10 audiobooks for fans of Apples Never Fall
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The Lake House
by Kate Morton, Unknown Author
Narrated by Caroline Lee
★ 4.34 ABR Score (152.9K ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (131.8K) ★ 4.45 Audible (21.1K)More about this pick
A child vanishes during a 1933 midsummer party, and seventy years later a detective discovers the abandoned estate where the Edevane family's tragedy began.
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The Last Anniversary
Narrated by Heather Wilds
★ 3.98 ABR Score (174.0K ratings)★ 3.78 Goodreads (170.5K) ★ 4.3 Audible (3.4K)More about this pick
Sophie inherits a house on the island famous for the Munro Baby Mystery—a 1932 case of a woman and infant found with no explanation. Heather Wilds captures the ensemble cast's interconnected secrets and romantic complications with warmth and humor.
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[Talking God] [By: Tony Hillerman] [January, 2010]
Leaphorn & Chee • Book 9
by Tony Hillerman, Unknown Author
Narrated by Christian Baskous
★ 4.14 ABR Score (11.4K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (10.5K) ★ 4.48 Audible (875)More about this pick
A grave robber and mysterious corpse pull Leaphorn and Chee into connected cases involving stolen ancestral bones and Smithsonian politics. Christian Baskous navigates Hillerman's layered mystery with steady pacing.
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Bad News
Dortmunder • Book 10
by Donald E. Westlake, Unknown Author
Narrated by Michael Kramer
★ 3.92 ABR Score (1.5K ratings)★ 4.02 Goodreads (1.4K) ★ 4.57 Audible (109)More about this pick
John Dortmunder hates manual labor, so digging up graves seems like a terrible idea—until criminal mastermind Fitzroy Guilderpost offers serious money. Michael Kramer narrates this caper about switching two 70-year-dead Indians and the mystery behind it.
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Killer's Choice
87th Precinct • Book 5
by Ed McBain, Jack M. Bickham, Jeff Clinton, Unknown Author
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.81 ABR Score (3.0K ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (2.9K) ★ 4.28 Audible (116)More about this pick
87th Precinct detectives Carella and Kling investigate Annie Boone's murder, questioning whether she was random victim or intended target. Dick Hill's noir-perfect voice suits this classic police procedural perfectly.
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The Ice House
by Minette Walters, Unknown Author
Narrated by Simon Prebble
★ 3.74 ABR Score (10.9K ratings)★ 3.83 Goodreads (10.7K) ★ 4.1 Audible (240)More about this pick
Three women living in countryside seclusion become suspects when a faceless corpse appears in their ice house. Simon Prebble navigates the gothic atmosphere and unreliable testimony with understated British precision.
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A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four
Sherlock Holmes • Book 2
Narrated by Simon Prebble
★ 3.57 ABR Score (593 ratings)★ 3 Goodreads (1) ★ 4.17 Audible (592) -
The Black Echo
Harry Bosch • Book 1
by Michael Connelly, Titus Welliver
Narrated by Titus Welliver
★ 4.65 ABR Score (224.1K ratings)★ 4.14 Goodreads (218.4K) ★ 4.78 Audible (5.7K)More about this pick
Vietnam tunnel rat turned LAPD detective Harry Bosch investigates when a fellow veteran turns up dead in a drainage pipe. Titus Welliver, who plays Bosch on screen, inhabits the character's war-haunted cynicism and stubborn moral code with authentic grit.
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Career of Evil
Cormoran Strike • Book 3
Narrated by Robert Glenister
★ 4.61 ABR Score (248.8K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (231.1K) ★ 4.64 Audible (17.7K)More about this pick
Strike and Robin investigate a package containing a severed leg, leading them through four suspects from the detective's violent past. Robert Glenister returns to voice Galbraith's gripping procedural.
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We Are All Guilty Here
North Falls • Book 1
by Karin Slaughter
Narrated by Kathleen Early
★ 4.60 ABR Score (144.1K ratings)★ 4.21 Goodreads (133.0K) ★ 4.67 Audible (11.1K)More about this pick
Two teenage girls vanish during a small-town fireworks celebration, igniting secrets in North Falls where everyone knows everyone. Early's narration captures officer Emmy Clifton's desperation as her past collides with the investigation.
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