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A Thread of Darkness by Sally Goldenbaum

A Thread of Darkness: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Queen Bees Quilt Shop series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Thread of Darkness runs 6.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stephanie Dillard (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.7listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Thread of Darkness at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day14 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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

What our data says

  • At 6.7 hours, it is shorter than 75% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Queen Bees Quilt Shop

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 6.2 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 19.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1A Patchwork of Clues6.2 hrs
2A Thread of Darkness6.7 hrs
3A Bias for Murder6.5 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

3,190 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

A Thread of Darkness is book 2 of Sally Goldenbaum's Queen Bees Quilt Shop series: a 6.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephanie Dillard, released December 1, 2020, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.7 hrs
Narrated by
Stephanie Dillard
Released
December 1, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
Series
Queen Bees Quilt Shop #2
ISBN
9781666544381

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Thread of Darkness as an audiobook?

A Thread of Darkness runs 6.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.

Is A Thread of Darkness free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Thread of Darkness?

A Thread of Darkness is narrated by Stephanie Dillard.