Mystery & Thriller audiobooks

The Heretic's Apprentice - Abridged

By: Ellis Peters

Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Heresy, murder, and the contents of a mysterious treasure chest challenge Brother Cadfael—12th-century herbalist, sleuth, and sometime cupid—in his 16th chronicle.In the summer of 1143, William of Lythwood arrives at the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul, but it is not a joyous occasion—he's come back from his pilgrimage in a coffin.... Read more

The Summer of the Danes - Abridged

By: Ellis Peters

Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

In summer of 1144, a strange calm has settled over England. The armies of King Stephen and Empress Maudhave temporarily exhausted each other. Brother Cadfael, herbalist-sleuth of Shrewsbury's Benedictine Abbey, agrees to accompany wise young Brother Mark on Church business in Wales. But the brothers soon find themselves caught up in yet another... Read more

Monk's Hood - Abridged

By: Ellis Peters

Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

It's Christmas, and a local visiting dignitary suddenly takes ill immediately following his decision to bequeath his manorial estate to the abbey. Luckily, the abbey boasts the services of the herbalist Brother Cadfael, who hurries to the man's bedside, only to be confronted with two surprises: the man's wife is Richildis—whom Cadfael loved... Read more

Mind Prey - Abridged

By: John Sandford

Narrated by: John Shea

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the bestselling author of night prey and winter prey...an all-new Lucas Davenport thriller.
Run for it...
It was raining when psychiatrist Andi Manette left the parent-teacher conference with her two young daughters, and she was distracted. She barely noticed the red van parked beside her, barely noticed the van door slide open as they dashed... Read more

The Adventures of Brother Cadfael - Abridged

By: Ellis Peters

Narrated by: Sir Jacobi, Derek

Length: 17 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This collection of recordings about Brother Cadfael—a Benedictine monk and amateur sleuth in the 12th century—are performed here by the ideal actor. Sir Derek Jacobi, who portrayed Cadfael in several television adaptations, captivates listeners with his renderings of Monk's Hood, Saint Peter's Fair, The Heretic's Apprentice, The Potter's Field,... Read more

My Gal Sunday - Abridged

By: Mary Higgins Clark

Narrated by: Megan Follows

Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A dashing ex-president and his young congresswoman bride become an irresistible sleuthing duo in four acclaimed stories from the #1 New York Times bestselling Queen of Suspense.

Henry Parker Britland IV—wealthy, worldly, and popular—is enjoying an early retirement. His new wife, Sunday—as clever as she is lovely—has just been elected to Congress... Read more

Harvest - Abridged

By: Tess Gerritsen

Narrated by: Jayne Brook

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this harrowing medical thriller filled with suspense and brilliantly crafted twists, Tess Gerritsen—the author of the acclaimed Rizzoli & Isles series that inspired the hit television show—delivers a pulse-pounding tale that “will make your heart skip a beat” (USA TODAY).

For Dr. Abby DiMatteo, the long road to Boston’s Bayside Hospital... Read more

Bloodline - Abridged

By: Sidney Sheldon

Narrated by: Jenny Agutter

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Intelligent, tough, beautiful, and sole heir to a billion-dollar fortune, Elizabeth suddenly finds herself head of an empire after her father mysteriously dies. Surrounded by cash-hungry family members, the young heiress fights to save the family business. And after narrowly escaping death, she realizes that someone is determined to kill her.... Read more

Cadillac Jukebox

By: James Lee Burke

Narrated by: Mark Hammer

Length: 11 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

James Lee Burke has been hailed as a “national treasure” (Tampa Bay Times), and in his ninth Dave Robicheaux thriller, it’s easy to see why. This taut, twisted tale of corruption in the Louisiana bayou truly brands Burke as “America’s best novelist” (Denver Post).

Aaron Crown comes from a long line of shady Cajun characters, and rumors of Klan... Read more

A Stained White Radiance - Abridged

By: James Lee Burke

Narrated by: Will Patton

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Detective Dave Robicheaux travels to the mountains of Montana to help his best friend and unearths a larger plot that threatens them both.

Oil speculator Weldon Sonnier is the patriarch of a troubled family intimately bound to the CIA, the Mob, and the Klan. Now, the murder of a cop and a bizarre assassination attempt pull Detective Dave... Read more

Simple Simon - Abridged

By: Ryne Douglas Pearson

Narrated by: Joe Morton

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: Yes

An autistic teenager. A ruthless assassin. An FBI agent who must risk everything to protect an innocent person from a savage.

All three are thrust together when Simon Lynch, a sixteen-year-old savant, unknowingly breaks the newest, most secure code developed by the National Security Agency. Corrupt elements within that government behemoth,... Read more

Malice Domestic 2

By: Mary Clark, Frances Fyfield, K.K. Beck, Gary Al...

