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The Skeleton Box by Bryan Gruley

The Skeleton Box: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Starvation Lake series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Skeleton Box runs 10.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rich Orlow (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.3listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Skeleton Box at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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

What our data says

  • At 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Starvation Lake

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 19.5 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 29.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Starvation Lake6.9 hrs
2The Hanging Tree12.7 hrs
3The Skeleton Box10.3 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,170 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 Skeleton Box is book 3 of Bryan Gruley's Starvation Lake series: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Rich Orlow, released May 3, 2013, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.3 hrs
Narrated by
Rich Orlow
Released
May 3, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Suspense
Series
Starvation Lake #3
ISBN
9781470360818

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Skeleton Box as an audiobook?

The Skeleton Box runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.

Is The Skeleton Box free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Skeleton Box?

The Skeleton Box is narrated by Rich Orlow.

Is The Skeleton Box worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.