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The Detective's Secret by Lesley Thomson

The Detective's Secret: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Detective's Daughter series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Detective's Secret runs 13.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Paul Ansdell (about 9.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.7listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Detective's Secret at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 13.7 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Detective's Daughter

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 31.2 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 73.6 hours in all.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

1,373 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 Detective's Secret is book 3 of Lesley Thomson's Detective's Daughter series: a 13.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Ansdell, released November 1, 2016, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.7 hrs
Narrated by
Paul Ansdell
Released
November 1, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Detective's Daughter #3
ISBN
9781666589887

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Detective's Secret as an audiobook?

The Detective's Secret runs 13.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.2 hours.

Is The Detective's Secret free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Detective's Secret?

The Detective's Secret is narrated by Paul Ansdell.

Is The Detective's Secret worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.2 hours, saving 4.6 hours.