend | 8.5 hrs |
| 3 | Dark Trojan | 7.8 hrs |
| 4 | Call It Treason | 7.5 hrs |
| 5 | Special Counsel | 8.1 hrs |
More narrated by Shawn Rigby
Shawn Rigby narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 70 hours in all.
About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf
421 Legal & Political 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
Special Counsel is book 5 of Scott Matthews's Adam Drake series: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Shawn Rigby, released September 9, 2026, on the Legal & Political shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Shawn Rigby
- Released
- September 9, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Legal & Political
- Series
- The Adam Drake Series #5
- ISBN
- 9781004252138
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Special Counsel audiobook?
Special Counsel runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
Is the Special Counsel audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Special Counsel?
Special Counsel is narrated by Shawn Rigby.