Murder by the Hook: Audiobook
Book 16 of the Crochet Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Murder by the Hook audiobook runs 8.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Margaret Strom (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.7 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 8.7 hours, it runs longer than 52% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Crochet Mystery
This is book 16. Books 1 to 15 run 145.1 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
5,927 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
Murder by the Hook is book 16 of Betty Hechtman's Crochet Mystery series: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Margaret Strom, released July 29, 2025, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Margaret Strom
- Released
- July 29, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- Crochet Mystery #16
- ISBN
- 9798350891041
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Murder by the Hook audiobook?
Murder by the Hook runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.
Is the Murder by the Hook audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Murder by the Hook?
Murder by the Hook is narrated by Margaret Strom.