A Killing in the Hills: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Bell Elkins series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Killing in the Hills runs 12.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Shannon McManus (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.6 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 12.6 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Bell Elkins
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 35.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Killing in the Hills | 12.6 hrs |
| 2 | Bitter River | 12 hrs |
| 3 | Summer of the Dead | 10.9 hrs |
More narrated by Shannon McManus
Shannon McManus narrates 109 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 977 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,281 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Dark Places
- The Black Echo
- The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1)
- Winterkill
- The Thursday Murder Club
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 Killing in the Hills is book 1 of Julia Keller's Bell Elkins series: a 12.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Shannon McManus, released August 21, 2012, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Shannon McManus
- Released
- August 21, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Bell Elkins #1
- ISBN
- 9781469216447
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Killing in the Hills as an audiobook?
A Killing in the Hills runs 12.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is A Killing in the Hills free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Killing in the Hills?
A Killing in the Hills is narrated by Shannon McManus.
Is A Killing in the Hills worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.