Mystery & Thriller audiobooks

Ostfriesenfeuer [Ostfriesenkrimis, Band 8] - Abridged

By: Klaus-Peter Wolf

Narrated by: Klaus-Peter Wolf

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Das traditionelle Osterfeuer am Nordseestrand fiel in diesem Jahr etwas anders aus als sonst. Denn aus den verkohlten Resten ragten am nächsten Morgen menschliche Knochenreste. Als eine weitere Leiche auf einem Spielplatz gefunden wird, ahnt die frisch verheiratete Hauptkommissarin Ann Kathrin Klaasen, dass dieser Mörder nicht einfach nur tötet.... Read more

H Is for Homicide - Abridged

By: Sue Grafton

Narrated by: Judy Kaye

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It started with the murder of Kinsey Millhone's sometime drinking buddy, an insurance claims adjuster. But before long Kinsey stumbles onto a massive insurance scam. Going undercover as a wisecracking vamp, Millhone descends into the Los Angeles nether world of machismo and gang hideouts. Her companion, terrified at having crossed the violent... Read more

The Whistler, Vol. 3 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Bill Forman & various performers

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Whistler was one of radio’s top mystery programs airing from May 16, 1942 until September 22, 1955, sponsored by the Signal Oil Company.The Whistler was an ominous narrator who opened each episode with: “I am the Whistler, and I know many things, for I walk by night. I know many strange tales, many secrets hidden in the hearts of men and... Read more

G Is for Gumshoe - Abridged

By: Sue Grafton

Narrated by: Judy Kaye

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Kinsey Millhone mystery. . .

Good and bad things seem to be coming in threes for Kinsey Millhone: on her thirty-third birthday she moves back into her renovated apartment, gets hired to find an elderly lady supposedly living in the Mojave Desert by herself, and makes the top of ex-con Tyrone Patty's hit list. It's the last that convinces... Read more

Der Kölner Dom - Abridged

By: Albert Fetzer

Narrated by: Christian Brückner, Joachim Kerzel, Matthias Ha...

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Im Auditorium Maximum der Universität zu Köln findet der internationale Kongreß für Mediävistik und Kirchengeschichte statt. Der Gastredner, Professor A. H. Riman, hält einen Vortrag über den ersten Dom-baumeister Gerhard von Rile und den Bau des Kölner Domes. Dabei überrascht Riman sein Auditorium immer wieder mit intimen Details zum... Read more

F Is for Fugitive - Abridged

By: Sue Grafton

Narrated by: Judy Kaye

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Everyone knew the kind of girl Jean Timberlake was -- ask anybody in the sleepy surf town of Floral Beach and they'd say Jean was wild, looking for trouble. But she certainly wasn't looking for murder. She was found dead on the beach seventeen years ago, and a rowdy ex-boyfriend named Bailey Fowler was convicted of her murder and imprisoned --... Read more

E Is for Evidence - Abridged

By: Sue Grafton

Narrated by: Judy Kaye

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When an extra $5000 shows up in her bank account, Kinsey Millhone puts it down to clerical error. But suddenly the deposit makes sense. It's not a mistake, it's a setup!

Kinsey now has a new client: herself. As she unravels the frame, she finds her future tied to one family's secret, hidden for almost 20 years. Read more

Der Maquisard - Abridged

By: Wolfgang Altendorf

Narrated by: Werner Kreindl & Hans-Christian Blech

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Inspektor Leclerc wird an das Sterbebett Ernest Boulangers gerufen. Der ehemalige Kassierer einer Bank hat seine Aussage bezüglich eines lange zurück liegenden Überfalls auf seine Bank zu korrigieren. Sein Geständnis reicht bis in die Zeit des Zweiten Weltkrieges zurück, als Boulanger dem französischen Widerstand, dem Maquis, angehörte. Er... Read more

Pat Novak, for Hire, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Jack Webb, Ben Morris & various performers

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

These twelve exciting episodes take you to the San Francisco waterfront as you follow Pat Novak as he solves some shady crimes.Pat Novak, for Hire is set on the San Francisco waterfront and depicts the city as a dark, tough-as-nails jungle where the main goal is survival. Not a detective by trade, Novak owns a boat shop on Pier 19 where he rents... Read more

Classic Radio Spotlights: Lucille Ball - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Lucille Ball

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This collection showcases Lucille Ball’s amazing spectrum of radio work, from comedy to mystery and everything in between. As Lucy Ricardo, Lucille Ball brought a tomboy’s enthusiasm and a scatterbrained quality to the long-running television program I Love Lucy. She was the wacky wife making life difficult for her loving but exasperated husband... Read more

The King's Deception - Abridged

By: Steve Berry

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This Cotton Malone adventure blends gripping contemporary political intrigue, Tudor treachery, and high-octane thrills into one riveting novel of suspense.
 
Cotton Malone and his fifteen-year-old son, Gary, are headed to Europe. As a favor to his former boss at the Justice Department, Malone agrees to escort a... Read more

Dashiell Hammett - Sam Spade ermittelt - Abridged

By: Dashiell Hammett

Narrated by: Gunter Schoß

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Der Detektiv Sam Spade ermittelt in zwei Fällen im Amerika der 30er Jahre. Im ersten Fall geht es um viel Geld aus einer Erbschaftsangelegenheit, beim zweiten bringt die Widmung eines Buches Spade auf die richtige Spur. Read more

The Columbus Affair - Abridged

By: Steve Berry

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A family’s secret, a ruthless fanatic, and a covert arm of the American government—all are linked by a single puzzling possibility:

What if everything we know about the discovery of America was a lie? What if that lie was designed to hide the secret of why Columbus sailed in 1492? And what if that 500-year-old secret could violently reshape... Read more

D Is for Deadbeat - Abridged

By: Sue Grafton

Narrated by: Judy Kaye

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

He calls himself Alvin Limardo, and the job he has for Kinsey is cut-and-dried: locate a kid who's done him a favor and pass on a check for $25,000. Stiffed for the retainer, Kinsey finds out Limardo's real name is John Daggett...ex-con, ex-liar, ex-alchy, currently dead.

