A Simple Act of Violence: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Simple Act of Violence runs 18.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kevin Kenerly (about 12.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 37 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 18.4 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kevin Kenerly
Kevin Kenerly narrates 154 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,520 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
233 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Gone Girl
- The Good Daughter
- Apples Never Fall
- Killing Floor
- False Witness
Other recordings
- The 2009 recording read by Alan Nebelthau runs 0.3 hours longer (18.7 hours).
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 Simple Act of Violence is an audiobook by R. J. Ellory: a 18.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Kevin Kenerly, released August 3, 2011, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kevin Kenerly
- Released
- August 3, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- ISBN
- 9781483076768
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Simple Act of Violence as an audiobook?
A Simple Act of Violence runs 18.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.3 hours.
Is A Simple Act of Violence free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Simple Act of Violence?
A Simple Act of Violence is narrated by Kevin Kenerly.
Is A Simple Act of Violence worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.3 hours, saving 6.1 hours.