The Key: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Ruin series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Key runs 11.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.1 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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- Dune Messiah: Book Two in the Dune Chronicles
- Fire & Blood (HBO Tie-in Edition): 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones
- The House in the Woods
- The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
2,671 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Wife Between Us
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Other recordings
- The 2012 recording read by Jonathan Keeble runs 0.8 hours longer (11.9 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 Key is book 2 of Simon Toyne's Ruin series: a 11.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released June 19, 2012, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- June 19, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Ruin Trilogy #2
- ISBN
- 9780062189530
How to listen to The Key free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Key as an audiobook?
The Key runs 11.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.
Is The Key free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Key?
The Key is narrated by Simon Vance.
Is The Key worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.