Mystery & Thriller audiobooks

Hammerheads - Abridged

By: Dale Brown

Narrated by: Joseph Campanella

Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Off the coast of southern Florida, a deadly war is being waged that threatens our national security. Thousands of kilos of illicit drugs are dumped on our shores annually. But "business as usual" takes a different turn when Sandra Geffar, head of the U.S. Customs Department, and Ian Hardcastle, Commander of the Coast Guard, put their... Read more

Kiss Me Deadly - Abridged

By: Mickey Spillane

Narrated by: Stacy Keach

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

No dame is pretty with a gun in her hand. But at least this one was alive. The last time Mike Hammer met up with a blonde she ended up dead, and Hammer inherited a war with the Mob. As he digs deeper, he discovers that about fifteen years ago the Mafia had been double crossed. Now, people are dying because of it and the girl with the gun is a... Read more

Vengeance is Mine - Abridged

By: Mickey Spillane

Narrated by: Deborah lee Johnson

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

He was a nice guy. Now he's dead. That's all Hammer knows about the stiff in the hotel room. But that isn't enough because Hammer suspects murder while the cops are calling it a suicide. Without a license or a gun, Hammer is pushing his way through a swirl of sex-and-game clubs, high priced models and not just a little blackmail. Someone is... Read more

Terror Stalks the Class Reunion - Abridged

By: Mary Higgins Clark

Narrated by: Sally Kirkland

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From The Anastasia Syndrome, her bestselling collection of short fiction, Terror Stalks the Class Reunion is a riveting, unabridged audio production.

Lovely young Kay Crandall has come back for the reunion of a high school where she once taught. But Kay cannot guess that the happy occasion is about to turn into a nightmare, as she falls into the... Read more

Distant Danger

By: Jan Van de Wetering, Jean Darling, Joyce Harrin...

Narrated by: Nancy Dussault

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

The stories for this annual collection of the Mystery Writers of America were selected for their strange and exotic locales. Breathtaking suspense, cold-blooded crime, and challenging twists of plot— set in the four corners of the world— make this recording a chilling audio experience. • "Deadhead Coming... Read more

My Gun is Quick - Abridged

By: Mickey Spillane

Narrated by: Stacy Keach

Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

He called her Red.  She called him in from the cold.  For one short moment in the big, hard city they were friends--and then the girl turned up dead.  Mike Hammer will walk through walls to find out who she was and why she died, even if he doesn't like the answers he gets.  Even if they are all about a seamy network of call-girls, blackmail, and... Read more

A Stranger in the Mirror

By: Sidney Sheldon

Narrated by: Shannon Engemann

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A tale of Hollywood betrayal, revenge, and murder, A Stranger in the Mirror tells the story of two star-crossed lovers, Toby Temple—a superstar who struggles to become the world's funniest man—and Jill Castle, a sensuous starlet with a dark, mysterious past. Toby gets any woman that he wants, but under the superstar image is a lonely man. As his... Read more

Angel Eyes - Abridged

By: Eric Lustbader

Narrated by: Adrienne Barbeau

Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Tori Nunn went to Buenos Aires to forget— to forget her former life and to forget the death of her astronaut brother Greg, who died in a tragic space accident. But when handsome Ariel Solares alerts her to Japanese cocaine dealers shipping nuclear material from Columbia, she won't let go. Soon Tori is back in the world of spies and... Read more

Out on the Rim - Abridged

By: Ross Thomas

Narrated by: David Birney

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

What if you were offered a gig by some shadowy and well-financed interests to funnel five million dollars to rebels holed up in the Philippine mountains? They need to fund a revolt against the Aquino government and a resourceful and gutsy team to engineer it. And what a team it is: Booth Stallings, a terrorism expert, is the only man the rebel... Read more

Killing Man - Abridged

By: Mickey Spillane

Narrated by: Stacy Keach

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It keeps coming back to Hammer...

The image of bloodshed in his office remained etched in Mike Hammer's mind forever - his secretary sprawled on the floor and a stranger sitting dead and mutilated at his own desk. In one moment a storm of madness entered the private eye's life. As he starts hunting for the killer, Hammer is haunted by the... Read more

The Guest of Honor - Abridged

By: Irving Wallace

Narrated by: Roddy McDowall

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

If he had been just another married man, and she a beautiful woman— it would have been just a passionate affair. But he was the president. Will this dangerous liaison change the course of history? Matthew Underwood— former anchorman and now U.S. President— is dangerously indifferent to his job until he meets... Read more

While My Pretty One Sleeps - Abridged

By: Mary Higgins Clark

Narrated by: Jessica Walter

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A stunning tale of murder, glamour, and romance, While My Pretty One Sleeps is the most exciting novel yet from Mary Higgins Clark, the Queen of Suspense.

