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The Chill: A Lew Archer Novel by Ross MacDonald

The Chill: A Lew Archer Novel: Audiobook

Book 11 of the Lew Archer series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Chill: A Lew Archer Novel runs 8.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.4listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2005released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Chill: A Lew Archer Novel at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.4 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,715 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

The Chill: A Lew Archer Novel is book 11 of Ross MacDonald's Lew Archer series: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released June 22, 2005, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.4 hrs
Narrated by
Grover Gardner
Released
June 22, 2005
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
The Lew Archer Series #11
ISBN
9781481558433

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Chill: A Lew Archer Novel as an audiobook?

The Chill: A Lew Archer Novel runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.

Is The Chill: A Lew Archer Novel free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Chill: A Lew Archer Novel?

The Chill: A Lew Archer Novel is narrated by Grover Gardner.