The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Ballad series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter runs 10.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sally Darling (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Ballad
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 11.5 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 61.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O | 11.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter | 10.6 hrs |
| 3 | She Walks These Hills | 12.7 hrs |
| 4 | The Rosewood Casket | 11.9 hrs |
| 5 | The Ballad of Frankie Silver | 14.6 hrs |
More narrated by Sally Darling
Sally Darling narrates 21 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 211 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
3,046 Suspense 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 Hangman's Beautiful Daughter is book 2 of Sharyn McCrumb's Ballad series: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Sally Darling, released October 26, 2008, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sally Darling
- Released
- October 26, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Ballad #2
- ISBN
- 9781436160179
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter as an audiobook?
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter?
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter is narrated by Sally Darling.
Is The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.