Mystery & Thriller audiobooks

The Art of Detection

By: Laurie R. King

Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie & Alyssa Bresnahan

Length: 13 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

In this thrilling new crime novel that ingeniously bridges Laurie R. King's Edgar and Creasey Awards-winning Kate Martinelli series and her bestselling series starring Mary Russell, San Francisco homicide detective Kate Martinelli crosses paths with Sherlock Holmes-in a spellbinding dual mystery that could come only from the "intelligent, witty,... Read more

Jump

By: Tim Maleeny

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Jump is a story about finding true love in the midst of a multiple homicide.When the most hated landlord in San Francisco takes an unexpected jump off the roof of his own building, it isn’t too hard to find suspects. But the police want to call it a suicide, since both the mayor and the press are complaining about the dismal closure rate for... Read more

The Pyramid

By: Henning Mankell

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 15 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

This collection of five stories traces the growth of Swedish Inspector Kurt Wallander into a first-rate detective, from rookie cop to young father to middle-aged divorcé, illuminating new facets of a now-canonical character.In “Wallander’s First Case,” the twenty-one-year-old patrolman’s first homicide case involves his next-door neighbor,... Read more

The Strain

By: Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan

Narrated by: Ron Perlman

Length: 13 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

“A high-tech vampire epic....Terrifying.”
—San Francisco Chronicle“Part The Andromeda Strain, part Night of the Living Dead.”
—Salon.com“Chuck Hogan is known for his taut thrillers, Guillermo del Toro for his surreal horror films…The Strain brings out the best of each.”
—Minneapolis Star TribuneAn epic battle for survival begins between man and... Read more

Martyr

By: Rory Clements

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 12 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The year is 1587. One of Queen Elizabeth's cousins is found murdered, her flesh marked with profane symbols. A plot to assassinate Sir Francis Drake, England's most famous sea warrior, is discovered. One man is charged with the desperate task of solving both cases: John Shakespeare.



Shadowed by his rival, the Queen's chief torturer, Shakespeare... Read more

Fugitive

By: Phillip Margolin

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

“Fugitive speeds along well over the posted limit.”—Portland Oregonian “Margolin knows how to pack in the thrills.” —Tess Gerritsen In Fugitive, New York Times bestseller Phillip Margolin brings back his most popular protagonist, attorney Amanda Jaffee, star of Wild Justice, Proof Positive, and other spellbinding  thrillers. Fugitive ensnares... Read more

The Fire Engine That Disappeared

By: Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Gunvald Larsson sits carefully observing the dingy Stockholm apartment of a man under police surveillance. He looks at his watch: nine minutes past eleven in the evening. At that same moment, the house explodes, killing at least three people. Chief Inspector Martin Beck and his men don’t suspect arson or murder until they discover a peculiar... Read more

Sunburn

By: John Lescroart

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

On Spain's Costa Brava, passion and intrigue are everywhere—especially in the hearts of those who dwell there. As the dictator Franco teeters on the edge of overthrow, two couples are entwined. One is a husband and wife bored with the existence they have drifted into, the other a passionate, combative pair who relish every moment of life. Into... Read more

Die for You

By: Lisa Unger

Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee

Length: 12 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Isabel Raine thought she had everything–a successful career, a supportive family, and a happy marriage to the man she loved. Then one ordinary morning, her husband, Marcus, picks up his briefcase, kisses her good-bye, and simply vanishes.

That day, all her calls to him go straight to voice mail; the messages she leaves at his office go... Read more

The Lovers - Abridged

By: John Connolly

Narrated by: Jay O. Sanders

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

New York Times bestselling author John Connolly writes an “unfailingly compelling” (New Orleans Times-Picayune) and lyrical tale that forces Private Investigator Charlie Parker to examine his haunting past and all that he has ever believed true about his beloved parents—and himself.

Charlie Parker is a lost soul. Deprived of his private... Read more

Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

By: Richard Matheson

Narrated by: various narrators, Richard Powers, Malcolm Hill...

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the finest and most influential horror writers of the twentieth century, Richard Matheson has left his stamp on the collective imagination. Here are more than twenty of Matheson's most memorable tales of fear and paranoia, personally selected by the author himself. Many of these stories have already entered into popular culture, including... Read more

The Death Dealer

By: Heather Graham

Narrated by: Fred Stella & Natalie Ross

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Before the Krewe of Hunters, there was Harrison Investigations. Get swept up in this “captivating paranormal romantic thriller” (Publishers Weekly) from the queen of the genre, New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham.Genevieve O’Brien knows all about nightmares. She survived two months as a psychopath’s prisoner. And now a new menace... Read more

