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The Hostage: A Presidential Agent Novel by W.E.B. Griffin

The Hostage: A Presidential Agent Novel: Audiobook

Book 2 of the A Presidential Agent Novel series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hostage: A Presidential Agent Novel runs 17.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dick Hill (about 11.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.6listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2006released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Hostage: A Presidential Agent Novel at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day36 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 17.6 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

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Dick Hill narrates 355 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,167 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Suspense shelf

327 Suspense 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 Hostage: A Presidential Agent Novel is book 2 of W.E.B. Griffin's A Presidential Agent Novel series: a 17.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Dick Hill, released January 3, 2006, on the Suspense shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.6 hrs
Narrated by
Dick Hill
Released
January 3, 2006
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense
Series
A Presidential Agent Novel #2
ISBN
9781597371230

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Hostage: A Presidential Agent Novel as an audiobook?

The Hostage: A Presidential Agent Novel runs 17.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.7 hours.

Is The Hostage: A Presidential Agent Novel free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Hostage: A Presidential Agent Novel?

The Hostage: A Presidential Agent Novel is narrated by Dick Hill.

Is The Hostage: A Presidential Agent Novel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.7 hours, saving 5.9 hours.