The Open Book Read Between the Crimes Book Club

Bluebird, Bluebird

A Highway 59 Novel: Book #1

By: Attica Locke
Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
Length: 9 hours 24 minutes

“Loved this audiobook. Darren Matthews is such a compelling protagonist, and the cast of characters, pacing, etc of this novel is terrific. Also thought the reader did an excellent job. Now on to Heaven My Home! Read more

How I'll Kill You

By: Ren DeStefano
Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Your next stay-up-all-night thriller, about identical triplets who have a nasty habit of killing their boyfriends, and what happens when the youngest commits their worst crime yet: falling in love with her mark.

Make him want you.
Make him love you.
Make him dead.

Sissy has an...interesting family. Always the careful one, always the cautious one,... Read more

Better the Blood

Hana Westerman: Book #1

By: Michael Bennett
Narrated by: Miriama McDowell & Richard Te Are
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

“A grisly murder mystery with ties to early British colonialism in Aotearoa. Starts a little slow, but by the end, I couldn't listen to it fast enough! Definitely recommend for a Māori thriller/mystery - I can't wait for more installments in this series! Read more

Magpie Murders

A Novel

Susan Ryeland Series: Book #1

By: Anthony Horowitz
Narrated by: Samantha Bond & Allan Corduner
Length: 15 hours 47 minutes

“Who better than the talented Anthony Horowitz to create this marvelous mystery within a mystery. Yes, we're treated to two mysteries for the price of one: One set in a peaceful village in England during the 1950s with the one and only Detective Atticus Pund taking the case, and the other set in contemporary times with a book editor who becomes... Read more

One Death at a Time

By: Abbi Waxman
Narrated by: Patti Murin
Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

“Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin

A cranky former actress teams up with her Gen Z sobriety sponsor to solve the murder that threatens to send her back to prison in this dazzling new mystery novel from the USA Today bestselling author of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill.

When Julia Mann,... Read more

Christmas Presents

By: Lisa Unger
Narrated by: Jennifer Pickens
Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

“Christmas Presents is the perfect thriller for the Christmas season! Good pacing throughout the book and multiple points of view. Keeps you guessing the entire time! Read more

Murder Road

By: Simone St. James
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deserted road in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases.

July 1995. April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They’re looking for the small resort town where they plan to spend their honeymoon. When... Read more

Strange Sally Diamond

By: Liz Nugent
Narrated by: Jessica Regan, Stephen Hogan, Sara Lynam & Liz Nugent
Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

“This book is so complex and interesting, yet very dark and disturbing. It really makes you think about the nature vs nurture question and how events can have lifelong consequences. I couldn’t stop listening and I highly recommend! I love the way Sally’s mind works. Read more

The Last Murder at the End of the World

A Novel

By: Stuart Turton
Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

“The inhabitants of a seemingly idyllic island, perhaps the last people alive on post-apocalyptic Earth, have had their memories stripped of the night before, a night in which their most revered scientist was murdered. Now they have to solve that murder, even if it means finding out they’re the suspect, or the victim’s failsafe that has protected... Read more

Eight Perfect Murders

A Novel

By: Peter Swanson
Narrated by: Graham Halstead
Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

“Peter Swanson is one of my favorite authors. His books just keep getting better. Eight Perfect Murders is my favorite so far. It opens introducing Malcolm, who is a widower and owner of a book store in Boston. An FBI agent enters one snowy day and introduces herself as Gwen and asks him if she can speak to him for a few minutes. Gwen says that... Read more

The Whispers

A Novel

By: Ashley Audrain
Narrated by: Jill Winternitz
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

“This is the often promised/seldom delivered domestic thriller. True confession, I listened to the book on audio and found it completely diverting and engaging. (Take this for when you have a dental appt). Several women on Harlow Street have interconnected lives and peripheral involvement when Whitney's 10 year old son flies out of his 3rd story... Read more

Lock Every Door

A Novel

By: Riley Sager
Narrated by: Dylan Moore
Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

“Another terrific thriller from Riley Sager. Never in my wildest dreams would I have figured out what was wrong at the Bartholomew. Read more

The Wife Between Us

A Novel

By: Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

“Oh. My. God! For readers looking for a book that has an absorbing and unique plot line, intriguing but flawed characters, and commands attention until the end of the story, The Wife Between Us is perfect! Vanessa is suffering from a recent divorce when she learns that her ex will soon marry again. She simply cannot allow this to happen. Why?... Read more

The Maid

A Novel

Molly the Maid: Book #1

By: Nita Prose
Narrated by: Lauren Ambrose
Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

“If you like quirky heroines (think Eleanor Oliphant) you'll love Molly The Maid. She's socially awkward and a little odd but the best maid out there! A light and humorous mystery about what happens when Molly finds a dead body in one of the hotel rooms she is cleaning. Totally heartwarming and hard to put down! Read more

Mother-Daughter Murder Night

A Novel

By: Nina Simon
Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer
Length: 12 hours 38 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door.“I just loved how intriguing the mystery is but also the dynamics between a grandmother, a mother, and a teenage daughter."" —Reese WitherspoonThink: Gilmore Girls, but with murder.High-powered businesswoman Lana Rubicon has a lot to... Read more

Happiness Falls (Good Morning America Book Club)

A Novel

By: Angie Kim
Narrated by: Shannon Tyo, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Thomas Pruyn & Angie Kim
Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

“Watch out because Happiness Falls is so much more than a missing-person mystery full of twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the very end. (Even past the very end.) Kim weaves a family drama that will pull at all of your heart strings and leave you questioning how you view everything and everyone. Read more