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The City of Shadows by Michael Russell

The City of Shadows: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The City of Shadows runs 12.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Conor Delaney (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.4listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The City of Shadows at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

2,818 Historical (Fiction) 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 City of Shadows is an audiobook by Michael Russell: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Conor Delaney, released November 7, 2012, on the Historical (Fiction) and Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.4 hrs
Narrated by
Conor Delaney
Released
November 7, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Mystery, Thriller & Horror
ISBN
9780007496792

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The City of Shadows as an audiobook?

The City of Shadows runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.

Is The City of Shadows free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The City of Shadows?

The City of Shadows is narrated by Conor Delaney.

Is The City of Shadows worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.1 hours.