The Secrets of Life and Death: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Jackdaw Hammond series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Secrets of Life and Death runs 11.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Slater and India Fisher (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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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 72% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Slater
Simon Slater narrates 54 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 570 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,807 Fantasy 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 Secrets of Life and Death is book 1 of Rebecca Alexander's Jackdaw Hammond series: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Slater and India Fisher, released October 10, 2013, on the Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Slater, India Fisher
- Released
- October 10, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy
- Series
- Jackdaw Hammond #1
- ISBN
- 9781473500679
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Secrets of Life and Death as an audiobook?
The Secrets of Life and Death runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is The Secrets of Life and Death free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Secrets of Life and Death?
The Secrets of Life and Death is narrated by Simon Slater and India Fisher.
Is The Secrets of Life and Death worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.