A Death in Summer: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Quirke series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Death in Summer runs 9.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Keating (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.8 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 53,570 Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Quirke
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 26.8 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 65 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christine Falls | 9.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Silver Swan | 8.8 hrs |
| 3 | Elegy for April | 8.5 hrs |
| 4 | A Death in Summer | 9.8 hrs |
| 5 | Vengeance | 9.9 hrs |
| 6 | Holy Orders: A Quirke Novel | 9.7 hrs |
| 7 | Even the Dead: A Quirke Mystery | 8.8 hrs |
More narrated by John Keating
John Keating narrates 176 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,982 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf
13,029 Mystery, Thriller & Horror 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
A Death in Summer is book 4 of Benjamin Black's Quirke series: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by John Keating, released July 5, 2011, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Keating
- Released
- July 5, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- Quirke #4
- ISBN
- 9781427212382
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Death in Summer as an audiobook?
A Death in Summer runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is A Death in Summer free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Death in Summer?
A Death in Summer is narrated by John Keating.