So Close the Hand of Death: Audiobook
Book 6 of the Taylor Jackson series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the So Close the Hand of Death audiobook runs 10.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Joyce Bean (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Taylor Jackson
This is book 6. Books 1 to 5 run 54.2 hours before it; books 1 to 9 run 97.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | All the Pretty Girls | 11 hrs |
| 2 | 14 | 10.7 hrs |
| 3 | Judas Kiss | 9.8 hrs |
| 4 | The Cold Room | 11.2 hrs |
| 5 | The Immortals | 11.5 hrs |
| 6 | So Close the Hand of Death | 10.3 hrs |
| 7 | Where All the Dead Lie | 10.3 hrs |
| 8 | Field of Graves | 10.1 hrs |
| 9 | The Wolves Come at Night | 12.3 hrs |
More narrated by Joyce Bean
Joyce Bean narrates 289 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,877 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
3,129 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Housemaid: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist
- The Maid
- That Affair Next Door
- The Family Upstairs
- The Girl Before
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
So Close the Hand of Death is book 6 of J.T. Ellison's Taylor Jackson series: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Joyce Bean, released March 1, 2011, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joyce Bean
- Released
- March 1, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Taylor Jackson #6
- ISBN
- 9781611063004
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the So Close the Hand of Death audiobook?
So Close the Hand of Death runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is the So Close the Hand of Death audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates So Close the Hand of Death?
So Close the Hand of Death is narrated by Joyce Bean.
Is So Close the Hand of Death worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.