True Crime audiobooks

Bitter Harvest - Abridged

By: Ann Rule

Narrated by: Mary Beth Hurt

Length: 3 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

True crime icon Ann Rule presents a “must-read” (People) New York Times bestseller—and inspiration behind the Lifetime movie A House on Fire—following a woman whose apparent perfect life hides a harrowing and deadly madness.

Debora Green, a doctor and mother in a picturesque and exclusive Kansas town, seems to have the perfect life with her own... Read more

Obsession - Abridged

By: John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker

Narrated by: John E. Douglas

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Obsession, John Douglas once again takes us fascinatingly behind the scenes, focusing his expertise on predatory crimes, primarily against women. With a deep sense of compassion for the victims and an uncanny understanding of the perpetrators, Douglas looks at the obsessions that lead to rape, stalking, and sexual murder through such cases as... Read more

Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors - Abridged

By: Ann Rule

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It’s a chilling reality that homicide investigators know all too well: The last face most murder victims see is not that of a stranger, but of someone familiar. Whether only an acquaintance or a trusted intimate, such killers share a common trait that triggers the downward spiral toward death for someone close to them: They are masters at hiding... Read more

Verkauft - Abridged

By: Natasja T

Narrated by: Jona Miller

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Verkauft" ist die ergreifende, wahre und grauenvolle Geschichte einer jungen russischen Frau, deren Traum von einem besseren Leben sich in einen Albtraum verwandelt, als sie Opfer von Menschenhändlern wird. Die siebzehnjährige Natascha bekommt das Angebot, als Nanny in Schweden zu arbeiten. Ihre Fahrkarte in die Freiheit entpuppt sich jedoch als... Read more

Ponzi's Scheme - Abridged

By: Mitchell Zuckoff

Narrated by: David Birney

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

You’ve heard of the scheme. Now comes the man behind it. In Mitchell Zuckoff's exhilarating book, the first nonfiction account of Charles Ponzi, we meet the charismatic rogue who launched the most famous and extraordinary scam in the annals of American finance.

It was a time when anything seemed possible–instant wealth, glittering fame, fabulous... Read more

Cronache di Serial Killers: Richard Ramirez - Abridged

By: Miriam Palombi

Narrated by: Elisa Giorgio & William Angiuli

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Richard Ramirez, il sadico assassino noto come "The Night Stalker". Attraverso testimonianze inquietanti e dettagli cruenti, scopriamo l'evoluzione di un ragazzo disturbato in un predatore implacabile, con una predilezione per lo stupro, il sangue e il terrore. "Cronache di Serial Killers" è una serie audio che racconta le menti più oscure... Read more

Worth More Dead - Abridged

By: Ann Rule

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Why would a man kill his lover's husband and then his wife, the woman who fought successfully to have him paroled from prison? Why would he risk arrest by kidnapping the child of another woman who adored him?Because they were…Worth More DeadA cold case reopened—and solved—with dogged police work and new evidence. One of the shocking true crimes... Read more

The Terminal Spy - Abridged

By: Alan S. Cowell

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In a page-turning narrative that reads like a thriller, an award-winning journalist exposes the troubling truth behind the world’s first act of nuclear terrorism.

On November 1, 2006, Alexander Litvinenko sipped tea in London’s Millennium Hotel. Hours later the Russian émigré and former intelligence officer, who was sharply critical of Russian... Read more

Gangland - Abridged

By: Howard Blum

Narrated by: Jerry Orbach

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the bestselling tradition of Wiseguy and Boss of Bosses -- the inside story of the fall of the "Teflon Don"

The team: A handpicked squad of FBI agents -- led by a war hero determined to get the job done. The target: John Gotti, the seemingly invincible head of the richest and most powerful crime of modern-day Untouchables, the FBI's C-16... Read more

Last Dance, Last Chance - Abridged

By: Ann Rule

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 14 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"America's best true-crime writer" (Kirkus Reviews), Ann Rule presents her 8th collection of crime stories drawn from her private files—and featuring the riveting case of a fraudulent doctor whose lifelong deceptions had deadly consequences.Dr. Anthony Pignataro was a cosmetic surgeon and a famed medical researcher whose flashy red Lamborghini... Read more

The Other Side of the River - Abridged

By: Alex Kotlowitz

Narrated by: Stanley Tucci

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Alex Kotlowitz's There Are No Children Here was more than a bestseller; it was a national event. His beautifully narrated, heartbreaking nonfiction account of two black boys struggling to grow up in a Chicago public housing complex spent eight weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, was a made-for-television movie starring and produced by... Read more

Den of Thieves - Abridged

By: James B. Stewart

Narrated by: John Hockenberry

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

A #1 bestseller from coast to coast, Den of Thieves tells the full story of the insider-trading scandal that nearly destroyed Wall Street, the men who pulled it off, and the chase that finally brought them to justice.

