Mystery & Thriller audiobooks

The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

Narrated by: Nina Wadia

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Words turn deadly with an unlikely detective duo on the case of a murdered obituary writer in this literary mystery from the internationally bestselling author of the Ruth Galloway series. Perfect for fans of Richard Osman and the Thursday Murder Club. Natalka and Edwin are perfect if improbable partners in a detective agency. At eighty-four,... Read more

The Searcher

By: Tana French

Narrated by: Roger Clark

Length: 14 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Best Book of 2020
New York Times |NPR | New York Post

"This hushed suspense tale about thwarted dreams of escape may be her best one yet . . . Its own kind of masterpiece." --Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post

"A new Tana French is always cause for celebration . . . Read it once for the plot; read it again for the beauty and subtlety of French's... Read more

The Blind Assassin

By: Margaret Atwood

Narrated by: Margot Dionne

Length: 18 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Margaret Atwood takes the art of storytelling to new heights in a dazzling new novel that unfolds layer by astonishing layer and concludes in a brilliant and wonderfully satisfying twist.

For the past twenty-five years, Margaret Atwood has written works of striking originality and imagination. In The Blind Assassin, she stretches the limits of... Read more

Whalefall

By: Daniel Kraus

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER
Named a Best Book of 2023 by Book Riot, Shelf Awareness, and NPR

The Martian meets 127 Hours in this “astoundingly great” (Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author) and scientifically accurate thriller about a scuba diver who’s been swallowed by an eighty-foot, sixty-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to... Read more

When No One Is Watching

By: Alyssa Cole

Narrated by: Susan Dalian & Jay Aaseng

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

""I was knocked over by the momentum of an intense psychological thriller that doesn’t let go until the final page. This is a terrific read."" – Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling author
Rear Window meets Get Out in this gripping thriller from a critically acclaimed and New York Times Notable author, in which the gentrification of a... Read more

Started Early, Took My Dog

By: Kate Atkinson

Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm

Length: 12 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Tracy Waterhouse leads a quiet, ordered life as a retired police detective -- a life that takes a surprising turn when she encounters Kelly Cross, a habitual offender, dragging a young child through town. Both appear miserable and better off without each other -- or so decides Tracy, in a snap decision that surprises herself as much as Kelly.... Read more

Holly

By: Stephen King

Narrated by: Justine Lupe & Stephen King

Length: 15 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 New York Times Bestseller * A New York Times Notable Book * An NPR Best Book of the Year

Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and resourceful characters, returns in this chilling “exploration of grief and delusion, just pure undistilled evil” (New York magazine) as she uncovers the truth behind multiple disappearances in a... Read more

The It Girl

By: Ruth Ware

Narrated by: Imogen Church

Length: 17 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

“The pages turn themselves” (People) in this white-knuckled mystery following a woman on the search for answers a decade after her friend’s murder from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ware.

April Clarke-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford.

Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It girl, she... Read more

Tell Me Lies

By: Carola Lovering

Narrated by: Corey Brill & Rebekkah Ross

Length: 13 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

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“A twisted modern love story” (Parade), Tell Me Lies is a sexy, thrilling novel about that one person who still haunts you—the other one. The wrong one. The one you couldn’t let go of. The one you’ll never forget.

Lucy Albright is far from her Long Island upbringing... Read more

The Echo of Old Books

By: Barbara Davis

Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson, Steve West & Sarah Zimmerman

Length: 13 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A novel about the magical lure of books and summoning the courage to rewrite our stories by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Keeper of Happy Endings and The Last of the Moon Girls.Rare-book dealer Ashlyn Greer’s affinity for books extends beyond the intoxicating scent of old paper, ink, and leather. She can feel the echoes of the... Read more

The Author's Guide to Murder

By: Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig & Karen White

Narrated by: Angus King, Saskia Maarleveld, Brittany Pressle...

Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

""A pure delight from start to finish! Williams, White and Willig are in top form in this clever, engrossing whodunnit with a heart.” --Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of The New Couple in 5BAgatha Christie meets Murder, She Wrote in this witty locked room mystery and literary satire by New York Times bestselling team of novelists:... Read more

Will Trent: Books 2–4

By: Karin Slaughter

Narrated by: Kathleen Early

Length: 42 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

WATCH WILL TRENT ON ABC!A Karin Slaughter Will Trent thriller collection featuring Fractured, Undone, and Broken Read more

Murder on the Orient Express [Movie Tie-in]

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

A new recording of the most widely read mystery of all time, performed by Kenneth Branagh.Now a major motion picture from Twentieth Century Fox, releasing November 10, 2017 and directed by Kenneth Branagh.“The murderer is with us - on the train now...”Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By... Read more

Flowers in the Attic

By: V.C. Andrews

Narrated by: Mena Suvari

Length: 15 hours

Abridged: No

Celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the enduring gothic masterpiece Flowers in the Attic—the unforgettable forbidden love story that earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fan base and became an international cult classic.

