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The Silk Code by Deborah Swift

The Silk Code: Audiobook

Book 1 of the WW2 Secret Agent series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Silk Code runs 12.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Eilidh Beaton (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.1listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Silk Code at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 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 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on WW2 Secret Agent Series

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 24.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Silk Code12.1 hrs
2The Shadow Network12 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,045 Historical (Fiction) 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 Silk Code is book 1 of Deborah Swift's WW2 Secret Agent series: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Eilidh Beaton, released May 26, 2023, on the Historical (Romance) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.1 hrs
Narrated by
Eilidh Beaton
Released
May 26, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Romance), Historical (Fiction), Contemporary Women
Series
WW2 Secret Agent Series #1
ISBN
9780008586799

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Silk Code as an audiobook?

The Silk Code runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.

Is The Silk Code free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Silk Code?

The Silk Code is narrated by Eilidh Beaton.

Is The Silk Code worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4 hours.