Mystery & Thriller audiobooks

White Flame - Abridged

By: James Grady

Narrated by: Blair Underwoood

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When Faron Sears— a rich, brilliant, messianic, Black ex-con— enters the presidential race and refuses to play by the old rules, he electrifies the electorate. But someone Faron trusts is a traitor, and someone else plots to become his assassin. The FBI agent assigned to save Faron's life is also ordered to protect the... Read more

The Cry of the Halidon - Abridged

By: Robert Ludlum

Narrated by: Robert Foxworth

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For $2 million, scientist Alex McAuliff is hired by Dunstone, Ltd. to survey the geology of Jamaica's dark, mysterious interior. There is a catch: no one can know Dunstone is involved. When British Intelligence learns of Alex's mission, they let him in on a little secret: the last survey team never made it home. McAuliff' s reception... Read more

The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Abridged

By: Victor Hugo

Narrated by: Julie Christie

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When Quasimodo appears before the masses as the "Pope of Fools," the crowd beholds an enormous cyclops-like creature— the hunchback's whole body seems a twisted grimace. Yet, with all his deformity, there is a certain grace and agility in him, and he possesses an endearing passion. When Esmerelda, the beautiful Romani woman, stands... Read more

One for the Money - Abridged

By: Janet Evanovich

Narrated by: Lori Petty

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Discover where it all began—the first “snappily written, fast-paced, and witty” (USA TODAY) novel in the beloved Stephanie Plum series featuring a feisty and funny heroine who “comes roaring in like a blast of very fresh air” (The Washington Post), from Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dirty Thirty.

Meet Stephanie Plum,... Read more

The Camelot Caper

By: Elizabeth Peters

Narrated by: Grace Conlin

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The lethal stuff of legendsFor Jessica Tregarth, an unexpected invitation to visit her grandfather in England comes as a wonderful surprise, an opportunity to open doors to a family history that have always been closed to her. But her arrival is greeted by mysterious villains who pursue her through Cornwall, their motive and intentions unknown.... Read more

No Place to Hide

By: Gerry Carroll

Narrated by: Edward Lewis

Length: 13 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Set against the background of Saigon’s desperate last days, this concluding volume to Carroll’s extraordinary naval aviation trilogy follows the adventures of helicopter pilot Lt. Tim Boyle and his best friend, Lt. Mike Santy, as they struggle to pull off the final American withdrawal from Vietnam. Boyle and Santy find themselves in the midst of... Read more

The Murders of Richard III

By: Elizabeth Peters

Narrated by: Grace Conlin

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

In a remote English country mansion, modern devotees of the infamous King Richard III, immortally villainized by Shakespeare, have gathered for a grand weekend of role-playing and Ricardian scholarship. Jacqueline Kirby, an attractive American librarian attending the festivities, anticipates only one mystery to be raised: the... Read more

A Maiden's Grave - Abridged

By: Jeffery Deaver

Narrated by: David McCallum

Length: 3 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Eight vulnerable girls and their helpless teachers are forced off a school bus and held hostage. The madman who has them at gunpoint has a simple plan: one hostage an hour will die unless the demands are met. Called to the scene is Arthur Potter, the FBI's best hostage negotiator. He has a plan. But so does one of the hostages—a beautiful... Read more

The Good Detective

By: H. R. F. Keating

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A case from his past is about to ruin Assistant Chief Constable Ned French’s career. Heather Jonas, forced into a false confession to murder after a harrowing late-night interview session with French, has now served fifteen years of her twenty-year sentence. In all that time she’s never appealed against her lot; but now, someone else has... Read more

Tales of the Unexpected

By: SakiSaki

Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Master storyteller H.H. Munro— better known by the pen name “ Saki” — is famous for his witty, mischievous, and macabre stories of suspense. Saki specialized in impudent practical jokes, devilish trickery, and incredible yarns, and his writing became popular in the early 1900s for its witty and... Read more

Watch Me - Abridged

By: A Holt

Narrated by: Susan Anspach

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

FBI Special Agent Jay Fletcher is an agency hacker who uses computers to find out anything about anyone—but her failure to respect proper channels gets her bounced out of Washington, D.C. Assigned to an unexciting arson detail in New Mexico, she follows an ongoing investigation into a serial killer who is terrorizing Las Vegas. Jay's diversion... Read more

Burning Angel - Abridged

By: James Lee Burke

Narrated by: Will Patton

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke comes another brilliant Dave Robicheaux novel—now available in ebook—featuring the Louisiana detective in a race to solve a murder before more blood is shed.

