Mystery & Thriller audiobooks

Jane and the Year Without a Summer

By: Stephanie Barron

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

May 1816: Jane Austen is feeling unwell, with an uneasy stomach, constant fatigue, rashes, fevers and aches. She attributes her poor condition to the stress of family burdens, which even the drafting of her latest manuscript—about a baronet’s daughter nursing a broken heart for a daring naval captain—cannot alleviate. Her apothecary recommends a... Read more

The Pages

By: Hugo Hamilton

Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith

Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

An entirely original novel in which a book—Joseph Roth's masterpiece Rebellion—narrates its own astonishing life story, from 1930s Germany to the present day, at the heart of a gripping mystery.
 
“A powerful, powerful piece of work.” —Colum McCann, best-selling author of Apeirogon

One old copy of the novel Rebellion sits in Lena Knecht’s tote... Read more

The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections

By: Eva Jurczyk

Narrated by: Hannah Cabell

Length: 9 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

What holds more secrets in the library—the ancient books shelved in the stacks or the people who preserve them?Liesl Weiss long ago learned to be content working behind the scenes in the distinguished rare books department of a large university, quietly managing details to make the head of the department look good. But when her boss has a stroke... Read more

The Latinist

By: Mark Prins

Narrated by: Sasha Higgins

Length: 12 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Tessa Templeton has thrived at Oxford University under the tutelage and praise of esteemed classics professor Christopher Eccles. And now, his support is the one thing she can rely on: her job search has yielded nothing, and her devotion to her work has just cost her her boyfriend, Ben. Yet shortly before her thesis defense, Tessa learns that... Read more

The Horsewoman

By: James Patterson & Mike Lupica

Narrated by: Chloe Cannon

Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

This "hugely entertaining, riveting page-turner" (Louise Penny) follows the complicated relationship between mother and daughter as they face off in the Olympics—and into a ride they can barely control. Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe, mother and daughter, both champion riders, vowed to never, ever, go up against one another. 
 
Until the tense,... Read more

The Hidden

By: Melanie Golding

Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins

Length: 12 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

One dark December night in a small seaside town, a little girl is found abandoned. When her mother finally arrives, authorities release the pair, believing it to be an innocent case of a toddler running off. Gregor, a seemingly single man, is found bludgeoned and left for dead in his apartment, but the discovery of children's toys raises more... Read more

The Secret Next Door

By: Rebecca Taylor

Narrated by: Libby McKnight

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

It's the perfect neighborhood, filled with not-so-perfect people. Alyson Tinsdale is giving her son the childhood she never had: a stable family, a loving home, and a great school in a safe neighborhood. When they move into the home of her dreams in one of Denver’s most sought-after developments, Alyson works hard to fit in and impress the other... Read more

Odd Numbers

By: JJ Marsh

Narrated by: Jess Nesling & Paul Panting

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Strange things bring people together. Things like a tragic death.31st December 1999. The cusp of a new millennium. Six friends gather for their traditional New Year Celebration – this year, in a lakeside cabin on the outskirts of Prague. In every group of friends, each has a role. All except Gael that is. The outsider. The one who wasn't there... Read more

White Smoke

By: Tiffany D. Jackson

Narrated by: Marcella Cox

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

The Haunting of Hill House meets Get Out in this chilling YA psychological thriller and modern take on the classic haunted house story from New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson!Marigold is running from ghosts. The phantoms of her old life keep haunting her, but a move with her newly blended family from their small California... Read more

Miss Kopp Investigates

By: Amy Stewart

Narrated by: Christina Moore

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Life after the war takes an unexpected turn for the Kopp sisters, but soon enough, they are putting their unique detective skills to use in new and daring ways.Winter 1919: Norma is summoned home from France, Constance is called back from Washington, and Fleurette puts her own plans on hold as the sisters rally around their recently widowed... Read more

The Guide

By: Peter Heller

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The best-selling author of The River returns with a heart-racing thriller about a young man who is hired by an elite fishing lodge in Colorado, where he uncovers a plot of shocking menace amid the natural beauty of sun-drenched streams and forests.

“Peter Heller is the poet laureate of the literary thriller." —Michael Koryta,... Read more

Mrs. March

By: Virginia Feito

Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

An explosive debut novel that flips the New York literary scene on its pretentious head. George March’s latest novel is a smash. No one could be prouder than his dutiful wife, Mrs. March, who revels in his accolades. A careful creature of routine and decorum, she lives a precariously controlled existence on the Upper East Side until one morning,... Read more

A Lesson in Vengeance

By: Victoria Lee

Narrated by: Lindsey Dorcus

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A dark, twisty thriller about a centuries-old, ivy-covered boarding school haunted by its history of witchcraft and two girls dangerously close to digging up the past. The dangerous romance and atmospheric setting makes it a perfect read for fans of dark academia.

