Mystery & Thriller audiobooks

The Iron Tongue of Midnight

By: Beverle Graves Myers

Narrated by: Geoffrey Blaisdell

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

In September 1740, singer Tito Amato is offered the lead role in an opera being staged at an isolated villa in the Italian hills. Puzzled by the air of secrecy that enshrouds the production but attracted by a generous fee, Tito agrees.The countryside is awash with the golden hues of autumn, but the bucolic mood quickly turns menacing when a... Read more

Close Call

By: John McEvoy

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Jack Doyle, ex–amateur boxer and failed advertising account executive, returns to the world of thoroughbred horse racing when he is hired as publicity director for Monee Park, a struggling suburban Chicago track owned by heiress Celia McCann.McCann is determined to maintain the business, which was inherited from a beloved uncle. She finds... Read more

Murder in Chinatown

By: Victoria Thompson

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Edgar Award finalist Victoria Thompson colorfully portrays the prejudices and hardships of turn-of-the-century New York City. Called to Chinatown to deliver a baby, midwife Sarah Brandt soon helps search for a missing girl. But nobody seems to know where she is. Has she been sold to a brothel, or has she run off with a secret love? ". vividly... Read more

The Monkey House

By: John Fullerton

Narrated by: J. Charles

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Monkey House, Sarajevo is a city besieged by the atrocities of war. Stadium walls that once shook with the roar of Olympic crowds have since collapsed under the screams of artillery. Police Superintendent Rosso and the ragtag remains of his Sarajevo police force, however, remain dedicated to preserving what is left of the city's civil... Read more

The Purrfect Murder

By: Rita Mae Brown

Narrated by: Kate Forbes

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

It's autumn in cozy, idyllic Crozet, Virginia-a time for golden days, crisp nights.and murder. Mrs. Carla Paulson is one of the diamond-encrusted "come-here" set who has descended on Crozet with plenty of wealth and no feeling for country ways. She's determined to make her new house the envy of all her well-heeled friends-and enemies -and she's... Read more

The Red-Headed League

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

In "The Red-Headed League", the legendary Sherlock Holmes catches one of London's most daring criminals while investigating the strange business of the League, a suspicious organization that gives its members money for "nominal work". Read more

Eye Contact

By: Stephen Collins

Narrated by: Susan Ericksen

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In this steamy novel by actor Stephen Collins, Nicolette Stallings - Nick - sees an attractive stranger across a restaurant. She's with a date; the stranger is with his wife. But when their eyes meet, Nick can tell he's trying to figure out a way to connect. She'll make it easy for him - but hard too. It has to be that night. No names, a nearby... Read more

The Good Husband of Zebra Drive

By: Alexander McCall Smith

Narrated by: Lisette Lecat

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

There is rarely a dull moment in the life of Precious Ramotswe, and on Zebra Drive and Tlokweng Road many changes are afoot. Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni wants be put in charge of a case involving an errant husband, and Mma Makutsi is considering leaving the agency, taking her near perfect score on the Botswana Secretarial College typing exam with her.... Read more

The Tell-Tale Horse

By: Rita Mae Brown

Narrated by: Cynthia Darlow

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

It's February, prime foxhunting season for the members of Virginia's Jefferson Hunt Club, when a shocking event alarms the community. A woman is found brutally murdered, stripped naked, and meticulously placed atop a horse statue outside a tack shop. The theft of a treasured foxhunting prize inside the store may be linked to the grisly scene,... Read more

The Tail of the Tip-Off

By: Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown

Narrated by: Kate Forbes

Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

When winter hits Crozet, Virginia, it hits hard--and hangs on for months. That's nothing new to postmistress Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and her friends, who keep warm with hard work, hot toddies, and rabid rooting for the University of Virginia's women's basketball team at the old stadium affectionately dubbed "The Clam." But the usual... Read more

The Riddle of the Sands

By: Erskine Childers

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 12 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the first spy novels ever written, The Riddle of the Sands had an enormous impact upon its publication in 1903. Author Erskine Childers-a Boer War veteran and expert yachtsman-crafted a riveting tale of two men who sail close to the German coast and observe secret preparations for an invasion of England. The novel sparked intense concern... Read more

Sour Puss

By: Rita Mae Brown

Narrated by: Kate Forbes

Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

In this latest whodunit, Rita Mae Brown and her feline partner-in-crime-detection, Sneaky Pie Brown, return to the scene of their bestselling crimes-picturesque Crozet, Virginia. Love is in the air as spring comes to the small town, but no sooner has Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen remarried than she is rudely interrupted-by murder. And no sooner... Read more

