Mystery & Thriller audiobooks

The Death of Dalziel

By: Reginald Hill

Narrated by: Shaun Dooley

Length: 13 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

BOOK TWENTY IN THE DALZIEL AND PASCOE SERIES
Caught in a huge Semtex explosion, it seems the only thing preventing Superintendent Andy Dalziel from death is his size – and sheer bloody-mindedness. An injured DCI Peter Pascoe is convinced there's a conspiracy at work, despite the security services concluding the blast was in fact an accident. Who,... Read more

The Schumann Frequency

By: Christopher Ride

Narrated by: Sean Mangan

Length: 16 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Wilson Dowling is sent from the future to the present day to rectify the Schumann Frequency which has the power to slow the speed of time. Clues buried deep within the Dead Sea Scrolls have made this Dowling's mission - he must open three energy portals hidden within the most famous archaeological sites on Earth. Wilson has to move quickly as... Read more

The Beijing Conspiracy

By: Adrian d’Hagé

Narrated by: Jim Daly

Length: 14 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The message on the Al-Jazeera television network is chilling. Dr Muhammad Bashir, the mastermind behind some of al-Qaeda's most deadly bombings against the West and a close confidant of Osama Bin Laden, has warned of a single horrific biological attack on civilisation. There is no cure for what al-Qaeda threatens to unleash, and there are no... Read more

Cries and Whiskers

By: Clea Simon

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Music-journalist Theda Krakow is caught up in investigating the rise of a dangerous new designer drug that threatens the musicians and fans of her beloved club scene. But she puts her story on hold when she learns of an animal-rights activist who was killed in a hit-and-run accident while trying to rescue feral cats from a ferocious winter... Read more

The Villa of Mysteries

By: David Hewson

Narrated by: Christopher Kay

Length: 16 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

In Rome's crowded Campo dei Fiori, a woman rushes up to two carabinieri lounging in their sunglasses and uniforms, insisting that her sixteen-year-old daughter has just been abducted. Detective Nic Costa sees the scene unfold and intervenes. Because Costa knows what the two officers don't: that in the morgue at Rome's police headquarters, a... Read more

Maelstrom

By: Michael MacConnell

Narrated by: Sean Mangan

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A strong female heroine, a chillingly evil villain and a gripping plot makes for compulsive listening. Special Agent Sarah Reilly is the daughter of an FBI legend. Her father made his reputation hunting down one of America's worst serial predators. Now it's her turn. A monster is cruising the east coast. One who has stalked the United States for... Read more

The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies

By: Kathleen Hills

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

On a stifling mid-summer day, eleven-year-old Claire Hofer sets out carrying lunch to her father, who is raking hay. As she nears the field, she hears no rumbling tractor and sees only Township Constable John McIntire. Claire’s father, Reuben, is dead.Constable McIntire finds the crime baffling. Reuben Hofer has only lived in the old St. Adele... Read more

Winter Moon

By: Dean Koontz

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Deepest night, Montana. An eerie light proclaims the arrival of a mysterious watcher in the woods. And one solitary man begins a desperate battle against something unknown—and unknowable.Broad daylight, Los Angeles. An ordinary morning erupts in cataclysmic violence. A young family is shattered in a heartbeat. Fate will lead this family to an... Read more

The Darkest Evening of the Year

By: Dean Koontz

Narrated by: Kirsten Kairos

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

With each of his #1 New York Times bestsellers, Dean Koontz has displayed an unparalleled ability to entertain and enlighten readers with novels that capture the essence of our times even as they bring us to the edge of our seats. Now he delivers a heart-gripping tour de force he’s been waiting years to write, at once a love story, a thrilling... Read more

Chain of Evidence

By: Garry Disher

Narrated by: Drew De Carvalho

Length: 12 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Garry Disher crafts sharp police procedurals with a distinctive down-under flair. A young girl has been abducted on Australia's Mornington Peninsula and Sergeant Ellen Destry takes the case in Inspector Hal Challis' absence. ". Disher . deserve[s] to be as well known as Michael Connelly and Ian Rankin. Moody, inventive, and extremely hard to put... Read more

The Tale of Hill Top Farm

By: Susan Wittig Albert

Narrated by: Virginia Leishman

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Susan Wittig Albert is the best-selling author of the China Bayles mysteries. In this cozy, she fictionalizes the adventures of acclaimed author Beatrix Potter. It's 1905, and to recover from the loss of her fiancE, Potter moves into a small farmhouse in Sawrey. Populated by colorful characters, both human and critter, her new life is full of... Read more

Search the Dark

By: Charles Todd

Narrated by: Samuel Gillies

Length: 11 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Dorset is the latest setting for the talents of Inspector Ian Rutledge, a veteran of the First World War, and still haunted - literally - by his actions. Indeed, his personal ghost only serves to complicate things as his inner doubts blend in to the trauma of the case.