Pulitzer Prize–winner James B. Stewart shows for the first time how four of the eighties’ biggest names on Wall Street—Michael... Read more

Homicide Special - Abridged

By: Miles Corwin

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A riveting, behind-the-scenes look at one of the most elite, highly trained units of homicide detectives in the country

Los Angeles is a town of dreamers--and of those who prey on them. The scene of innumerable bizarre crimes, it is also home to a unique police unit called Homicide Special, whose mandate is to take on the toughest, most... Read more

Cruel Doubt - Abridged

By: Joe McGinniss

Narrated by: Stacy Keach

Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener. Read more

McMafia - Abridged

By: Misha Glenny

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the deregulation of international financial markets in 1989, governments and entrepreneurs alike became intoxicated by forecasts of limitless expansion into newly open markets. No one would foresee that the greatest success story to arise from these events would be the... Read more

The Last Brother - Abridged

By: Joe McGinniss

Narrated by: Cotter Smith

Length: 5 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener. Read more

Perfect Murder, Perfect Town - Abridged

By: Lawrence Schiller

Narrated by: Ron McLarty

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the author of #1 New York Times bestseller American Tragedy.Nothing written about the death of JonBenet Ramsey can possibly prepare the listener for the revelations in this audiobook. Here, acclaimed writer Lawrence Schiller reveals for the first time the uncensored true story of the events that unfolded on Christmas night of 1996 and the... Read more

The Savage City - Abridged

By: T. J. English

Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris

Length: 10 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“T.J. English has the mastered the hybrid narrative art form of social history and underworld thriller. The Savage City is a truly gripping read filled with unexpected twists and turns.”
—Douglas Brinkley, author of The Great DelugeIn The Savage City, T.J. English, author of the New York Times bestselling blockbuster Havana Nocturne, takes... Read more

The Prosecutors - Abridged

By: Gary Delsohn

Narrated by: Gary Delsohn

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Depicting American justice at its best and worst, The Prosecutors lifts the lid off today’s legal system with details that are more shocking and graphic than any television show or bestselling novel.

Allowed unprecedented access inside an urban prosecutors’ office, Gary Delsohn provides a riveting, behind-the-scenes look at how America’s... Read more

Too Late to Say Goodbye - Abridged

By: Ann Rule

Narrated by: Karen Ziemba

Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From bestselling author Ann Rule comes the engrossing true story of two beautiful, loving women, and their murder by the man in their life—handsome, charming, rich, a man marked for unlimited success—but one who would never allow any woman to leave him, no matter what the provocation.

Jenn Corbin, a lovely, slim, brown-eyed blonde, appeared to... Read more

Stranger Beside Me - Abridged

By: Ann Rule

Narrated by: Ann Rule

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ann Rule, “America’s best true-crime writer” (Kirkus Reviews), her unforgettable classic account of the horrifying murders in the Pacific Northwest and her shock when she discovered her friend—Ted Bundy—was not only a suspect but also one of the most prolific serial killers in American history.

Meeting... Read more

Heart Full of Lies - Abridged

By: Ann Rule

Narrated by: Blair Brown

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From #1 New York Times bestselling true-crime author Ann Rule comes “a convincing portrait of a meticulous criminal mind” (The Washington Post) in this chilling tale about a beautiful and charming widow with a dark side.

An idyllic Hawaiian wedding held the promise of a wonderful future for handsome, athletic Chris Northon, an airline pilot, a... Read more

Under and Alone - Abridged

By: William Queen

Narrated by: William Queen

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In 1998, William Queen was a veteran law enforcement agent with a lifelong love of motorcycles and a lack of patience with paperwork. When a “confidential informant” made contact with his boss at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, offering to take an agent inside the San Fernando chapter of the Mongols (the scourge of Southern... Read more

A Death in Belmont - Abridged

By: Sebastian Junger

Narrated by: Kevin Conway

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

In 1963, with the city of Boston already terrified by a series of savage crimes known as the Boston Stranglings, a murder occurred in the quiet suburb of Belmont, just a few blocks from the house of Sebastian Junger's family -- a murder that seemed to fit exactly the pattern of the Strangler. Roy Smith, a black man who had cleaned the victim's... Read more