The Hangman’s Hold: Audiobook
Book 4 of the DCI Matilda Darke Thriller series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hangman’s Hold runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stephanie Beattie (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 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 12 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on DCI Matilda Darke Thriller
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 33.3 hours before it; books 1 to 13 run 153.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | For Reasons Unknown | 10 hrs |
| 2 | Outside Looking In | 11 hrs |
| 3 | A Room Full of Killers | 12.4 hrs |
| 4 | The Hangman’s Hold | 12 hrs |
| 5 | The Murder House | 12.4 hrs |
| 6 | Stolen Children | 11.7 hrs |
| 7 | Time Is Running Out | 11.8 hrs |
| 8 | Survivor’s Guilt | 11.8 hrs |
| 9 | The Lost Children | 12 hrs |
| 10 | Silent Victim | 11.9 hrs |
| 11 | Below Ground | 12.1 hrs |
| 12 | Last One Left Alive | 12 hrs |
More narrated by Stephanie Beattie
Stephanie Beattie narrates 25 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 270 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,965 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 Hangman’s Hold is book 4 of Michael Wood's DCI Matilda Darke Thriller series: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephanie Beattie, released June 24, 2021, on the Police & Detective and Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stephanie Beattie
- Released
- June 24, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Action & Adventure (Fiction)
- Series
- DCI Matilda Darke Thriller #4
- ISBN
- 9780008490539
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Hangman’s Hold as an audiobook?
The Hangman’s Hold runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The Hangman’s Hold free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Hangman’s Hold?
The Hangman’s Hold is narrated by Stephanie Beattie.
Is The Hangman’s Hold worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.