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A Shimmer of Red by Valerie Wilson Wesley

A Shimmer of Red: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Odessa Jones Mystery series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Shimmer of Red runs 7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Diana Blue (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Shimmer of Red at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day14 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 7 hours, it is shorter than 72% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Odessa Jones Mystery

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 15.1 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 22.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1A Glimmer of Death7.5 hrs
2A Fatal Glow7.6 hrs
3A Shimmer of Red7 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

3,634 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

A Shimmer of Red is book 3 of Valerie Wilson Wesley's Odessa Jones Mystery series: a 7-hour unabridged recording, read by Diana Blue, released July 25, 2023, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7 hrs
Narrated by
Diana Blue
Released
July 25, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
Series
Odessa Jones Mystery #3
ISBN
9798765077269

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Shimmer of Red as an audiobook?

A Shimmer of Red runs 7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.

Is A Shimmer of Red free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Shimmer of Red?

A Shimmer of Red is narrated by Diana Blue.