Slow Dollar

By: Margaret Maron

Narrated by: C.J. Critt

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Best-selling author Margaret Maron is a winner of the Edgar, Anthony, Agatha, Macavity, and American Mystery Awards. Her captivating mysteries feature quick-witted Deborah Knott, a lawyer, district judge, and devout North Carolinian. At the annual Harvest Festival carnival, while everyone else is playing games and having fun, someone commits... Read more

Uncommon Clay

By: Margaret Maron

Narrated by: C.J. Critt

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Margaret Maron, winner of the Edgar, Anthony, Agatha and Macavity Awards, has reached renowned success with the Deborah Knott Mystery series. Uncommon Clay delves into the intriguing world of the Nordans, a deep-rooted family of talented yet cursed North Carolina potters. Judge Knott is filling in for another judge who suffered a mild stroke.... Read more

Up Jumps the Devil

By: Margaret Maron

Narrated by: C.J. Critt

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Best-selling author Margaret Maron's colorful Deborah Knott mysteries crackle with sassy Southern dialogue and rural wisdom. In Up Jumps the Devil, fast-moving progress is threatening to forever destroy the leisurely, heart-warming pace of Colleton County, North Carolina. District court judge Deborah Knott sees trouble brewing when plans for a... Read more

Vegas Nerve

By: Susan Rogers Cooper

Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Fans of spellbinding whodunits and Midwest charm find infinite delight in Susan Rogers Cooper's Sheriff Milt Kovak mysteries. All the good sheriff of Prophecy County, Oklahoma, wanted out of his well-earned vacation to Las Vegas was some fun and relaxation. Milt certainly didn't gamble on finding his own kin embroiled in murder and battery-but... Read more

Blind Fall

By: Christopher Rice

Narrated by: Frederick Weller

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

From New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice comes a novel about an Iraq war vet seeking redemption and revenge when a fellow Marine is brutally murdered.

John Houck became a Marine to become a hero. But his life changed when he failed to notice an explosive device that ended up maiming his captain, a respected military man who nearly... Read more

Silence in Hanover Close

By: Anne Perry

Narrated by: Davina Porter

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspector Thomas Pitt is asked to reopen a three-year-old murder case which occurred in London's luxurious Hanover Close. With his wellborn wife, Charlotte, to aid him in penetrating the well-known reserve of high society, the inquisitive Pitts discover a shocking and deadly secret. Millions of ardent fans relish Anne Perry's highly atmospheric... Read more

Suspect

By: Michael Robotham

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Acclaimed author Michael Robotham conquered international best-seller lists with this electrifying thriller. After a woman is brutally slain, investigators bring psychiatrist Joe O'Loughlin in for expert consultation. Joe is shocked to discover the dead woman is a former patient of his who cried rape when he rebuffed her sexual advances. Citing... Read more

Treason's Harbour

By: Patrick O'Brian

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 12 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The espionage activities of cunning ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin have kept him at odds with the most important French agent in the Mediterranean, Lesueur-a man with a long memory and a taste for revenge. When that revenge takes the shape of the delicate and distracting Mrs. Fielding, who also attracts the ever-wandering eye of Jack Aubrey,... Read more

Strawberry Shortcake Murder

By: Joanne Fluke

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

In her debut mystery, Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder, intrepid amateur sleuth and bakery owner Hannah Swensen proved that when it comes to crime, nothing is sweeter than a woman who knows how to really mix it up. Now, the flame-haired, tart-talking (and baking) heroine is back, judging a contest where the competition is really murder.When the... Read more

Storm Track

By: Margaret Maron

Narrated by: C.J. Critt

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Best-selling author Margaret Maron creates entertaining mysteries filled with warm southern charm, colorful down-home characters, and smoldering grudges. In Storm Track, swirling dark clouds of illicit affairs and brutal murder threaten Colleton County, North Carolina. No one worries much about the scantily clad woman found strangled in the... Read more

Slow Kill

By: Michael McGarrity

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Nationally best-selling author Michael McGarrity's Slow Kill is a stunning addition to a series The New York Times hails as "robust." When Santa Fe police chief Kevin Kerney finds the dead body of hotel magnate Clifford Spalding, he thinks he knows who to talk to, as the deceased man had known enemies. But little does Kerney know that the truth... Read more

The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte

By: Laura Joh Rowland

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

Length: 14 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Charlotte Brontë, the beloved author of Jane Eyre, lived a quiet and private life in her father’s Yorkshire parish. Or did she? What if a diary was uncovered that revealed her secret involvement in one of the most thrilling adventures of the 19th century?

Upon learning that she has been falsely accused of breaching her publishing contract, the... Read more