Let It Bleed: Audiobook
Book 7 of the Inspector Rebus series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Let It Bleed audiobook runs 10.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Samuel Gillies (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Inspector Rebus
This is book 7. Books 1 to 6 run 53.3 hours before it; books 1 to 9 run 90.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knots and Crosses | 6 hrs |
| 2 | Hide and Seek | 7.6 hrs |
| 3 | Tooth and Nail | 9.4 hrs |
| 4 | Strip Jack: Inspector Rebus, Book 4 | 10.8 hrs |
| 5 | The Black Book | 9.9 hrs |
| 6 | Mortal Causes | 9.6 hrs |
| 7 | Let It Bleed | 10.6 hrs |
| 8 | Black and Blue | 14.9 hrs |
| 9 | The Hanging Garden | 11.4 hrs |
More narrated by Samuel Gillies
Samuel Gillies narrates 14 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 170 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,799 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
Let It Bleed is book 7 of Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus series: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Samuel Gillies, released July 18, 2008, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Samuel Gillies
- Released
- July 18, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Inspector Rebus #7
- ISBN
- 9781436112390
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Let It Bleed audiobook?
Let It Bleed runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is the Let It Bleed audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Let It Bleed?
Let It Bleed is narrated by Samuel Gillies.
Is Let It Bleed worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.