The Echo: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Echo runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Prebble (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Prebble
Simon Prebble narrates 258 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,739 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,360 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Dark Places
- The Black Echo
- The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1)
- Winterkill
- The Thursday Murder Club
Other recordings
- The 2024 recording read by Simon Prebble runs 1.4 hours shorter (11.1 hours).
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 Echo is an audiobook by Minette Walters: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Prebble, released August 26, 2011, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Prebble
- Released
- August 26, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- ISBN
- 9781461812760
How to listen to The Echo free
New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.
Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.
Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Echo as an audiobook?
The Echo runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is The Echo free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Echo?
The Echo is narrated by Simon Prebble.
Is The Echo worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.