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Summer of the Dead by Julia Keller

Summer of the Dead: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Bell Elkins series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Summer of the Dead audiobook runs 10.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Shannon McManus (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.9listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Summer of the Dead at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Bell Elkins

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 24.6 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 35.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1A Killing in the Hills12.6 hrs
2Bitter River12 hrs
3Summer of the Dead10.9 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

4,307 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

Summer of the Dead is book 3 of Julia Keller's Bell Elkins series: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Shannon McManus, released August 26, 2014, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.9 hrs
Narrated by
Shannon McManus
Released
August 26, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Bell Elkins #3
ISBN
9781480575325

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Summer of the Dead audiobook?

Summer of the Dead runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.

Is the Summer of the Dead audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Summer of the Dead?

Summer of the Dead is narrated by Shannon McManus.

Is Summer of the Dead worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.6 hours.