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The Summer Children by Dot Hutchison

The Summer Children: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Collector series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Summer Children runs 10.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Siiri Scott (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.9listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Summer Children 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 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Collector

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 19.4 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 40.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Butterfly Garden9.2 hrs
2The Roses of May10.2 hrs
3The Summer Children10.9 hrs
4The Vanishing Season10.5 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

4,311 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 Summer Children is book 3 of Dot Hutchison's Collector series: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Siiri Scott, released May 22, 2018, on the Police & Detective and Psychological shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.9 hrs
Narrated by
Siiri Scott
Released
May 22, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Psychological
Series
The Collector #3
ISBN
9781543640229

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Summer Children as an audiobook?

The Summer Children runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.

Is The Summer Children free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Summer Children?

The Summer Children is narrated by Siiri Scott.

Is The Summer Children worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.6 hours.