Mystery & Thriller audiobooks

In Flanders Fields and The Eyes of Mr. Leyton - Abridged

By: Anthony Boucher & Denis Green

Narrated by: Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From 1939 to 1946 Americans gathered around the radio to listen to The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes-featuring Basil Rathbone as the high-strung crime-solver and Nigel Bruce as his phlegmatic assistant, Dr. Watson.

Witty, fast-paced and always surprising, these great radio plays, written by the prolific writing team of Anthony Boucher and... Read more

The Secret Between Us - Abridged

By: Barbara Delinsky

Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nothing will break this mother-daughter bond. Not even the truth.


Deborah Monroe and her daughter, Grace, are driving home from a party when their car hits a man running in the dark. Grace was at the wheel, but Deborah sends her home before the police arrive, determined to shoulder the blame for the accident. Her decision then turns into a... Read more

Company Man - Abridged

By: Joseph Finder

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Joseph Finder's New York Times bestseller Paranoia was hailed by critics as "jet-propelled," the "Page Turner of the Year," and "the archetype of the thriller in its contemporary form."

Now Finder returns with Company Man - a heart-stopping thriller about ambition, betrayal, and the price of secrets.

Nick Conover, the son of a factory worker, is... Read more

Cross Country - Abridged

By: James Patterson

Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez & Dion Graham

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Cross. Now streaming on Prime Video. 

When the home of Alex Cross's oldest friend, Ellie Cox, is turned into the worst murder scene Alex has ever seen, the destruction leads him to believe that he's chasing a horrible new breed of killer. As Alex and his girlfriend, Brianna Stone, become entangled in the deadly Nigerian underworld of Washington... Read more

Tishomingo Blues - Abridged

By: Elmore Leonard

Narrated by: Paul Rudd

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

“Leonard delivers a certifiable masterpiece of such twisted ingenuity that he transcends even his own bad self….Tishomingo Blues is that good.”—Baltimore Sun Crime fiction Grand Master Elmore Leonard heads to the Deep South for a bracing dose of Tishomingo Blues—a wild, Leonard-esque ride featuring gamblers, mobsters, murderers, high divers, and... Read more

Hermit's Peak - Abridged

By: Michael McGarrity

Narrated by: Ed J Araiza

Length: 4 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hermit’s Peak is a seminal novel in the crime fiction series that places New Mexico lawman Kevin Kerney in the pantheon with Tony Hillerman’s heroes—while carving out territory that is distinctly his own across the American Southwest.

When Kevin Kerney, deputy chief of the New Mexico State Police, inherits an unexpected windfall of 6,400 acres of... Read more

2 - Abridged

By: Hideo Yokoyama & Jodie Leslie Ahlborn

Narrated by: Heikko Deutschmann

Length: 3 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Zwei Fälle, zwei Ermittler, ein Schauplatz: Japan, Polizeipräsidium Präfektur D. Fall 1: Inspektor Futawatari wird mit der personellen Umstrukturierung der Präfektur beauftragt, doch Kriminalpolizei-Legende Michio Osakabe weigert sich überraschend, in Ruhestand zu gehen. Osakabe wird zu einem Sandkorn im Getriebe der Polizeibürokratie – bis... Read more

Monday Mourning - Abridged

By: Kathy Reichs

Narrated by: Michele Pawk

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Internationally acclaimed forensic anthropologist and New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs explores Stockholm syndrome—the psychology of a captive submitting to the ideology of a captor—in this mesmerizing new thriller.

The bones of three young women are unearthed in the basement of a Montreal pizza parlor, and forensic anthropologist... Read more

Schwarzer Schmetterling (Gekürzte Fassung) - Abridged

By: Bernard Minier

Narrated by: Johannes Steck

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In einem düsteren Tal in den Pyrenäen machen zwei Arbeiter eine verstörende Entdeckung: Ein riesiger, bedrohlich schwarzer Schmetterling scheint sich von den schnee- und blutbefleckten Felsen abzuheben. Ein Tierkadaver, grauenvoll inszeniert. Das Werk eines Wahnsinnigen? Am Tatort werden DNA-Spuren des hochintelligenten Serienmörders Julian... Read more

Von Herzen - Abridged

By: Peter Spans

Narrated by: Björn Bonn

Length: 13 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Es glüht rot in der Nacht, das Neon des VON HERZEN. Eckerds Bar zieht eigensinnige, einsame und außergewöhnliche Gäste an wie die Motten das Licht. Er hat ein feines Gespür für ihre Bedürfnisse, hier dürfen sie sein, wie sie sind. Eines Abends strandet der Expolizist Paul im VON HERZEN. Auf ganzer Linie gescheitert, hat er vor, sich das Leben zu... Read more

Liar, Liar - Abridged

By: Lisa Jackson

Narrated by: Brittany Pressley

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

IF YOU TELL A LIE
Twenty years ago, ex-beauty queen Didi Storm worked the Vegas strip as a celebrity impersonator. Now, in death, she’s finally getting the publicity she always craved. To the police, it looks like suicide, or a stunt gone wrong. Her estranged daughter, Remmi, knows the answer isn’t so simple. Though dressed in Didi’s clothes and... Read more

