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Hooks & Eyes by VL McBeath

Hooks & Eyes: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Ambition & Destiny series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hooks & Eyes audiobook runs 9.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Lucy Brownhill (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.8listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.8 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 9.8 hours, it is shorter than 59% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Ambition & Destiny

This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 53.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Hooks & Eyes9.8 hrs
2Less Than Equals8.2 hrs
3When Time Runs Out9.3 hrs
4Only One Winner10 hrs
5Different World11.3 hrs
6The Young Widow4.7 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,251 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

Hooks & Eyes is book 1 of VL McBeath's Ambition & Destiny series: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Lucy Brownhill, released May 27, 2025, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.8 hrs
Narrated by
Lucy Brownhill
Released
May 27, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Drama
Series
Ambition & Destiny #1
ISBN
9798331933449

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Hooks & Eyes audiobook?

Hooks & Eyes runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.

Is the Hooks & Eyes audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Hooks & Eyes?

Hooks & Eyes is narrated by Lucy Brownhill.