For Better or Worsted: Audiobook
Book 8 of the Crochet Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the For Better or Worsted audiobook runs 8.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Margaret Strom (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.8 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Crochet Mystery
This is book 8. Books 1 to 7 run 65.5 hours before it; books 1 to 16 run 153.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hooked on Murder | 9.6 hrs |
| 2 | Dead Men Don't Crochet | 8.9 hrs |
| 3 | By Hook or by Crook | 8.7 hrs |
| 4 | A Stitch in Crime | 8.4 hrs |
| 5 | You Better Knot Die | 9.6 hrs |
| 6 | Behind the Seams | 10.2 hrs |
| 7 | If Hooks Could Kill | 10.1 hrs |
| 8 | For Better or Worsted | 8.8 hrs |
| 9 | Knot Guilty | 9 hrs |
| 10 | Seams Like Murder | 17.4 hrs |
| 11 | Hooking for Trouble | 8.8 hrs |
| 12 | On the Hook | 9.5 hrs |
More narrated by Margaret Strom
Margaret Strom narrates 91 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 803 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
6,033 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
For Better or Worsted is book 8 of Betty Hechtman's Crochet Mystery series: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Margaret Strom, released June 28, 2022, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Margaret Strom
- Released
- June 28, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- Crochet Mystery #8
- ISBN
- 9798765041406
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the For Better or Worsted audiobook?
For Better or Worsted runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is the For Better or Worsted audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates For Better or Worsted?
For Better or Worsted is narrated by Margaret Strom.