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The Recruit by Alan Drew

The Recruit: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Recruit runs 13.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Deakins (about 8.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.3listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Recruit at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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

What our data says

  • At 13.3 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

1,702 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 Recruit is an audiobook by Alan Drew: a 13.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Deakins, released June 14, 2022, on the Police & Detective and Legal & Political shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.3 hrs
Narrated by
Mark Deakins
Released
June 14, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Legal & Political
ISBN
9780593605981

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Recruit as an audiobook?

The Recruit runs 13.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.9 hours.

Is The Recruit free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Recruit?

The Recruit is narrated by Mark Deakins.

Is The Recruit worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.9 hours, saving 4.4 hours.