The Books Insiderindependent audiobook data
A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz

A Line to Kill: Audiobook

Book 3 of the A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Line to Kill runs 8.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rory Kinnear (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.8listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Line to Kill at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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

What our data says

  • At 8.8 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 17.7 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 52.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Word is Murder9.1 hrs
2The Sentence is Death8.6 hrs
3A Line to Kill8.8 hrs
4The Twist of a Knife8.5 hrs
5Close to Death9.2 hrs
6A Deadly Episode8.1 hrs

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

A Line to Kill is book 3 of Anthony Horowitz's A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery series: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Rory Kinnear, released October 19, 2021, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.8 hrs
Narrated by
Rory Kinnear
Released
October 19, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Suspense
Series
A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery #3
ISBN
9780063137608

How to listen to A Line to Kill free

New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.

Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.

Start listening free

Questions listeners ask

How long is A Line to Kill as an audiobook?

A Line to Kill runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.

Is A Line to Kill free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Line to Kill?

A Line to Kill is narrated by Rory Kinnear.