Black Silk & Sympathy: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Tatty Crowe series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Black Silk & Sympathy audiobook runs 12.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Emma Noakes (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.6 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 53,570 Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Tatty Crowe
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 23.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Silk & Sympathy | 12.6 hrs |
| 2 | Black Silk & Buried Secrets | 11 hrs |
More narrated by Emma Noakes
Emma Noakes narrates 24 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 215 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf
6,538 Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Wife Between Us
- Local Woman Missing
- The Whistler
- An Anonymous Girl
- The Judge's List
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
Black Silk & Sympathy is book 1 of Deborah Challinor's Tatty Crowe series: a 12.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Emma Noakes, released December 1, 2025, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Emma Noakes
- Released
- December 1, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- Tatty Crowe #1
- ISBN
- 9781399197663
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Black Silk & Sympathy audiobook?
Black Silk & Sympathy runs 12.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is the Black Silk & Sympathy audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Black Silk & Sympathy?
Black Silk & Sympathy is narrated by Emma Noakes.
Is Black Silk & Sympathy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.