Mystery & Thriller audiobooks

The Translator - Abridged

By: Harriet Crawley

Narrated by: Simon Mattacks

Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sunday Times Best Thriller Books of 2023: 'Enthralling' The Times Thriller Book of the Month: 'Wonderfully realised' Financial Times Best Summer Thrillers of 2023: 'Engaging spy story…in a Moscow full of menace' A passionate love story, centred on a devastating Russian plot to sabotage the undersea communication cables linking the US to the UK.... Read more

Dead Simple - Abridged

By: Peter James

Narrated by: William Gaminara

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Meet Detective Superintendent Roy Grace on his unforgettable first major case in Dead Simple, by award winning crime author Peter James.

It was meant to be a harmless stag-night prank. But a few hours later, the groom has disappeared and his friends are dead.

With only three days to the wedding, Roy Grace is contacted by the man’s distraught... Read more

The Naked Face - Abridged

By: Sidney Sheldon

Narrated by: Roger Moore

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

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

Looking Good Dead - Abridged

By: Peter James

Narrated by: Neil Pearson

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Detective Superintendent Roy Grace has to solve a disturbing murder whilst protecting an innocent eye witness in Looking Good Dead, by award winning crime author Peter James.

When a young woman’s body is found butchered in Brighton, Roy Grace cannot help but think of his own missing wife and her unsolved fate.

Elsewhere in the city, when Tom Bryce... Read more

Dead Man's Footsteps - Abridged

By: Peter James

Narrated by: Neil Pearson

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The discovery of a woman's body and a link to the events of 9/11 takes Detective Superintendent Roy Grace around the world in Dead Man's Footsteps, by award winning crime author Peter James, read by actor Neil Perason.

Amid the tragic mayhem of the morning of 9/11, failed Brighton businessman and ne'er-do-well Ronnie Wilson sees the chance of a... Read more

Not Dead Enough - Abridged

By: Peter James

Narrated by: Neil Pearson

Length: 4 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Detective Superintendent Roy Grace thinks he's found a serial killer, but not everything is as it seems in Not Dead Enough, by award winning crime author Peter James, read by actor Neil Pearson.

A beautiful socialite is dead. Roy Grace’s leading suspect, her husband, was sixty miles away when she died, but all other evidence points to him. Has... Read more

The Adventures of Rocky Jordan, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Jack Moyles & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Reminiscent of Humphrey Bogart’s character Rick Blaine from the classic movie Casablanca, Rocky Jordan relocated to Cairo after being ousted from St. Louis by his enemies. Now living in North Africa, Rocky Jordan owns and operates a gin joint, the Café Tambourine, and finds himself involved in an assortment of mystery and intrigue endeavors... Read more

Dead Tomorrow - Abridged

By: Peter James

Narrated by: William Gaminara

Length: 4 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is caught up in the murky world of human trafficking in Dead Tomorrow, by award winning crime writer Peter James, read by actor William Gaminara.

The body of a missing boy is dredged from the seabed off the Sussex coast, missing vital organs. Soon after, two more bodies are found . . .

A teenager in Brighton will... Read more

Spider Bones - Abridged

By: Kathy Reichs

Narrated by: Linda Emond

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Don’t miss this “whopper” (Publishers Weekly) of a thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs in her “cleverly plotted” (The New York Times) Temperance Brennan series, the inspiration for the hit FOX television series Bones.

John Lowery was declared dead in 1968—the victim of a Huey crash in Vietnam, his body buried long ago... Read more

Dead Like You - Abridged

By: Peter James

Narrated by: William Gaminara

Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When unsolved crimes resurface, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace faces a possible copycat killing in Dead Like You, by award winning crime author Peter James, read by actor William Gaminara.

The Metropole Hotel, Brighton. After a heady New Year's Eve ball, a woman is attacked as she returns to her room. A week later, another woman is attacked.... Read more

Let George Do It, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Bob Bailey & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The detective series Let George Do It came to radio in 1946. It starred Bob Bailey as George Valentine, ex-GI and detective for hire. Clients came to Valentine’s office after reading a newspaper carrying his classified ad:Personal notice: Danger’s my stock-in-trade. If the job’s too tough for you to handle, you’ve got a job for me, George... Read more

The Damon Runyon Theatre, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Damon Runyon was a newspaperman and writer. He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of New York City’s Broadway that grew out of the Prohibition era. He created a little world of characters that live on even today in such classic movies as Little Miss Marker and Guys and Dolls, both based on Runyon’s stories.Actor Alan... Read more

