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The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen

The Professionals: Audiobook

Book 1 of the A Stevens and Windermere Novel series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Professionals runs 11.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.7listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Professionals at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on A Stevens and Windermere Novel

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 33.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Professionals11.7 hrs
2Criminal Enterprise10.3 hrs
3Kill Fee11.3 hrs

More narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

Edoardo Ballerini narrates 448 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,500 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

3,271 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 Professionals is book 1 of Owen Laukkanen's A Stevens and Windermere Novel series: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Edoardo Ballerini, released March 29, 2012, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.7 hrs
Narrated by
Edoardo Ballerini
Released
March 29, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Suspense
Series
A Stevens and Windermere Novel #1
ISBN
9781101538739

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Professionals as an audiobook?

The Professionals runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.

Is The Professionals free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Professionals?

The Professionals is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.

Is The Professionals worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.