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The Long Silence by Gerard O'Donovan

The Long Silence: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Long Silence runs 9.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gerry O'brien (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.4listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Long Silence at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.4 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,987 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 Long Silence is an audiobook by Gerard O'Donovan: a 9.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Gerry O'brien, released September 1, 2018, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.4 hrs
Narrated by
Gerry O'brien
Released
September 1, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
ISBN
9781445075563

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Long Silence as an audiobook?

The Long Silence runs 9.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.

Is The Long Silence free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Long Silence?

The Long Silence is narrated by Gerry O'brien.