Mystery & Thriller audiobooks

Partitur des Todes (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Jan Seghers

Narrated by: Miroslav Nemec

Length: 5 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sechzig Jahre lang wollte Georg Hofmann alles vergessen: seine Kindheit, seine Eltern, sein Land. Doch dann wird auf einem kleinen Schloss bei Paris ein geheimnisvoller, alter Umschlag entdeckt. Darauf sein Name und als Absender das Wort: Auschwitz. Kurz darauf geschieht in Frankfurt ein grauenhaftes Verbrechen. Fünf Leichen werden auf einem... Read more

Look Again - Abridged

By: Lisa Scottoline

Narrated by: Mary Stuart Masterson

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Lisa Scottoline breaks new ground in Look Again, a thrilling audiobook that's both heart-stopping and heart-breaking, and sure to have new fans and book clubs buzzing.

When reporter Ellen Gleeson gets a "Have You Seen This Child?" flyer in the mail, she almost throws it away. But something about it makes her look again, and her heart stops—the... Read more

Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Vol. 3 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: Paul McGrath, Boris Karloff & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Every week, Inner Sanctum Mysteries told a story of ghosts, murderers, and lunatics. Taking its name from a popular series of mystery novels, Inner Sanctum Mysteries debuted over NBC radio’s Blue Network in January 1941 and featured one of the most memorable and atmospheric openings in radio history as an organist hit a dissonant chord, a... Read more

Moving Target - Abridged

By: Elizabeth Lowell

Narrated by: Maria Tucci

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

""When your read this, I'll be dead…""These are the troubling words Serena Charter's grandmother has written on a note accompanying four pages of a centuries-old illuminated manuscript delivered after the old woman's passing.Seeking clues to the mystery laid out before her, Serena turns to Erik North, a reclusive manuscript appraiser with a... Read more

Bare Bones - Abridged

By: Kathy Reichs

Narrated by: Michele Pawk

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“Fans of TV’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation should be in heaven” (People) stepping into the world of forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan—she works with the dead, but she works for the living.

“Down time” is not a phrase in Tempe Brennan’s vocabulary. A string of disturbing cases has put her vacation plans on hold; instead, she heads... Read more

Death In A White Tie - Abridged

By: Ngaio Marsh

Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch

Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The season had begun. Débutantes and chaperones were planning their luncheons, teas, dinners, balls. And the blackmailer was planning his strategies, stalking his next victim.

But Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn knew that something was up. He had already planted his friend Lord Robert Gospell at the scene.

But someone else got there... Read more

Night Beat, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & NBC Radio

Narrated by: Frank Lovejoy & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This radio drama stars Frank Lovejoy in twelve half-hour episodes that aired in 1950, during the golden age of radio.Among several newspaper-based dramas during radio’s golden age, Night Beat was a cut above the others. It was the story of Randy Stone, a hard-nosed Chicago Star newsman, and his quest for the human-interest story behind the... Read more

Singing In The Shrouds - Abridged

By: Ngaio Marsh

Narrated by: Anton Lesser

Length: 3 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

On a cold February night the police find the third corpse on the quayside in the Pool of London, her body covered with flower petals and pearls. The killer walked away, singing. When the cargo ship, Cape Farewell, sets sail, she carries nine passengers, one of whom is known to be the murderer. Which is why Superintendent Roderick Alleyn joins... Read more

Finger Lickin' Fifteen - Abridged

By: Janet Evanovich

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Length: 3 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Recipe for disaster: Celebrity chef Stanley Chipotle comes to Trenton to participate in a barbecue cook-off and loses his head – literally.

Throw in some spice: Bail bonds office worker Lula is witness to the crime, and the only one she'll talk to is Trenton cop, Joe Morelli.

Pump up the heat: Chipotle's sponsor is offering a million-dollar reward... Read more

The Gunpowder Plot and The Babbling Butler - Abridged

By: Anthony Boucher & Denis Green

Narrated by: Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From 1939 to 1946 Americans gathered around the radio to listen to The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes-featuring Basil Rathbone as the high-strung crime-solver and Nigel Bruce as his phlegmatic assistant, Dr. Watson.

Witty, fast-paced and always surprising, these great radio plays, written by the prolific writing team of Anthony Boucher and... Read more

Der erste Verdacht - Die Irene-Huss-Krimis, Band 5 (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Helene Tursten

Narrated by: Andrea Sawatzki

Length: 4 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Spannung garantiert: Die Starken Stimmen lesen jetzt Krimis Armer reicher Mann: Kjell Bengtsson Ceder, einer der bekanntesten Unternehmer Göteborgs, wird erschossen aufgefunden. Unter Verdacht: Sanna, seine Frau. Doch dann kommen zwei Geschäftsmänner auf ähnliche Weise zu Tode. Die Ermittlungen bringen Kommissarin Irene Huss in eine fremde... Read more

Totentanz am Strand. Sommerfeldt kehrt zurück [Band 2] - Abridged

By: Klaus-Peter Wolf

Narrated by: Klaus-Peter Wolf

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Der gefährlichste Mann der Republik heißt Dr. Bernhard Sommerfeldt. Er ist aus Ostfriesland geflohen. Aber Ostfriesland hat auch sie: Ann Kathrin Klaasen, die beste Zielfahnderin in ganz Deutschland. Sie heftet sich an seine Fersen. Das Ruhrgebiet ist der ideale Ort für den Hochstapler und Serienmörder, um unterzutauchen. Hier wird ihn nie... Read more

Classic Radio’s Greatest Mystery Shows, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Basil Rathbone, Humphrey Bogart & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This collection contains twelve of the greatest mystery shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio, featuring the legendary stars that made them great.You will hear Orson Welles, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Vincent Price, Basil Rathbone, Joan Fontaine, and other stars in classic radio episodes from such radio shows as Suspense, Escape,... Read more

16th Seduction - Abridged

By: James Patterson & Maxine Paetro

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 4 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Instant #1 New York Times and USA Today Bestseller

Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates the most explosive case of her career.

