Audiobooks Like Allegedly

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Bahni Turpin's performance in Allegedly is the kind of narration that makes an unreliable narrator genuinely hard to read — her voice keeps Mary's evasions plausible without telegraphing the withholding, across eleven hours that stay in the uncomfortable space between sympathy and suspicion. All ten recommendations feature Turpin behind the microphone, which means you're in a list where the narrator's ability to hold moral ambiguity without resolution is the through-line rather than a coincidence.

10 audiobooks for fans of Allegedly

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    Glory Daze

    Glory Broussard Mystery • Book 2

    by Danielle Arceneaux

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin

    4.01 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (1.4K) ★ 4.76 Audible (139)
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    Glory Broussard's quest for peace gets derailed when her ex-husband turns up dead, dragging her into another mystery. The second Glory Broussard case deepens the small-town secrets and personal stakes that made the first so compelling.

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    Glory Be

    Glory Broussard Mystery • Book 1

    by Danielle Arceneaux

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin

    3.86 ABR Score (5.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.76 Goodreads (4.8K) ★ 4.39 Audible (418)
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    Bahni Turpin captures Glory's uncensored voice perfectly, bringing authentic Louisiana flavor to this bayou mystery about a small-time bookie investigating her nun friend's murder.

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    In the Beautiful Dark

    by Melissa Payne

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin, Jeremy Carlisle Parker

    3.84 ABR Score (1.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (1.2K) ★ 4.24 Audible (21)
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    At Sunny Pines retirement home, Birdie Allen investigates a friend's decades-old murder among residents harboring dangerous secrets.

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    Death in Zanzibar

    by M.M. Kaye

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin

    3.76 ABR Score (1.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (1.8K) ★ 4.26 Audible (95)
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    Dany Ashton's vacation to her stepfather's mysterious Zanzibar house becomes deadly before she even boards the plane. Bahni Turpin's narration captures both the exotic setting and mounting suspense perfectly.

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    Death of an Ex

    Vandy Myrick • Book 2

    by Delia C. Pitts

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin

    3.65 ABR Score (298 ratings)
    ★ 3.77 Goodreads (292) ★ 5 Audible (6)
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    Small-town PI Vandy Myrick investigates her ex-husband's suspicious death in racially complex Queenstown, New Jersey. The story explores family dynamics and community secrets with sharp insight.

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    Crime Hits Home: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors (Mystery Writers of America Series, 3)

    by S.J. Rozan, Naomi Hirahara, David Bart, Sara Paretsky, Susan Breen, Gary Phillips, Neil S. Plakcy, Renee James, Connie Johnson Hambley, Gabino Iglesias, A.P. Jamison, Walter Mosley, Tori Eldridge, Ellen Hart, G. Miki Hayden, Jonathan Santlofer, Jonathan Stone, Ovidia Yu, Bonnie Hearn Hill, Steve Liskow

    Narrated by Marni Penning, Cindy Kay, Charles Constant, Bahni Turpin, Leon Nixon, Matt Godfrey, Jer Adrianne Lelliott, Jennifer Aquino, Reba Buhr, Charlie Kevin, Emily Woo Zeller, Jesse Vilinsky

    3.61 ABR Score (203 ratings)
    ★ 3.54 Goodreads (196) ★ 4.71 Audible (7)
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    Twenty crime writers explore what happens when danger invades our safest spaces, with a stellar cast of narrators bringing each author's distinctive voice to life.

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    Trouble in Queenstown

    Vandy Myrick • Book 1

    by Delia C. Pitts

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin

    3.60 ABR Score (1.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.63 Goodreads (1.2K) ★ 3.71 Audible (17)
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    Former cop Vandy Myrick returns to her hometown as a private investigator, confronting grief and family secrets. Bahni Turpin's narration perfectly captures Vandy's emotional complexity.

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    King Nyx

    by Kirsten Bakis

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin

    3.52 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.43 Goodreads (1.6K) ★ 3.43 Audible (7)
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    Set on a millionaire's island estate in 1918, this atmospheric mystery explores what happens to women in the shadow of powerful, self-obsessed men.

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    Resurrection Walk

    The Lincoln Lawyer • Book 7

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Peter Giles, Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin

    4.84 ABR Score (84.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.53 Goodreads (77.5K) ★ 4.81 Audible (6.9K)
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    Mickey Haller takes on impossible innocence cases while Harry Bosch sorts through prison letters, their partnership crackling through multiple narrators.

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    Desert Star

    Renée Ballard • Book 5

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin, Peter Giles

    4.80 ABR Score (96.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.47 Goodreads (86.3K) ★ 4.77 Audible (10.4K)
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    Ballard and Bosch pursue the family killer who's haunted Harry for decades in this return to LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit. Titus Welliver and Christine Lakin anchor the dual narration with familiar authority.

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