Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Sammy Keyes series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf audiobook runs 4.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Tara Sands (about 3.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 4.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.8 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Sammy Keyes
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 13.7 hours before it; books 1 to 10 run 59.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief | 3.9 hrs |
| 2 | Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man | 4.5 hrs |
| 3 | Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Mercy | 5.2 hrs |
| 4 | Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf | 4.8 hrs |
| 5 | Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary | 6.2 hrs |
| 6 | Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy | 6.7 hrs |
| 7 | Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes | 6.7 hrs |
| 8 | Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception | 7.1 hrs |
| 9 | Sammy Keyes and the Psycho Kitty Queen | 7 hrs |
| 10 | Sammy Keyes and the Dead Giveaway | 7.1 hrs |
More narrated by Tara Sands
Tara Sands narrates 290 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,047 hours in all.
- Winning
- Flipped
- The Language of Flowers
- Dietland
- Star Wars: The High Republic: Tempest Runner
About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
642 Mystery & Fantasy 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
Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf is book 4 of Wendelin Van Draanen's Sammy Keyes series: a 4.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Tara Sands, released January 1, 2012, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tara Sands
- Released
- January 1, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy
- Series
- Sammy Keyes #4
- ISBN
- 9781430137344
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf audiobook?
Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf runs 4.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.2 hours.
Is the Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf audiobook free?
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Who narrates Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf?
Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf is narrated by Tara Sands.