Felicity Morrow is back at the Dalloway School. Perched in the Catskill Mountains,... Read more

Palace of the Drowned

By: Christine Mangan

Narrated by: Emily Pennant-Rea

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

"Emily Pennant-Rea delivers a first-rate narration of Mangan's intense novel...Pennant-Rea's subtlety and nuance keep the suspense high and the mystery edgy." -- AudioFile Magazine

From the bestselling author of Tangerine, a "taut and mesmerizing follow up...voluptuously atmospheric and surefooted at every turn” (Paula McLain, author of The Paris... Read more

Our Woman in Moscow

By: Beatriz Williams

Narrated by: Nicola Barber & Cassandra Campbell

Length: 12 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

""A captivating Cold War page-turner."" — Real SimpleThe New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Wives returns with a gripping and profoundly human story of Cold War espionage and family devotion.In the autumn of 1948, Iris Digby vanishes from her London home with her American diplomat husband and their two children. The world is shocked... Read more

Madam

By: Phoebe Wynne

Narrated by: Nathalie Buscombe

Length: 13 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Phoebe Wynne's Madam is a riveting, modern gothic debut with shades of The Secret History, The Stepford Wives, and a dash of Circe, set at a secretive all girls’ boarding school perched on a craggy Scottish peninsula.

They want our silence…
They want our obedience…
Let them see our fire burn

For 150 years, high above rocky Scottish cliffs,... Read more

The Anatomy of Desire

By: L. R. Dorn

Narrated by: Santino Fontana, Shelby Young, Marin Ireland, J...

Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Audie Award finalist for Multi-Voice Performance!Performed docuseries style by a star-studded full cast including Santino Fontana, Shelby Young , Marin Ireland, JD Jackson, Dan Bittner, Vikas Adam, Gabra Zackman, Fred Berman, Darrell Dennis, Oliver Wyman, Jonathan Davis, Hilary Huber, and Lisa FlanaganFor fans of riveting true crime docuseries a... Read more

The Good Sister

By: Sally Hepworth

Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

"Reader [Barrie] Kreinik differentiates the sisters by giving Fern a crisp, detached tone (fitting with her character) and making Rose sound more emotional. Their Australian accents are charming...Suspense builds as listeners search for the truth beneath the varying stories and plot twists. Fans of unreliable narrators will love this!" --... Read more

The Lost Village

By: Camilla Sten

Narrated by: Angela Dawe

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

"Listen to Angela Dawe’s eerie narration of the first seven minutes of Camilla Sten’s 'The Lost Village' - I defy you to stop there."- The Seattle Times

"Narrator Angela Dawe raises the stakes in this atmospheric horror novel...Her varying pacing amps up the suspense, and her flexible voice breathes life into the multitude of characters,... Read more

The Girls Are All So Nice Here

By: Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

Narrated by: Erin Mallon & Alex Allwine

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Two former best friends return to their college reunion to find that they’re being circled by someone who wants revenge for what they did ten years before—and will stop at nothing to get it—in this “propulsive” (Megan Miranda, bestselling author of The Girl from Widow Hills) psychological thriller.

A lot has changed since Ambrosia Wellington... Read more

Later

By: Stephen King

Narrated by: Seth Numrich

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

2022 MYSTERY AUDIE AWARD WINNER!

A BRAND-NEW NOVEL FROM LEGENDARY STORYTELLER STEPHEN KING!

SOMETIMES GROWING UP MEANS FACING YOUR DEMONS

The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one... Read more

Good Neighbors

By: Sarah Langan

Narrated by: Nicole Lewis

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Celeste Ng and Liane Moriarty’s enthralling dissection of suburbia meets Shirley Jackson’s creeping dread in this “wickedly funny, unnerving puzzle box of a novel” (Dan Chaon, author of Ill Will) about the downward spiral of a Long Island community after a tragedy exposes its residents’ depths of deception.

Welcome to Maple Street, a... Read more

The Unwilling

By: John Hart

Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell

Length: 13 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

"The tension in Hart’s story never lets up, and you’ll find yourself unable to break away — disc after disc (or page after page) — long past your bedtime." -- NJ.com

This program includes a letter read by the author

“We the unwilling, led by the unqualified to kill the unfortunate, die for the ungrateful.” —Unknown Soldier

Set in the South at the... Read more

A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians

By: H. G. Parry

Narrated by: Andrew Kingston

Length: 20 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A sweeping tale of revolution and wonder in a world not quite like our own, A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians is a genre-defying story of magic, war, and the struggle for freedom in the early modern world.
It is the Age of Enlightenment -- of new and magical political movements, from the necromancer Robespierre calling for revolution in... Read more