The Twist of a Knife: Audiobook
Book 4 of the A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Twist of a Knife runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rory Kinnear (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.5 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 26.5 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 52.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Word is Murder | 9.1 hrs |
| 2 | The Sentence is Death | 8.6 hrs |
| 3 | A Line to Kill | 8.8 hrs |
| 4 | The Twist of a Knife | 8.5 hrs |
| 5 | Close to Death | 9.2 hrs |
| 6 | A Deadly Episode | 8.1 hrs |
More narrated by Rory Kinnear
Rory Kinnear narrates 37 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 365 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,902 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 Twist of a Knife is book 4 of Anthony Horowitz's A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Rory Kinnear, released November 15, 2022, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rory Kinnear
- Released
- November 15, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Suspense
- Series
- A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery #4
- ISBN
- 9780063271920
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Twist of a Knife as an audiobook?
The Twist of a Knife runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is The Twist of a Knife free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Twist of a Knife?
The Twist of a Knife is narrated by Rory Kinnear.