The Vatican Secret: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Joe Mason series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Vatican Secret runs 13 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Damian Lynch (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Joe Mason
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 62.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Vatican Secret | 13 hrs |
| 2 | The Demon Code | 10.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Midnight Conspiracy | 9.7 hrs |
| 4 | The Babylon Plot | 9.9 hrs |
| 5 | The Traitor’s Gold | 10.4 hrs |
| 6 | The Angel Deception | 9 hrs |
More narrated by Damian Lynch
Damian Lynch narrates 68 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 939 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
834 Action & Adventure (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 Vatican Secret is book 1 of David Leadbeater's Joe Mason series: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Damian Lynch, released March 3, 2022, on the Espionage and Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13 hrs
- Narrated by
- Damian Lynch
- Released
- March 3, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Espionage, Action & Adventure (Fiction), Westerns & War
- Series
- Joe Mason #1
- ISBN
- 9780008471132
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Vatican Secret as an audiobook?
The Vatican Secret runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.
Is The Vatican Secret free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Vatican Secret?
The Vatican Secret is narrated by Damian Lynch.
Is The Vatican Secret worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.3 hours.