A Thin Sharp Blade: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Vita Carew Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Thin Sharp Blade runs 7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sophie Roberts (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7 hours, it is shorter than 84% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Vita Carew Mysteries
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 5.2 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 27.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poison at Pemberton Hall | 5.2 hrs |
| 2 | A Thin Sharp Blade | 7 hrs |
| 3 | Dr Potter's Private Practice: A Cozy Historical Mystery | 4.5 hrs |
| 4 | The Painted Penny Stamp: A Cozy Historical Mystery | 5.8 hrs |
| 5 | The Killing at Crowswood Castle | 4.6 hrs |
More narrated by Sophie Roberts
Sophie Roberts narrates 155 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,424 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
928 Historical (Fiction) 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
A Thin Sharp Blade is book 2 of Fran Smith's Vita Carew Mysteries series: a 7-hour unabridged recording, read by Sophie Roberts, released August 26, 2025, on the Cozy Mystery and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sophie Roberts
- Released
- August 26, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Cozy Mystery, Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- Vita Carew Mysteries #2
- ISBN
- 9798349104770
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Thin Sharp Blade as an audiobook?
A Thin Sharp Blade runs 7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.
Is A Thin Sharp Blade free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Thin Sharp Blade?
A Thin Sharp Blade is narrated by Sophie Roberts.