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The Silent Ones by Anna McPartlin

The Silent Ones: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Mary Shea Murders series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Silent Ones runs 10.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Aoife McMahon (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.3listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Silent Ones at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,170 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 Silent Ones is book 1 of Anna McPartlin's Mary Shea Murders series: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Aoife McMahon, released September 5, 2025, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.3 hrs
Narrated by
Aoife McMahon
Released
September 5, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
The Mary Shea Murders #1
ISBN
9781004213894

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Silent Ones as an audiobook?

The Silent Ones runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.

Is The Silent Ones free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Silent Ones?

The Silent Ones is narrated by Aoife McMahon.

Is The Silent Ones worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.