The Heat Islands: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Doc Ford series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Heat Islands runs 10.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dick Hill (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.4 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Doc Ford
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 12.2 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 35.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanibel Flats | 12.2 hrs |
| 2 | The Heat Islands | 10.4 hrs |
| 3 | The Man Who Invented Florida | 12.6 hrs |
More narrated by Dick Hill
Dick Hill narrates 355 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,167 hours in all.
- The Black Echo
- Killing Floor
- The Black Ice
- The Concrete Blonde
- The Last Coyote
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,910 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 Heat Islands is book 2 of Randy Wayne White's Doc Ford series: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Dick Hill, released June 16, 2010, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dick Hill
- Released
- June 16, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Suspense, Fiction
- Series
- Doc Ford #2
- ISBN
- 9781400186693
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Heat Islands as an audiobook?
The Heat Islands runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is The Heat Islands free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Heat Islands?
The Heat Islands is narrated by Dick Hill.
Is The Heat Islands worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.5 hours.