Hanging by a Thread: Audiobook
Book 6 of the Needlecraft Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hanging by a Thread audiobook runs 6.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Susan Boyce (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.3 hours, it is shorter than 79% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Needlecraft Mysteries
This is book 6. Books 1 to 5 run 38 hours before it; books 1 to 16 run 120 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crewel World | 7.8 hrs |
| 2 | Framed in Lace | 7.4 hrs |
| 3 | A Stitch in Time | 8 hrs |
| 4 | Unraveled Sleeve | 8 hrs |
| 5 | A Murderous Yarn | 6.8 hrs |
| 6 | Hanging by a Thread | 6.3 hrs |
| 7 | A Cutwork | 8.9 hrs |
| 8 | Crewel Yule | 6.6 hrs |
| 9 | Embroidered Truths | 7.6 hrs |
| 10 | Sins and Needles | 9.8 hrs |
| 11 | Knitting Bones | 7.3 hrs |
| 12 | Thai Die | 7.6 hrs |
More narrated by Susan Boyce
Susan Boyce narrates 218 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,836 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,659 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Killing Game (An Alexa Chase Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
- 3rd Degree
- Later
- The Beach House
- Twisted Twenty-Six
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
Hanging by a Thread is book 6 of Monica Ferris's Needlecraft Mysteries series: a 6.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Boyce, released January 7, 2003, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Susan Boyce
- Released
- January 7, 2003
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- The Needlecraft Mysteries #6
- ISBN
- 9781620640104
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Hanging by a Thread audiobook?
Hanging by a Thread runs 6.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.
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Who narrates Hanging by a Thread?
Hanging by a Thread is narrated by Susan Boyce.