The disappearance of two children, the murder of a woman supposed to be their... Read more

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

By: Patricia H. Rushford

Narrated by: Cristine McMurdo-Wallis

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Helen Bradley is a journalist who uses both spiritual strength and investigative skills to uncover the facts for her articles. Now she has received an urgent request for help. Dr. Kincaid, the director of a prestigious convalescent home, is dead from an apparent heart attack. His widow, however, is convinced that he was murdered. What secrets... Read more

Hard Row

By: Margaret Maron

Narrated by: C.J. Critt

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

New York Times best-selling author Margaret Maron has garnered Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, Macavity, and American Mystery awards for her captivating series set in rural North Carolina. When a local farmer-known for his severe treatment of migrant workers-turns up savagely murdered, Judge Deborah and her new Deputy Sheriff husband soon wade into a... Read more

Artist's Proof

By: Gordon Cotler

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Gordon Cotler attracted national attention and praise for his political thriller, Prime Candidate. In Artist's Proof, the Edgar Award-winning author combines an appealing detective and a wide cast of supporting characters into an intriguing mystery set in the art world. Taking an early retirement from the NYPD, Sid Shale has moved into a shabby... Read more

Breakheart Hill

By: Thomas H. Cook

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

When a lovely high school girl is destroyed by a blow to her head, the savage act sends the people of a small southern town reeling. For 30 years, the mystery behind the attack has festered, damaging countless lives. Now the town physician, who once loved the girl, must tell the dark story of what really happened that day. Cook creates a series... Read more

Acid Test

By: Ross LaManna

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 14 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Acid Test takes off like a rocket in the first chapter and never slows down, speeding listeners around the globe for an electrifying adventure. The premise is chilling: What if the world was suddenly rocked by widespread murder, political chaos, and the peril of nuclear attack? The ruthless Batu Khan has forged an empire across Mongolia and... Read more

Plain Brown Wrapper

By: Karen Grigsby Bates

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 11 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Karen Grigsby Bates, a contributor to People magazine and the Los Angeles Times and an NPR commentator, delivers a slick mystery featuring sharp-tongued reporter Alex Powell. While attending the National Association of Black Journalists conference, Alex discovers the dead body of a publishing bigwig who was about to be toasted as journalist of... Read more

Killer Market

By: Margaret Maron

Narrated by: C.J. Critt

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The Deborah Knott mysteries have won a devoted following, as well as Edgar, Agatha, Anthony and Macavity awards. Readers across the country love Judge Knott's new southern woman's sensibilities and the intelligence she uses to unravel the snarled cases that come her way. Killer Market takes the quintessential steel magnolia to the hub of North... Read more

The Long Rain

By: Peter Gadol

Narrated by: Peter Francis James

Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The Long Rain is atypical of the usual thriller. Peter Gadol sneaks up on his readers with an easy conversational style, lures them into a comfortable bucolic setting, and then knocks them off balance with one fell swoop. After three years of struggling to restore his father's vineyard, lawyer Jason Dark has managed to get his life on track and... Read more

Booked to Die

By: John Dunning

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 11 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in the world of rare books, this bestseller was an instant success with mystery fans who find Dunning's adept combination of sharp-edged suspense, compelling characters, and knowledgeable book lore irresistible. The murder of a harmless book dealer draws Denver homicide detective Cliff Janeway into an extraordinary quest. Suddenly his... Read more

Bookman's Wake

By: John Dunning

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

This sequel to the bestselling Booked to Die combines masterful suspense, bullets, and booklore in one of the best contemporary whodunits on the shelves. When rare book collector Cliff Janeway is offered a lucrative bondsman job, he can't refuse, especially since the bail jumper might have a priceless copy of The Raven. This is a must listen for... Read more

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

By: Joanne Fluke

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

DISCOVER THE DELICIOUS MYSTERY THAT STARTED IT ALL!No one cooks up a delectable, suspense-filled mystery quite like Hannah Swensen, Joanne Fluke’s dessert-baking, red-haired heroine whose gingersnaps are as tart as her comebacks, and whose penchant for solving crimes—one delicious clue at a time—has made her a bestselling favorite. And it all... Read more

A Superior Death

By: Nevada Barr

Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat

Length: 11 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Nevada Barr quickly attracted the attention of mystery fans when her first Anna Pigeon mystery, Track of the Cat, appeared. Now she immerses the intrepid park ranger in a perilous search that will take her far below the waters of Lake Superior. As Anna spends her days patrolling its shores, the surface of Lake Superior fills with tourists. In... Read more