The Hanging Tree: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Starvation Lake series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hanging Tree runs 12.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rich Orlow (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Starvation Lake
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 6.9 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 29.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starvation Lake | 6.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Hanging Tree | 12.7 hrs |
| 3 | The Skeleton Box | 10.3 hrs |
More narrated by Rich Orlow
Rich Orlow narrates 82 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 871 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,212 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Dark Places
- The Black Echo
- The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1)
- Winterkill
- The Thursday Murder Club
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 Hanging Tree is book 2 of Bryan Gruley's Starvation Lake series: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Rich Orlow, released September 16, 2011, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rich Orlow
- Released
- September 16, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Suspense
- Series
- Starvation Lake #2
- ISBN
- 9781449867652
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Hanging Tree as an audiobook?
The Hanging Tree runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is The Hanging Tree free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Hanging Tree?
The Hanging Tree is narrated by Rich Orlow.
Is The Hanging Tree worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.