Mystery & Thriller audiobooks

Apollyon - Abridged

By: Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

As further judgments that have been prophesied are released upon the world, the Tribulation Force travels to Israel for the Meeting of Witnesses. Apollyon and his plague of locusts are released from the bottomless pit when Satan falls from heaven and sets them free. With this newfound freedom, Apollyon and his minions ravage the earth,... Read more

The Magic Circle - Abridged

By: Katherine Neville

Narrated by: Megan Follows

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When her cousin is slain by an unknown assassin, Ariel Behn becomes the sole heir to a family legacy: a sinister cache of manuscripts that thrusts her into the deadly center of international intrigue--and an age-old enigma that spans the centuries. Whoever assembles and interprets the cryptic clues of this ancient mystery will possess the power... Read more

The mirror crack’d from side to side - Abridged

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins hasadapted her famous detective novels for English language... Read more

The Lost World - Abridged

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Robert Hardy

Length: 2 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ... Read more

10th Anniversary - Abridged

By: James Patterson & Maxine Paetro

Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick

Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For every secret

Detective Lindsay Boxer's long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that not only is there no trace of the criminals--but that the victim may be... Read more

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers - Abridged

By: Robert Rossen

Narrated by: Sean Pratt & VARIOUS

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

A Gripping Classic That Will Enthrall Old and New Fans of Film Noir

Film noir is a genre that reached its peak in the 1940s and 1950s. Characterized by dark lighting and inspired by crime fiction, it often features characters such as a tough-guy hero, mysterious beauties who may or may not be on the level, and prominent people with crimes to... Read more

Fingerhut-Sommer - Abridged

By: Ben Aaronovitch

Narrated by: Dietmar Wunder

Length: 4 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Peter Grant, Detective Constable und Zauberlehrling, fühlt sich normalerweise schon unwohl, wenn er London auch nur ein paar Kilometer weit hinter sich lässt. Doch nun wird er in die tiefste Provinz geschickt: in einen kleinen Ort in Herefordshire, wo sich Fuchs, Hase und der Dorfpolizist gute Nacht sagen. Es werden zwei Kinder vermisst und ihr... Read more

Highway Robbery and Other Tales of the Open Road [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: Edo Van Belkom

Narrated by: A Full Cast, David Coyne & Arianne Parker

Length: 4 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Mark Dalton is a truck driver and a detective and he takes you on the open road for stories of action and adventure with his sarcastic sense of humor. The scenarios are realistic and Mark Dalton is your average guy just trying to make a living in the midst of it all. Spurned by the discovery of his wife's infidelities, Mark Dalton hangs up his... Read more

Reefer Madness and Other Stories [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: Edo Van Belkom

Narrated by: A Full Cast & David Coyne

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Mark Dalton is a truck driver and a detective and he takes you on the open road for stories of action and adventure with his sarcastic sense of humor. The scenarios are realistic and Mark Dalton is your average guy just trying to make a living in the midst of it all. Spurned by the discovery of his wife's infidelities, Mark Dalton hangs up his... Read more

Guilty - Abridged

By: Dee Whitelocke

Narrated by: Nia S., Larry G. & Dee Whitelocke

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Guilty" is a captivating mystery that delves into the chaotic aftermath of a hit-and-run accident that leads to a college student's tragic death. This pivotal event sets off a gripping investigation that will capture your attention. The narrative skillfully navigates themes of guilt, consequence, power, and justice, engaging readers with its... Read more

O Is For Outlaw - Abridged

By: Sue Grafton

Narrated by: Judy Kaye

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Fans have been fed short rations when it comes to Kinsey Millhone's past. We know of the aunt who raised her, the second husband who left her, the long-lost family up the California coast. But husband number one, vice-cop Mickey Macgruder, remained a mystery, until now. The call came from a guy who scavenges defaulted storage units and came... Read more

Ein Wispern unter Baker Street - Abridged

By: Ben Aaronovitch

Narrated by: Dietmar Wunder

Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ein junger Mann wird im U-Bahn-Tunnel nahe der Station Baker Street erstochen aufgefunden. Peter Grant, Constable und Zauberer in Ausbildung, wird frühmorgens an den Tatort gerufen. Der unbekannte Tote stellt sich als Sohn eines US-Senators heraus und ehe man noch "internationale Verwicklungen" sagen kann, hat Peter bereits die FBI-Agentin... Read more

Motor Mouth - Abridged

By: Janet Evanovich

Narrated by: C. J. Critt

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It's the last race of the season, and the wheels are smoking and the temperature is rising at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Alexandra Barnaby is NASCAR driver Sam Hooker's raceday spotter, his eye-in-the-sky, telling Hooker when to pass and when to get off the gas. From her vantage point high above the grandstand she's also seeing things going on in... Read more

King and Maxwell - Abridged

By: David Baldacci

Narrated by: Ron McLarty & Orlagh Cassidy

Length: 7 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller, when two former Secret Service agents investigate a message from a soldier who was supposedly killed, they're determined to protect his son...even if they pay for it with their lives.