Neeve Kearny may be the only person in New York worried about the disappearance of Ethel Lambston. Ethel, a bestselling author famous for her juicy exposés, is one of the best customers at... Read more

Red Dragon - Abridged

By: Thomas Harris

Narrated by: Thomas Harris

Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A quiet summer night...a neat suburban house...and another innocent, happy family is shattered -- the latest victims of a grisly series of hideous sacrificial killings that no one understands, and no one can stop. Nobody lives to tell of the unimaginable carnage. Only the blood-stained walls bear witness.

All hope rests on Special Agent Will... Read more

Thornyhold - Abridged

By: Mary Stewart

Narrated by: Jenny Agutter

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Gilly Ramsey's lonely childhood was brightened only by visits to her godmother until her death, when the grown-up Gilly inherits the family cottage, “ Thornyhold.” Set deep in a wild wood, with its magical and peaceful strength and its sovereign defenses against evil, Thornyhold is like something out of a fairy tale. The... Read more

Murder for Christmas

By: Thomas Godfrey, John Collier, Sir Arthur Conan ...

Narrated by: David Birney

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Ah, the pleasures of Christmas: the hanging of lights, the traditional feasts, the gathering of families, and... a bit of murder, conspiracy, and theft. The holiday season seems to inspire the imagination of the best mystery writers, and their talents shine here in these delightful tales of Yuletide crime. In this busiest of seasons,... Read more

The Fourth Durango - Abridged

By: Ross Thomas

Narrated by: Robert Culp

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

There's the Durango in Colorado, the one in Mexico, and the one in Spain; then there's the fourth one— the California town where the Franciscans forgot to fund a mission. Now, all it has going for it is the climate— and its hideout industry. Kelly Vines, a disbarred attorney, and his father-in-law Jack Adair, a former... Read more

The Silence of the Lambs - Abridged

By: Thomas Harris

Narrated by: Kathy Bates

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Listen to the silence...

An instant classic novel of chilling psychological suspense...a critically-acclaimed audio production of unforgettable intensity...From the tormenting words of the homicidal maniac Dr. Hannibal Lecter and the flesh-rending depravity of an elusive killer to the sheer courage of a young F.B.I. novice, who risks her life to... Read more

The Case of the Beautiful Beggar - Abridged

By: Erle Gardner

Narrated by: Perry King

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this mystery classic, Perry Mason takes on the case of a young woman accused of exploiting her frail, wealthy uncle. The woman claims her uncle needs to be freed from the clutches of a money-hungry conniving half-brother. Will Perry and his crack team be able to prove who's the culprit? Everyone's favorite crusading attorney must use all his... Read more

Weep No More My Lady - Abridged

By: Mary Higgins Clark

Narrated by: Elizabeth Ashley

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

New York Times bestselling author and Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark’s masterpiece is a “crackling tale of menace and love that holds your attention to the last page” (Andrew M. Greeley).

Elizabeth Lange has arrived at Cypress Point Spa in Pebble Beach, California, weary of heart and soul. Still grieving for her beloved sister, a famous... Read more

The Naked Face - Abridged

By: Sidney Sheldon

Narrated by: Roger Moore

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Hanson died quickly—with a knife in his back. Carole was next—tortured to death. Now Judd Stevens, a successful Manhattan psychoanalyst, must face a horrific prospect: someone is trying to kill him and he is being treated as the prime suspect. As two faceless executioners on a murderous mission continue their search for an unknown secret, Judd... Read more

Murder in Manhattan

By: Mary Clark, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Whitley St...

Narrated by: Betsy Palmer

Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Beginning in 1982, The Adam's Round Table— a group of America's most talented and successful mystery writers— convened every month in New York to discuss their craft. When agent and author Bill Adler suggested they each write a short story located in a different section of Manhattan, their enthusiastic response resulted in... Read more

The Seventh Secret - Abridged

By: Irving Wallace

Narrated by: Paul Scofield

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Russian museum curator acquires a painting of a public building that includes a modification completed in 1952. The artist: Adolf Hitler. A prominent historian is mysteriously killed while in the final stages of research for his latest book— a biography of the fü hrer. An American architect preparing a book on... Read more

If Tomorrow Comes - Abridged

By: Sidney Sheldon

Narrated by: Roger Moore

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Tracy Whitney is on top of the world. Young, beautiful, and intelligent, she is about to marry into wealth and glamour—until a ruthless mafia gang frames her, and she is sentenced to prison. Though beaten and broken, Tracy emerges from her savage ordeal determined to avenge herself against those who have destroyed her life. With dazzling... Read more

Kommissar Roth, Wer singt - stirbt

By: author

Narrated by: Franz Boehm

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Spannende Krimi-Hörspiele für Kinder um einen Kommissar Read more