At the top of the stairs there are four secrets hidden—blond, innocent, and fighting for their lives…

They were a perfect... Read more

Good Girl, Bad Blood

By: Holly Jackson

Narrated by: Bailey Carr, MacLeod Andrews, Donte Bonner, Jam...

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

THE MUST-READ MULTIMILLION BESTSELLING MYSTERY SERIES—A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER NOW ON NETFLIX! •  More dark secrets are exposed in this addictive, true-crime fueled sequel when Pip finds herself in another deadly case. 

Pip is not a detective anymore.

With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they... Read more

Burn

By: Peter Heller

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars and The Last Ranger, a novel about two men—friends since boyhood—who emerge from the woods of rural Maine to a dystopian country racked by bewildering violence

Every year, Jess and Storey have made an annual pilgrimage to the most remote corners of the country, where they camp, hunt, and hike, leaving... Read more

The Little Friend

By: Donna Tartt

Narrated by: Karen White

Length: 25 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Goldfinch comes an utterly riveting novel set in Mississippi of childhood, innocence, and evil. •  “Destined to become a special kind of classic.” —The New York Times Book Review

The setting is Alexandria, Mississippi, where one Mother’s Day a little boy named Robin Cleve... Read more

A Lively Midwinter Murder

By: Katy Watson

Narrated by: Jilly Bond

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

'An absolute treat of a read!' Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal

'Once again Katy Watson delivers the perfect cosy: atmospheric, ingenious and fun!' Ian Moore

'The perfect mix of cosy, festive, and twisty, A Lively Midwinter Murder is the best kind of book to curl up with on a cold night by a roaring fire. A fantastically entertaining read no... Read more

Flight Behavior

By: Barbara Kingsolver

Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver

Length: 16 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times Bestseller""An intricate story that entwines considerations of faith and faithlessness, inquiry, denial, fear and survival in gorgeously conceived metaphor. Kingsolver has constructed a deeply affecting microcosm of a phenomenon that is manifesting in many different tragic ways, in communities and ecosystems all around the globe.”... Read more

Shell Games

By: Bonnie Kistler

Narrated by: Bonnie Kistler & Tavia Gilbert

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

“A truly spectacular psychological thriller with a dazzling mystery at its core. Shell Games is the ultimate one-sitting read that has everything—incredible family dynamics, characters that burst off the page and a premise so deliciously enticing and surprising that the pages quite simply turn themselves. Bonnie Kistler is a genius!”—Matthew... Read more

You Like It Darker

By: Stephen King

Narrated by: Will Patton & Stephen King

Length: 20 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new collection of twelve short stories, many never-before-published, and some of his best EVER.

“You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of... Read more

Drowning

By: T. J. Newman

Narrated by: Steven Weber & Laura Benanti

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES * “Reads like Apollo 13 underwater.” —Don Winslow * “Masterful.” —Patricia Cornwell * “A stunningly vivid tour de force!” Gripping. Shocking.” —Brad Thor

Flight attendant turned New York Times bestselling author T. J. Newman’s adrenaline-fueled thriller... Read more

Sleep Tight

By: J. H. Markert

Narrated by: Andi Arndt

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The sole survivor of a serial killer might hold the key to stopping a new spree of murders in this propulsive horror thriller in the vein of The Black Phone and The Whisper Man. Dark and twisting at every turn, fans of Catriona Ward will love this chilling new tale from the deviously inventive horror author that Peter Farris calls the clear heir... Read more

Miracle Creek

By: Angie Kim

Narrated by: Jennifer Lim

Length: 14 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes a bonus interview with the author and original music composed and performed by Steve Draughn.

A thrilling debut about how far we’ll go to protect our families—and our deepest secrets.

My husband asked me to lie. Not a big lie. He probably didn’t even consider it a lie, and neither did I, at first...

In rural Virginia, Young... Read more