River Reader Books

What's Done in Darkness

A Novel

By: Laura McHugh
Narrated by: Jennifer Sun Bell
Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abducted as a teenager, a woman must now confront her past and untangle the truth of what really happened to her in this dark thriller from the author of The Wolf Wants In. 

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: St. Louis Post-Dispatch,Self• “Compulsively, propulsively readable.”—Laura Lippman, bestselling author of Lady in the... Read more

The Book of Cold Cases

By: Simone St. James
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Kirsten Potter & Robert Petkoff
Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

A Most Anticipated Novel by PopSugar * Crime Reads * Goodreads *

A true crime blogger gets more than she bargained for while interviewing the woman acquitted of two cold case slayings in this chilling new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Sun Down Motel.

In 1977, Claire Lake, Oregon, was shaken by the Lady Killer Murders:... Read more

Book Lovers

By: Emily Henry
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

“This was not only a delightful romance to read, but a wonderful exploration of a character. I loved Nora working, Nora interacting with her sister, Nora living her kick-ass agent life. Of all of Emily Henry's characters, she's the one that I would love to read more and more and more about. Five stars, will read hundreds and hundreds of times again. Read more

The Last House Guest

By: Megan Miranda
Narrated by: Rebekkah Ross
Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

**A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller**

A year after a summer guest dies under suspicious circumstances, her best friend lives under a cloud of grief and suspicion in this “fast-paced and gripping” (People) thriller filled with “dizzying plot twists and multiple surprise endings” (The New York Times... Read more

The Guest List

A Novel

By: Lucy Foley
Narrated by: Jot Davies, Chloe Massey, Olivia Dowd, Aoife McMahon, Sarah Ovens & Rich Keeble
Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

“This was a great, suspenseful listen. It wasn’t as spooky as I’d been hoping for, but it was an excellent mystery. The story takes place on an island off of Ireland with an old manor house that is hosting a posh wedding. The story starts the day before the murder and ends with the body being found. We get the viewpoint of several of the guests... Read more

The Girls in the Stilt House

A Novel

By: Kelly Mustian
Narrated by: Johanna Parker
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Murder breaks through the racial divide that separates two teenage girls, forging an unlikely friendship in this Southern debut that’s perfect for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing and If the Creek Don’t Rise.Ada promised herself she would never go back to the Trace, to her unbearable life on the swamp, and to her harsh father in Mississippi. But... Read more

Summit Lake

By: Charlie Donlea
Narrated by: Shannon McManus
Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

“A gem of a mystery, fast-paced and suspenseful.” --Catherine Coulter, # 1 New York Times bestselling authorNo suspects. No persons of interest. Just a girl who was alive one day and dead the next.Some places seem too beautiful to be touched by horror. Summit Lake, nestled in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, is that kind of place. But two... Read more

Coming of Winter

The Jeremy Winter Thrillers: Book #1

By: Tom Threadgill
Narrated by: Austin Walp
Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Catherine Mae Blackston is missing. She is not the first.While investigating Blackston’s recent activities, FBI Agent Jeremy Winter stumbles upon a string of missing persons within state parks. Unable to convince his boss that Blackston’s disappearance is anything other than a lost hiker, Winter joins forces with a local police officer to... Read more

The Slow Burn of Silence

A Snowy Creek Novel

By: Loreth Anne White
Length: 13 hours 4 minutes

Winner of the National Readers’ Choice Award for Romantic SuspenseFrom award-winning romance author Loreth Anne White comes a story of justice, loyalty, and unbreakable bonds that is both a thrilling mystery and a moving love story. Newly exonerated ex-con Jeb Cullen is determined to prove his innocence to his former neighbors and win back the... Read more

Polar Vortex

By: Matthew Mather
Narrated by: Tom Taylorson
Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

A routine commercial flight disappears over the North Pole. No wreckage. No transponder signals.Mitch Matthews is a writer struggling to make ends meet when his wife’s brother offers them a first-class seat on a flight from Hong Kong to New York. When his wife needs to stay behind, it becomes an opportunity for some quality daddy-daughter time... Read more

Boundary Lines

A Selection from Hearts Untamed

By: Nora Roberts
Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts’s heartwarming tale, love doesn’t come easy in Big Sky country.When Jillian Baron inherits her grandfather’s Montana ranch, she inherits a long-standing family feud as well. Living side by side with the Murdocks had bred contempt over the years. But now a common enemy has Jillian and Aaron... Read more

The Becoming

The Dragon Heart Legacy, Book 2

The Dragon Heart Legacy: Book #2

By: Nora Roberts
Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
Length: 15 hours 42 minutes

"In charismatic fashion, Kreinik brings alive the world of Talamh and Breen Siobhan Kelly's journey." - AudioFile Magazine

A new epic of love and war among gods and humans, from Nora Roberts—the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Awakening.

The world of magick and the world of man have long been estranged from one another. But some can... Read more

The Sanatorium

A Novel

Detective Elin Warner Series: Book #1

By: Sarah Pearse
Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
Length: 11 hours 58 minutes

“A chilling and atmospheric thriller that is just brimming with atmosphere! The Sanatorium finds a troubled detective trapped in a resort hotel that used to be a sanatorium, searching for a would be serial killer amidst a snowstorm that has cut them off from civilization. Elizabeth Knowelden gives great voice to Elin and the rest of the... Read more

Her Final Breath

Tracy Crosswhite: Book #2

By: Robert Dugoni
Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith
Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

Tracy Crosswhite returns in the second book in the page-turning series by New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni.Homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite has returned to the police force after the sensational retrial of her sister’s killer. Still scarred from that ordeal, Tracy is pulled into an investigation that threatens to end her... Read more

The Four Winds

A Novel

By: Kristin Hannah
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 15 hours 2 minutes

“I devoured Kristin Hannah’s masterful work of historical fiction, narrated by one of the best audiobook narrators working today, Julia Whelan. I found myself desperately rooting for the Martinelli family as they face a persistent series of crises during the Great Depression & the Dust Bowl. This is character driven storytelling at its best —... Read more

The Great Alone

A Novel

By: Kristin Hannah
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 15 hours 1 minute

“Kristin Hannah's The Great Alone is a powerful, compelling story of survival - survival of the natural elements and of the human spirit. It's 1974, and 13-year-old Leni Allbright lives with her devoted mother, Cora, and abusive father, Ernt, who was a prisoner of war during Vietnam. America is changing after the war, and Ernt thinks their best... Read more

It Ends with Us

By: Colleen Hoover
Narrated by: Olivia Song
Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Starts with Us and All Your Perfects, a “brave and heartbreaking novel that digs its claws into you and doesn’t let go, long after you’ve finished it” (Anna Todd, New York Times bestselling author) about a workaholic with a too-good-to-be-true romance can’t stop thinking about her first... Read more