It seems at first like a simple, tragic story. Tyler Wingo, a teenage boy, learns the awful news that his father, a... Read more

Das ostfriesische Ritual - Abridged

By: Klaus-Peter Wolf

Narrated by: Julia Jäger

Length: 1 hour 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Seit dem Tod ihres Mannes ist das Leben für Leefke Schepker anstrengend geworden. Sie leidet unter Panikattacken und einer schlimmen Katzenallergie. Nur ihrer Freundin Maria kann sie vertrauen. Maria kann mit den Geistwesen reden. Und die fordern, dass Leefke sich von ihrem Vermögen trennen soll - ein uraltes ostfriesisches Ritual. Als Ann... Read more

Tropic of Night - Abridged

By: Michael Gruber

Narrated by: Margaret Whitton

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jane Doe was a promising anthropologist, an expert on shamanism. Now she's nothing, a shadow living under an assumed identity in Miami with a little girl to protect. Everyone thinks she's dead. Or so Jane hopes.Then the killings start, a series of ritualistic murders that terrifies all of Miami. The investigator is Jimmy Paz, a Cuban-American... Read more

Valley of Bones - Abridged

By: Michael Gruber

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis & Kate Forbes

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The setting is Miami. Rookie cop Tito Morales arrives at the Trianon hotel to investigate a routine disturbance call and, to his shock and horror, watches as a wealthy oil man plunges ten stories and impales himself on a nearby fence. Soon Morales is joined by detective Jimmy Paz, famous throughout the city for solving -- or at least providing a... Read more

Entenblues - Abridged

By: Thomas Krüger

Narrated by: Dietmar Bär

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Was ist los in Bramschebeck? Erwin Düsedieker, der Sohn des ehemaligen Dorfpolizisten, hat das Waffenlager eines mörderischen Geheimbundes ausgehoben. Doch er gilt weiterhin als Trottel, der in Gummistiefeln umherstapft und mit seiner Ente Lothar spricht. Nun hat er sich auch noch eine zweite Ente zugelegt: Lisbeth. Und dann liegt eine grässlich... Read more

Erwin, Enten & Entsetzen - Abridged

By: Thomas Krüger

Narrated by: Dietmar Bär

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Erwin Düsediekers Freundin Lina Fiekens ist verschwunden. Sie wollte ihre Schwester auf der Insel Oddinsee besuchen. In den Zeitungen wird von einer unbekannten Toten berichtet. Erwin muss in den Norden, ans Meer, um sie zu finden. Selbstverständlich reist Erwin nicht ohne seine Laufenten Lothar und Lisbeth und deren Nachwuchs Alfred. Auf... 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

Chains of Command - Abridged

By: Dale Brown

Narrated by: Robert Culp

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

During Desert Storm, Major Darren Mace made a fateful decision to go against orders— to abort a secret mission that was, in his judgment, ill-advised. His actions landed him in military exile. Now Mace has moved on to the Air Force Reserves. There's a new US president, a new era, and a new war is escalating along the Ukraine border.... Read more

Everybody Dies - Abridged

By: Lawrence Block

Narrated by: Robert Forster

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Matthew Scudder is finally leading a comfortable life, one of stability and respectability— even the New York streets don't look so mean anymore. He's married to a woman he loves, and wonder of wonders, he's actually gotten around to becoming an officially licensed private investigator. Then all hell breaks loose. Matthew' ... Read more

L.A. Confidential - Abridged

By: James Ellroy

Narrated by: David Strathairn

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: Yes

Christmas 1951, Los Angeles: a city where the police are as corrupt as the criminals.

Six prisoners are beaten senseless in their cells by cops crazed on alcohol. For the three L. A. P. D. detectives involved, it will expose the guilty secrets on which they have built their corrupt and violent careers. Read more

El Silencio de los malditos - Abridged

By: Carlos Pinto

Narrated by: Carlos Pinto

Length: 12 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

El debut literario de Carlos Pinto, creador de éxitos como Mea culpa y El día menos pensado
Un periodista consigue acceder a un peligroso delincuente al que nadie ha podido entrevistar. En una pequeña habitación dentro de la cárcel, se inicia un relato que, más que una confesión, es un viaje sin retorno a los inescrutables dominios de una... Read more