The Absent One: Audiobook
Book 2 of the A Department Q Novel series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Absent One runs 14.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Steven Pacey (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.2 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Department Q Novel
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 15.6 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 163.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Keeper of Lost Causes | 15.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Absent One | 14.2 hrs |
| 3 | A Conspiracy of Faith | 15.5 hrs |
| 4 | The Purity of Vengeance: A Department Q Novel | 14.1 hrs |
| 5 | The Marco Effect: A Department Q Novel | 15.3 hrs |
| 6 | The Hanging Girl: A Department Q Novel | 15.6 hrs |
| 7 | The Scarred Woman | 14.4 hrs |
| 8 | Victim 2117: A Department Q Novel | 14.3 hrs |
| 9 | The Shadow Murders: A Department Q Novel | 13.2 hrs |
| 10 | Locked In: A Department Q Novel | 16.3 hrs |
| 11 | No Song for the Dead: A Department Q Novel | 14.9 hrs |
More narrated by Steven Pacey
Steven Pacey narrates 71 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 745 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,127 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
The Absent One is book 2 of Jussi Adler-Olsen's A Department Q Novel series: a 14.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Steven Pacey, released August 21, 2012, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Steven Pacey
- Released
- August 21, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- A Department Q Novel #2
- ISBN
- 9781101579336
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Absent One as an audiobook?
The Absent One runs 14.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.
Is The Absent One free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Absent One?
The Absent One is narrated by Steven Pacey.
Is The Absent One worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.7 hours.