The cops call it an accident but Kinsey differs. Look at his life! A lot of... Read more

C Is For Corpse - Abridged

By: Sue Grafton

Narrated by: Judy Kaye

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

After a near-fatal car accident, a young man asks Kinsey to protect him. When he is promptly murdered, Kinsey vows to find the killer. Read more

Dashiell Hammett - Der Engel vom ersten Stock - Abridged

By: Dashiell Hammett

Narrated by: Gunter Schoß

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Der Engel vom ersten Stock - Amerika in den 30er Jahren des vergangenen Jahrhunderts. Mr. Brigham schreibt für populäre Zeitschriften. Nachts wird in seiner Wohnung eingebrochen. Er überwältigt den Täter. Die Geschichte, die ihm erzählt wird, rührt ihn. Kann er sie als seine Story verkaufen? Oder hat die Sache einen Haken? Die Nägel in Mr.... Read more

باب الخروج - Abridged

By: عزالدين شكري فشير

Narrated by: شادي عباس

Length: 14 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"عزيزي يحيى: اليوم هو العشرين من أكتوبر 2020، وحين تصلك رسالتي هذه، بعد يومين بالضبط من الآن، سأكون سجيناً أو جثة... إما سيقولون لك أن أباك مات بطلاً، أو ستقراً في الجرائد نبأ خيانتي الكبرى والقبض علي. أنا الذي شاهدت بأم عيني صنوف الخيانة كلها، سيرمونني بدائهم وينسلوا، كما فعلوا من قبل، عشرات المرات... لم أحاول منعهم من قبل، لكني لن أدعهم يفلتون... Read more

Die Judenbuche - Abridged

By: Annette von Droste-Hülshoff

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Klassischer Kriminalroman von herausragender Qualität - und immer noch Schullektüre! Annette von Droste-Hülshoffs Geschichte um Schuld und Sühne ist einer der ersten deutschen Kriminalromane, der zur Zeit der französischen Revolution spielt. Rechtsprechung und Gerechtigkeit sind nur mangelhaft, und allzu oft nehmen die Menschen das Gesetz in die... Read more

Weltreiche - Abridged

By: Ulrich Offenberg

Narrated by: Andreas Wilde & Martin Umbach

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Von den Sumerern, Pharaonen, dem Imperium Romanum, den Osmanen bis zu Mongolen und den Herrschern des "Reiches der Mitte", China, spannt sich der Themenbogen der frühen Geschichte. Europäische Seefahrer entdeckten und eroberten neue Kontinente für ihre Könige: Portugiesen, Spanier und Engländer, in derem Empire die Sonne nie unterging. Die... Read more

Tempel, Kulte, Götter - Abridged

By: Michael Stahl

Narrated by: Michael Stahl

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die griechische Religion wird vor allem unter drei Gesichtspunkten greifbar: den religiösen Orten, den religiösen Handlungen und den Vorstellungen über die übermenschlichen Mächte, wie sie sich in den Götterbildern manifestieren. Im Zentrum stehen die Bedeutung der Tempel, die Opferriten, durch die der Mensch mit dem Göttlichen in Verbindung... Read more

Tote Leiche - Abridged

By: Tino Hemmann

Narrated by: Caroline du Fresne

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Kein guter Tag für den Leipziger Oberkommissar Holger Hinrich. Erst klauen drei Kids ihm seinen Dienstwagen, dann verliert er Dienstausweis und Waffe und schließlich findet er sich gefesselt und geknebelt in einer Garage, mitten in Dresden wieder. Während ihm dann auch noch ein pensionierter, ehemaliger DDR Kundschafter mit seinen... Read more

Where the Truth Lies - Abridged

By: Rupert Holmes

Narrated by: Ana Gasteyer & Michael McKean

Length: 4 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Where the Truth Lies is a tour de force of sinister mystery, sly comedy, grand cuisine, and incredible sex—a sensual, sardonic, neo-Dickensian thriller in which a latter-day Alice careens through the seductive Wonderland of New York and Los Angeles in the dark heart of the 1970s.

This novel of intrigue speeds from one vivid setting to another,... Read more

X - Abridged

By: Sue Grafton

Narrated by: Judy Kaye

Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Of #1 New York Times–bestselling author Sue Grafton, NPR’s Maureen Corrigan said, “Makes me wish there were more than 26 letters.” With only two letters left, Grafton’s many devoted readers will share that sentiment.

X:  The number ten. An unknown quantity. A mistake. A cross. A kiss.

X:  The shortest entry in Webster’s Unabridged. Derived from... Read more

Past Due - Abridged

By: William Lashner

Narrated by: Peter Francis James

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A defense attorney who lives his life in shades of gray, Victor Carl fights all the right fights for all the wrong reasons. With a failing legal practice, a dead-end love life, and a pile of unpaid traffic tickets, Victor skates on the razor's edge of legal ethics in search of the easy buck. But the one absolute in Victor's life is loyalty,... Read more