High Country - Abridged

By: Nevada Barr

Narrated by: Joyce Bean

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It's fall in the Sierra Mountains, and Anna Pigeon is slinging hash in Yosemite National Park's historic Ahwahnee Hotel. Four young people, all seasonal park employees, have disappeared, and two weeks of work by crack search-and-rescue teams have failed to turn up a single clue; investigators are unsure as to whether the four went AWOL for... Read more

Harm's Way - Abridged

By: Stephen White

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 11 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When Dr. Alan Gregory's good friend Peter Arvin is found bloody and dying on the stage of a Colorado theatre, suspicion soars that he has become the second victim of a killer whose first prey was discovered amid the elaborate scenery of the road company's production of the Broadway show Miss Saigon. Alan is immediately asked to respond to two... Read more

Dead Man's Grip - Abridged

By: Peter James

Narrated by: Jamie Glover

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It's a race against time as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace tries to stop a grieving mother from taking the law into her own hands in Dead Man's Grip, by award winning crime writer Peter James.

A university student is killed in a tragic traffic accident while riding their bicycle. When two of the drivers involved are hunted down by a sadistic... Read more

The Last Hostage - Abridged

By: John J. Nance

Narrated by: John J. Nance

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

High above the Rocky Mountains, a routine airline flight becomes a midair standoff as 130 passengers listen to their captain relate the unprecedented demands of an unseen hijacker. Federal and state officials must hunt down, arrest, and indict the murderer of a young girl, and do it all in eight hours—or the airplane will be blown out of the... Read more

The Cuban Affair - Abridged

By: Nelson DeMille

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the legendary #1 New York Times bestselling author of Plum Island and Night Fall comes this “action-packed, relentlessly paced thriller” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) featuring US Army combat veteran Daniel “Mac” MacCormick, now a charter boat captain, who is about to set sail on his most dangerous cruise.

Daniel “Mac” Graham... Read more

Twelve Sharp - Abridged

By: Janet Evanovich

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, where bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's life is about to implode in Janet Evanovich's wildest, hottest novel yet!

FIRST A STRANGER APPEARS
While chasing down the usual cast of miscreants and weirdos Stephanie discovers that a crazed woman is stalking her.

THEN THE STRANGER REVEALS HER SECRETS
The woman dresses in black,... Read more

Runaway Heart - Abridged

By: Stephen J. Cannell

Narrated by: Tony Plana

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The New York Times bestselling author combines medical sciences and action-packed suspense in this stunningly original thriller

What if the military's foot soldiers were not our sons and daughters, but genetically engineered animals programmed to kill, with superhuman strength and speed and just enough intelligence to follow orders blindly? This... Read more

Boston Blackie, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Richard Kollmar, Maurice Tarplin & Jan Miner

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Here are original broadcasts of the old-time radio show featuring amateur detective Boston BlackieCreated by author Jack Boyle, Boston Blackie was a master safecracker and hardened criminal who served time in a California prison. Rehabilitated, he decided to use his knowledge of the underworld to fight crime as an amateur detective. Known as “an... Read more

Kommissar Jennerwein darf nicht sterben - Kommissar Jennerwein ermittelt, Band 15 (Autorisierte Lesefassung) - Abridged

By: Jörg Maurer

Narrated by: Jörg Maurer

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ein Auftragskiller macht Jagd auf Kommissar Jennerwein. Der neue Roman von Nr.1-Bestseller-Autor Jörg Maurer. Kaum zu glauben, Kommissar Jennerwein macht Urlaub! In einem Sporthotel! Beim Wassertreten, Bouldern und Kräuterwandern soll er sich erholen - und ahnt nicht, dass er sich in höchster Gefahr befindet. Ein Auftragskiller,... Read more

Reversible Errors - Abridged

By: Scott Turow

Narrated by: David Birney

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Rommy "Squirrel" Gandolph is a Yellow Man, an inmate on death row for a 1991 triple murder in Kindle County. His slow progress toward certain execution is nearing completion when Arthur Raven, a corporate lawyer who is Rommy's reluctant court-appointed representative, receives word that another inmate may have new evidence that will exonerate... Read more

Stalemate - Abridged

By: Iris Johansen

Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killer Dreams comes a terrifying new thriller that will leave you guessing–and gasping–till the final nerve-racking page. The suspense begins with a phone call and leads forensic sculptor Eve Duncan to the trail of a killer even killers fear to face.

Eve Duncan has turned down the job twice... Read more

Killer Instinct - Abridged

By: Joseph Finder

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The latest "high octane thrill ride"* from the international bestselling "CEO of Suspense"— hailed by critics as "perhaps the finest of the contemporary thriller novelists"**

Jason Steadman is a thirty-year-old sales executive living in Boston ands working for an electronics giant, a competitors to Sony and Panasonic. He's a witty, charismatic... Read more