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Purgatory Bay by Bryan Gruley

Purgatory Bay: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Bleak Harbor series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Purgatory Bay audiobook runs 10.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Scott Merriman (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.5listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Purgatory Bay at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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

What our data says

  • At 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Bleak Harbor

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 11 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 21.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Bleak Harbor11 hrs
2Purgatory Bay10.5 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

4,882 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

Purgatory Bay is book 2 of Bryan Gruley's Bleak Harbor series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Scott Merriman, released January 14, 2020, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.5 hrs
Narrated by
Scott Merriman
Released
January 14, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Suspense
Series
Bleak Harbor #2
ISBN
9781799749585

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Purgatory Bay audiobook?

Purgatory Bay runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.

Is the Purgatory Bay audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Purgatory Bay?

Purgatory Bay is narrated by Scott Merriman.

Is Purgatory Bay worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.