Red Bones: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Shetland Island Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Red Bones audiobook runs 11.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Gordon Griffin (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 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 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shetland Island Mysteries
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 22.9 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 85.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raven Black: Book One of the Shetland Island Mysteries | 11.3 hrs |
| 2 | White Nights | 11.6 hrs |
| 3 | Red Bones | 11.4 hrs |
| 4 | Blue Lightning | 10.5 hrs |
| 5 | Dead Water: A Shetland Mystery | 10 hrs |
| 6 | Thin Air: A Shetland Mystery | 10 hrs |
| 7 | Cold Earth: A Shetland Mystery | 10.2 hrs |
| 8 | Wild Fire: A Shetland Island Mystery | 10.8 hrs |
More narrated by Gordon Griffin
Gordon Griffin narrates 202 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,210 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
3,608 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2024 recording read by Kenny Blyth runs about the same length (11.4 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
Red Bones is book 3 of Ann Cleeves's Shetland Island Mysteries series: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Gordon Griffin, released March 10, 2015, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gordon Griffin
- Released
- March 10, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Shetland Island Mysteries #3
- ISBN
- 9781427266484
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Red Bones audiobook?
Red Bones runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.
Is the Red Bones audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Red Bones?
Red Bones is narrated by Gordon Griffin.
Is Red Bones worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.