Guardian of the Horizon - Abridged

By: Elizabeth Peters

Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A lost journal of Amelia Peabody has been miraculously recovered: a chronicle from one of the ""missing years"" -- 1907-1908 -- shedding light on an already exceptional career...and an unexpected terror.Ousted from their most recent archaeological dig and banned forever from the Valley of the Kings, the Emersons are spending a quiet summer at... Read more

Sandstorm - Abridged

By: James Rollins

Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An inexplicable explosion rocks the antiquities collection of a London museum and the race begins to determine how it happened, why it happened, and what it means.Lady Kara Kensington's family paid a high price in money and blood to found the gallery that now lies in ruins. Her search for answers leads Kara and her friend Safia al-Maaz, the... Read more

What Came Before He Shot Her - Abridged

By: Elizabeth George

Narrated by: Charles Keating

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The brutal, inexplicable death of Inspector Thomas Lynley's wife has left Scotland Yard shocked and searching for answers. Even more horrifying is that the trigger was apparently pulled by a twelve-year-old boy. What were the circumstances that led to his final act of desperation? That story begins on the other side of London in rough North... 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

Another City, Not My Own - Abridged

By: Dominick Dunne

Narrated by: Dominick Dunne

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Like millions of Americans, journalist Gus Bailey is drawn into the vortex of the O. J. Simpson trial. By day, Gus is a fixture at law offices, newspapers, courtrooms, and even judge's offices. By night, he is feted by celebrities who delight in the hottest news from the courtroom corridors. Interweaving fact and fiction surrounding “ ... Read more

Roadside Crosses - Abridged

By: Jeffery Deaver

Narrated by: Michele Pawk

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the author People magazine has hailed the New York Times bestselling author as “a master of ticking-bomb suspense,” comes the third addition to the Kathryn Dance series, a chilling tale of a vigilante seeking revenge—in both the cyber world…and the real.

The Monterey Peninsula is rocked when a killer begins to leave roadside crosses beside... Read more

The Lineup, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Bill Johnstone & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the golden age of radio comes twelve episodes of this popular and realistic police procedural.The Lineup was a hard-boiled drama. Like Dragnet, it realistically showed police doing their jobs. The show always began with a police sergeant ordering suspects to stand at attention so that the victim, behind one-way glass, could try to identify... Read more

Children of the Storm - Abridged

By: Elizabeth Peters

Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Once again, the New York Times bestselling author of the Amelia Peabody novels “kicks up a desert storm.”—PeopleThe “grande dame of historical mystery” (Washington Post) is back with a thrilling new tale featuring America’s favorite archaeologist turned sleuth. At last the Great War is over. Amelia Peabody, her distinguished Egyptologist... Read more

Das Letzte, was du hörst (gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Andreas Winkelmann

Narrated by: Charles Rettinghaus

Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ein Podcast, der Tausende begeistert. Der süchtig macht. Der den Tod bringt... Lehn dich zurück. Höre diese Stimme. Vergiss deinen Alltag, den Job, den Ärger, die Sorgen. Vertrau dich den Worten an. Sie sind nur für dich. Aber Vorsicht: Wenn du einmal gefangen bist in dieser Welt, kommst du nicht mehr hinaus. Diese Stimme - sie ist das Letzte,... Read more

Compelling Evidence - Abridged

By: Steve Martini

Narrated by: Joe Mantegna

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: Yes

Paul Madriani was once a promising associate with a prestigious law firm, cofounded by his mentor, Ben Potter. But after a scandalous affair with Ben's wife, Paul left the firm to begin a brilliant career as a criminal defense attorney. Meanwhile, Ben's impeccable reputation has made him a leading candidate for the Supreme Court, until he is... Read more

The Sky Is Falling - Abridged

By: Sidney Sheldon

Narrated by: Karen Allen

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

If America had a royal family, the Taylor Winthrops would wear the crown.The popular, charismatic Winthrops have captured the imagination of the world with their public service, their enormous charity, and their glamorous lives. But in the period of one year, all five members of the are killed in a series of accidents. Beautiful young... Read more

The Hall of Fantasy, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Here are twelve episodes of the horror and mystery series written and produced by radio announcers beginning in 1946.There were several series under the Hall of Fantasy banner, all produced by Richard Thorne. The first originated from radio station KALL in Salt Lake City. Richard Thorne and Carl Greyson were announcers for the station and... Read more

The Inside Ring - Abridged

By: Mike Lawson

Narrated by: Pete Bradbury

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“The video begins with the President walking toward a marine helicopter . . .”

From a bluff overlooking Georgia’s untamed Chattooga River, an assassin fires three shots. The President of the United States is wounded; his best friend and a Secret Service agent are killed. Two days later, a man in Landover, Maryland, commits suicide and in the... Read more