The Secret Speech: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Child 44 series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Secret Speech runs 11 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 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 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Child 44 Trilogy
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 12.4 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 36.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Child 44 | 12.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Secret Speech | 11 hrs |
| 3 | Agent 6 | 13 hrs |
More narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris
Dennis Boutsikaris narrates 87 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 920 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,517 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2022 recording read by Jamie Parker runs 1.8 hours longer (12.8 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 Secret Speech is book 2 of Tom Rob Smith's Child 44 series: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Dennis Boutsikaris, released May 19, 2009, on the Historical (Fiction) and Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dennis Boutsikaris
- Released
- May 19, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- The Child 44 Trilogy #2
- ISBN
- 9781600245787
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Secret Speech as an audiobook?
The Secret Speech runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is The Secret Speech free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Secret Speech?
The Secret Speech is narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris.
Is The Secret Speech worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.