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The Cold Way Home by Julia Keller

The Cold Way Home: Audiobook

Book 8 of the Bell Elkins series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cold Way Home runs 10.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Shannon Mcmanus (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.6listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Cold Way Home 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 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Shannon Mcmanus

Shannon Mcmanus narrates 70 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 678 hours in all.

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  • The Hive Queen (Wings of Fire #12)Tui T. Sutherland · 6.9 hrs
  • The Dangerous Gift (Wings of Fire #14)Tui T. Sutherland · 7.9 hrs
  • The Poison Jungle (Wings of Fire #13)Tui T. Sutherland · 7.4 hrs

All Shannon Mcmanus audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

4,678 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 Cold Way Home is book 8 of Julia Keller's Bell Elkins series: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Shannon Mcmanus, released October 13, 2020, on the Police & Detective and Legal & Political shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.6 hrs
Narrated by
Shannon Mcmanus
Released
October 13, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Legal & Political
Series
Bell Elkins #8
ISBN
9781799747550

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Cold Way Home as an audiobook?

The Cold Way Home runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.

Is The Cold Way Home free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Cold Way Home?

The Cold Way Home is narrated by Shannon Mcmanus.

Is The Cold Way Home worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.5 hours.