Dead and Kicking

By: Geoffrey McGeachin

Narrated by: Peter Hosking

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

When a movie about an Australian war hero takes Alby Murdoch to Vietnam, he discovers that some old soldiers never die and that it's not just the cameras doing the shooting... A job as a stills photographer and some top-notch nosh were two good reasons for Alby Murdock to be in Saigon. The third was that he had to clear out of Sydney and the... Read more

Martha Peake

By: Patrick McGrath

Narrated by: Tom Sellwood

Length: 12 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

When Ambrose Tree is summoned by his ancient uncle to the brooding mansion Drogo Hall, he suspects it's to hear the old man's dying words and then collect a sizable inheritance. He has no idea he is about to learn the bizarre story of Harry Peake, Cornish smuggler turned poet who became a monster capable of the most horrifying acts. Or that he's... Read more

The Increment

By: David Ignatius

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 13 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

From a hidden enclave in the maze of Tehran, an Iranian scientist who calls himself "Dr. Ali" sends an encrypted message to the CIA. It falls to Harry Pappas to decide if it's for real. Dr. Ali sends more secrets of the Iranian bomb program to the agency, then panics. He's being followed, but he doesn't know who's onto him, and neither does... Read more

Sins and Needles

By: Monica Ferris

Narrated by: Connie Crawford

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

When adoptee Lucille Jones comes to town researching her roots, Betsy Devonshire notices that she bears a remarkable resemblance to local Jan Henderson. Betsy introduces the look-alikes and they quickly hit it off. But then Jan's wealthy great-aunt is found dead, helped to her grave by a stiff metal wire—a double-zero knitting needle, in fact.... Read more

Sword of God

By: Chris Kuzneski

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Off the coast of South Korea, a young boy discovers a cave soaked in human blood. Less than a week later, everyone in his village disappears… In Saudi Arabia, a female archaeologist unearths an artifact that threatens the very foundation of Islam. To some, it is a discovery that must be silenced at all costs… In a secret bunker run by U.S.... Read more

Lost

By: Joy Fielding

Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison

Length: 11 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Julia Carver, a twenty-four-year-old model and aspiring actress, has always had a difficult relationship with her mother, Cindy. So when her daughter disappears, Cindy assumes that Julia is just being Julia. But after a day and night passes with no word, Cindy suspects that something terrible has happened, and begins a frantic search. As the... Read more

A Murder Of Quality

By: John le Carré

Narrated by: Full Cast & Simon Russell Beale

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

George Smiley is one of the most brilliantly realised characters in British fiction. Bespectacled, tubby, eternally middle-aged and deceptively ordinary, he has a mind like a steel trap and is said to possess ‘the cunning of Satan and the conscience of a virgin’. This dramatisation, set in the early 1960s, sees George Smiley investigating a... Read more

Bloody River Blues

By: Jeffery Deaver

Narrated by: Holter Graham

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

From Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author of The Empty Chair and The Devil's Teardrop, comes his trademark "ticking-bomb suspense" (People) that explodes off the page in this heart-stopping thriller.

Hard-living Hollywood location scout John Pellam found the perfect backwater Missouri town for shooting a retro gangster film. But when... Read more

Great Classic Suspense

By: various authors

Narrated by: Geraint Wyn Davies

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Immerse yourself. Savor the best storytelling from the greatest authors of the supernatural. The haunting language and brilliant renditions create an extraordinary atmosphere.This audio recording includes the following suspense-filled classics:“Ethan Brand” by Nathaniel Hawthorne—A lime-burner and his young son encounter the man searching for... Read more

Sole Survivor - Abridged

By: Derek Hansen

Narrated by: Christopher Cazenove

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Have you ever wanted to escape to a distant island? When Rosie Trethewey, a disillusioned doctor turned market researcher, unexpectedly inherits a shack on the remote northern tip of Great Barrier Island, she decides it's time to begin a new life. Arriving at her new home, Rosie finds she has two neighbors sharing the wilderness: Red O'Hara, a... Read more

The Genesis Secret

By: Tom Knox

Narrated by: Gideon Emery

Length: 12 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

In this epic thriller by popular British journalist and author Tom Knox, a secret lurks beneath blazing sands-triggering ritualistic slaughter and threatening the foun-dations of modern thought. When an archaeological dig in Kurdistan unearths a structure far older than Stonehenge or the Great Pyramids, British reporter Rob Lutrell rushes to the... Read more

The Last Place

By: Laura Lippman

Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat

Length: 13 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Laura Lippman has claimed all the major prizes in mystery writing and is a New York Times best-selling author. In this seventh novel from Lippman's acclaimed series, Baltimore investigator Tess Monaghan has her hands full with five murder cases that have gone cold. Each has a domestic violence angle, and the cases also share a disturbing... Read more