Lindsay Boxer is learning to love again. After the picture-perfect world she shared with her husband, Joe, and their beautiful young daughter shattered under the weight of Joe's double life, Lindsay is determined to... Read more

The Night Before Christmas and The Darlington Substitution - Abridged

By: Anthony Boucher & Denis Green

Narrated by: Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From 1939 to 1946 Americans gathered around the radio to listen to The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes-featuring Basil Rathbone as the high-strung crime-solver and Nigel Bruce as his phlegmatic assistant, Dr. Watson.

Witty, fast-paced and always surprising, these great radio plays, written by the prolific writing team of Anthony Boucher and... Read more

Wir sind die Guten - Abridged

By: Dora Heldt

Narrated by: Anneke Kim Sarnau

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Dora Heldt schickt erneut das eigenwillige Detektivquartett an den Tatort - ohne Kaffee, Kuchen und Eierlikör lässt sich nur schwer eine Spur verfolgen! Ein Jahr ist vergangen, seit das Ermittlerteam um Karl Sönnigsen der Polizei von Westerland erfolgreich gezeigt hat, wie man einen Serientäter stellt. Jetzt bekommt Karls Bekannte Helga einen... Read more

Böse Leute - Abridged

By: Dora Heldt

Narrated by: Dora Heldt

Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Eine mysteriöse Einbruchserie erschüttert die Insel Sylt: Nicht millionenschwere Luxusvillen der Touristen werden überfallen, sondern die Häuser älterer, alleinstehender Frauen. Die Polizei in Westerland ist ratlos. Kurzentschlossen bietet der frisch pensionierte Hauptkommissar Karl Sönnigsen seinen Kollegen seine Hilfe an. Jeden Morgen kommt er... Read more

A Study in Scarlet - Abridged

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Sam Devereaux

Length: 4 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Study in Scarlet was the career-starting, first Sherlock Holmes story published by Arthur Conan Doyle. Set in 19th-century London, it follows Dr. John Watson, a war veteran, and the enigmatic young Sherlock Holmes, a uniquely gifted detective. Two murders in London have Scotland Yard confounded, and the solution Holmes illuminates transports... Read more

Der Galgen von Tyburn - Abridged

By: Ben Aaronovitch

Narrated by: Dietmar Wunder

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Peter Grant, Londoner Police Constable und Zauberlehrling, ermittelt in einem Magie-verdächtigen Todesfall, in den Olivia, die Tochter der Flussgöttin Tyburn, verwickelt zu sein scheint. Als wäre das nicht heikel genug, wird Peter der verschollene dritte Band der Principia von Sir Isaac Newton zum Verkauf angeboten. Doch hinter dem wertvollen... Read more

Die Geister auf der Metropolitan Line - Abridged

By: Ben Aaronovitch

Narrated by: Dietmar Wunder

Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Geistersichtungen in der Londoner U-Bahn. Aufruhr und Chaos unter den Pendlern. Police Constable und Zauberlehrling Peter Grant nimmt, gemeinsam mit ein paar alten Bekannten, die Ermittlungen auf. Unschlagbar witzig, schräg und originell erzählt. Dietmar Wunder, "James Bonds" deutsche Stimme, spricht Peter Grants neues Abenteuer. Voller... Read more

Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less - Abridged

By: Jeffrey Archer

Narrated by: Martin Jarvis

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The thrilling novel that launched #1 New York Times bestseller Jeffrey Archer's career, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less.

THE SWINDLE IS INGENIOUS

The conned: an Oxford don, a revered society physician, a chic French art dealer, and a charming English lord. They have one thing in common. Overnight, each novice investor lost his life's fortune... Read more

Harm Done - Abridged

By: Ruth Rendell

Narrated by: Christopher Ravenscroft

Length: 3 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

On the day Lizzie came back from the dead, the police and her family and neighbors had already begun to search for her body. She had been missing for three days. Never an articulate child, between her confusion and amnesia she could not plausibly describe where she'd been or why she'd been away. Soon after, a convicted pedophile is released back... Read more

A King's Ransom - Abridged

By: James Grippando

Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The author of five bestselling novels, including Under Cover of Darkness and The Pardon, James Grippando writes compulsively readable thrillers that could be drawn from today's headlines, only better. Now his trademark gifts are wonderfully demonstrated in a taut new tale of intrigue that will keep you guessing to the final, breathtaking... Read more

Miss Merkel: Mord auf hoher See - Merkel Krimi, Band 3 (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: David Safier

Narrated by: Nana Spier

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Urlaub von der Rente Seit über einem Jahr gibt es in dem beschaulichen Klein-Freudenstadt keine ungeklärten Todesfälle mehr. Eigentlich eine gute Nachricht für alle Bewohner des Örtchen in der Uckermark, nur für Angela Merkel nicht. Sie sehnt sich nach dem Thrill der Ermittlung, denn nichts hatte der Rentnerin so viel Freude bereitet wie die... Read more