Narrated by: Mason Adams

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Following the success of Malice Domestic 1— recipient of the Agatha Award for Best Short Story and called "outstanding" by Publishers Weekly— acclaimed author Mary Higgins Clark serves a feast of original traditional mystery stories in classic Agatha Christie style. Featured writers include Amanda Cross, Frances Fyfield,... Read more

Final Jeopardy - Abridged

By: Linda Fairstein

Narrated by: Diane Venora

Length: 2 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the former chief of the sex crimes unit of the Manhattan District Attorney’s office comes the bestselling thriller featuring a New York City prosecutor unraveling a terrifying and brutal murder mystery.

Alexandra Cooper, Manhattan’s top sex crimes prosecutor, awakens one morning to shocking news: a tabloid headline announcing her own... Read more

Murder for Love, Murder for Men

By: Otto Penzler, William J. Caunitz, John Gardner,...

Narrated by: Susan Anspach

Length: 4 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Crimes of passion are as old as love itself. A man, a woman, a weapon: it's the perfect recipe for love gone wrong. And Murder for Love: Murder for Men is the perfect— and only— collection of love stories with a delectable devious twist: Murder. Eight works of short fiction from the very best male writers inside— ... Read more

Murder for Love, Murder for Women

By: Otto Penzler, Bobbie Ann Mason, Carol Higgins C...

Narrated by: Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Length: 4 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Murder for Love: Murder for Women is a collection of wickedly witty crime-of-passion short stories by some of the best women writers inside and out of the mystery field. These eight thrilling never-before-published stories include: • “ For Whom the Beep Tolls” by Carol Higgins Clark
• “ ... Read more

The Dead Sea Cipher

By: Elizabeth Peters

Narrated by: Grace Conlin

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

It was the start of a grand adventure in a land of antiquity: a rare opportunity to visit biblical places rich in tradition and shrouded in mystery. But in the middle of Beirut, a world away from everything she knows, Dinah Van der Lyn suddenly hears angry voices through the wall of her hotel. The voices are followed by a crash and cries for... Read more

Sudden Prey - Abridged

By: John Sandford

Narrated by: Jay O. Sanders

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Revenge is the engine which powers this entry in John Sandford's Prey series starring superslick Minnesota cop Lucas Davenport. When a dangerous female bank robber is killed in a shootout, her even more dangerous husband escapes from prison and begins a campaign of retribution against the families of Davenport and his team. Read more

Cold Fall - Abridged

By: John Gardner

Narrated by: Christopher Cazenove

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The night that Flight 229 was blown apart upon landing at Washington's Dulles Airport— killing almost 400 passengers aboard— James Bond embarked on a mission that would become an obsession. Who was responsible for destroying the British-owned aircraft? Was it a straightforward act of terrorism, an assassination aimed at... Read more

Heaven's Prisoners - Abridged

By: James Lee Burke

Narrated by: Will Patton

Length: 3 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

James Lee Burke’s second Robicheaux novel takes the detective out of New Orleans and into the bayou as he seeks a quieter life.

Vietnam vet Dave Robicheaux has turned in his detective’s badge, is winning his battle against booze, and has left New Orleans with his wife for the tranquil beauty of Louisiana’s bayous. But a plane crash on the Gulf... Read more

Chance

By: Robert Parker

Narrated by: Burt Reynolds

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Boston hoodlum Julius Ventura wants to find his daughter's missing husband. At least that's how he puts it to Spenser and Hawk, even though it's clear that Julius isn't telling the whole truth—or maybe not any part of the truth. Something about the case appeals to Spenser's passion for justice, though, and he launches an odyssey that leads him... Read more

The Account - Abridged

By: Roderick Mann

Narrated by: Patrick Macnee

Length: 3 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Julia Lang is a winner— she' s beautiful, vivacious, and the publicity director of London's top hotel. Robert Brand is charismatic and handsome— with his vast fortune he can work magic. Julia and Robert make a golden couple, but when Robert tragically dies, Julia's world suddenly shatters. When his Swiss bank... Read more

Rogue Warrior - Abridged

By: Richard Marcinko

Narrated by: Richard Marcinko

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A brilliant virtuoso of violence, Richard Marcinko rose through Navy ranks to create and command one of this country's most elite and classified counterterrorist units, SEAL TEAM SIX. Now this thirty-year veteran recounts the secret missions and Special Warfare madness of his worldwide military career—and the riveting truth about the top-secret... Read more

Lord of the Dead the Secret History of Byron - Abridged

By: Tom Holland

Narrated by: Richard E. Grant

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Famed nineteenth-century poet and rake Lord Byron travels to Greece and becomes the world’s most formidable vampire—entering a dark, intoxicating world of ancient arts and scorching excesses of evil—in this offbeat book by the author of Slave of My Thirst.

Traveling in the mountains of Greece, Byron falls under the spell of a mysterious fugitive... Read more

Days of Drums - Abridged

By: Philip Selby

Narrated by: Diane Venora

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

The most gripping thriller since Marathon Man

For rookie Secret Service agent Holland Tylo, landing one of the top protection jobs in Washington is a clear sign that her career is right on track. Suddenly it all blows up in her face when Senator Westbourne is gruesomely murdered on her watch. Devastated by the senator's death, censured by her... Read more