The Fontenot family has lived as sharecroppers on Bertrand land for as long as anyone can remember. So why are they now being... Read more

Naked Once More

By: Elizabeth Peters

Narrated by: Grace Conlin

Length: 12 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

She may be a bestselling author, but ex-librarian Jacqueline Kirby's views on the publishing biz aren't fit to print. In fact, she's thinking of trading celebrity for serenity and a house far away from fiendish editors and demented fans, when her agent whispers the only words that could ever make her stay: Naked in the Ice.Seven years ago, this... Read more

Sacrifice of Isaac - Abridged

By: Neil Gordon

Narrated by: Tony Shaloub & Cynthia Nixon

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the tradition of John Le Carre...a stunning debut thriller.
A legacy of shadows...
Luke Benami thought his father Yossef was the great man the world said he was: professor, general, Israeli national hero. Luke also thought his brother Danni was the prodigal his family said he was: army deserter, political exile, criminal. But when his father's... Read more

The Copenhagen Connection

By: Elizabeth Peters

Narrated by: Grace Conlin

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

On a trail that leads from modern wonders to ancient mystery, a determined young woman and an arrogant "prince" must uncover shocking secrets carefully guarded in a beautiful Danish city.Elizabeth Jones, vacationing from her New York publishing job, is off to do touristy things in Denmark: gawk at the Little Mermaid, stroll in the Tivoli … look... Read more

Night Magic - Abridged

By: Tom Tryon

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the bestselling author of The Other and Harvest Home...His Final Horror Classic!

Apprentice to an evil unknown.

In the bestselling tradition of Mary Reilly, the late Tom Tryon returns to the horror genre for one final triumph -- a spellbinding modern-day retelling of The Sorcerer's Apprentice.

It happens in front of the Metropolitan Museum in... Read more

The Naked Face

By: Sidney Sheldon

Narrated by: William Roberts

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

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 America

By: John Breen, Mary Higgins Clark, William F. Nola...

Narrated by: David Birney

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

An entertaining collection by seven renowned American mystery writers— including Mary Higgins Clark and Whitley Strieber— this anthology offers a delightful mix of mystery, suspense, and murder. The stories include• “ Starstruck” by Jon L. Breen, read by James Stacy: A group of aging... Read more

The Love Talker

By: Elizabeth Peters

Narrated by: Grace Conlin

Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

There might be worse fates than spending a few months at Idlewood, Laurie thought, as the Chicago winter howled around her. It was, after all, the the beloved family home where she found comfort and peace as a lonely young girl. Certainly her Aunt Ida's invitation was well intentioned, and she couldn't really have meant what she said: "I have... Read more

Rogue Warrior - Abridged

By: Richard Marcinko

Narrated by: Richard Marcinko

Length: 2 hours 24 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

Ill Wind

By: Nevada Barr

Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Separated from friends and family and haunted by personal demons, park ranger Anna Pigeon finds solace in the quiet ruins of the Anasazi civilization of Colorado's Mesa Verde. But the rugged beauty of the park and the mystery of the Anasazi are cruelly overshadowed by danger and death. Lately, visitors to Mesa Verde have been bringing home more... Read more

The Jackal’s Head

By: Elizabeth Peters

Narrated by: Grace Conlin

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Digging up a buried past could lead to a premature death, for there is a dangerous secret that is centuries old—as old as the treasure of Nefertiti.Althea Tomlinson comes back to Egypt as just another tourist, showing the country to a spoiled seventeen-year-old.That's what she tells herself, anyway.The truth is more complex—and dangerous. Ten... Read more

Ill Wind

By: Nevada Barr

Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Separated from friends and family and haunted by personal demons, park ranger Anna Pigeon finds solace in the quiet ruins of the Anasazi civilization of Colorado's Mesa Verde. But the rugged beauty of the park and the mystery of the Anasazi are cruelly overshadowed by danger and death. Lately, visitors to Mesa Verde have been bringing home more... Read more

Iced

By: Carol Clark

Narrated by: Carol Higgins Clark

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

It's Christmas in Aspen, and P.I. Regan Reilly has come to ski and celebrate with her parents and their rich Aspen friends. As the snow falls, million-dollar paintings start to disappear, along with an old friend of Regan's—who happens to be an ex-con and reformed jewel thief. Regan may be the only person in town who believes he is innocent, but... Read more