The Handle: Audiobook
Book 8 of the Parker Novels series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Handle runs 4.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stephen R. Thorne (about 2.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 4.4 hours, it is shorter than 91% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Parker Novels
This is book 8. Books 1 to 7 run 32 hours before it; books 1 to 20 run 105 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hunter | 5 hrs |
| 2 | The Man with the Getaway Face | 4.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Outfit | 5.1 hrs |
| 4 | The Mourner | 4.2 hrs |
| 5 | The Score | 4.3 hrs |
| 6 | The Jugger | 4.1 hrs |
| 7 | The Seventh | 4.4 hrs |
| 8 | The Handle | 4.4 hrs |
| 9 | The Rare Coin Score | 4.6 hrs |
| 10 | The Green Eagle Score | 4.7 hrs |
| 11 | The Black Ice Score | 3.9 hrs |
| 12 | The Sour Lemon Score | 4.1 hrs |
More narrated by Stephen R. Thorne
Stephen R. Thorne narrates 224 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,057 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
585 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
The Handle is book 8 of Donald E. Westlake's Parker Novels series: a 4.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen R. Thorne, released December 1, 2011, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stephen R. Thorne
- Released
- December 1, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Parker Novels #8
- ISBN
- 9781609985844
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Handle as an audiobook?
The Handle runs 4.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.9 hours.
Is The Handle free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Handle?
The Handle is narrated by Stephen R. Thorne.