Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins audiobook runs 19.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Annie Jacobsen (about 12.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 39 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 days |
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What our data says
- At 19.1 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 3,098 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Annie Jacobsen
Annie Jacobsen narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 174 hours in all.
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Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins is an audiobook by Annie Jacobsen: a 19.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Annie Jacobsen, released May 14, 2019, on the Military (History) and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Annie Jacobsen
- Released
- May 14, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History), The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781478993353
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins audiobook?
Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins runs 19.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.8 hours.
Is the Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins audiobook free?
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Who narrates Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins?
Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins is narrated by Annie Jacobsen.
Is Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.8 hours, saving 6.4 hours.