Audiobooks Like Immortal in Death

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Susan Ericksen has narrated so many entries in the In Death series that her voice *is* Eve Dallas at this point — flat, bone-tired, and quietly furious in the interrogation room, then doing something subtler and more guarded when Roarke enters the picture. The ten-hour runtime hits the sweet spot for a procedural: long enough to let the investigation breathe and the relationship dynamics simmer, short enough that the momentum never goes slack. Every audiobook here matches that rhythm — around ten hours, all rated above 4.3 on Goodreads — the kind of tightly plotted listens where the detective work is just as satisfying as what's at stake beneath it.

10 audiobooks for fans of Immortal in Death

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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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    The Wrong Side of Goodbye

    Harry Bosch • Book 19

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Titus Welliver

    4.72 ABR Score (101.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (80.3K) ★ 4.71 Audible (21.5K)
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    Private investigator Bosch hunts for an aging billionaire's potential heir while moonlighting with a small police force, and Welliver's weathered voice perfectly captures the detective's dual loyalties.

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    The Longmire Defense

    Walt Longmire • Book 19

    by Craig Johnson

    Narrated by George Guidall

    4.68 ABR Score (12.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.54 Goodreads (11.0K) ★ 4.8 Audible (1.8K)
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    Fresh from confronting his past and questioning justice itself, Walt faces an unprecedented crime scene in Wyoming's countryside that challenges everything he believes about law enforcement.

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    The Waiting

    Renée Ballard • Book 6

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Christine Lakin, Titus Welliver, Madison Lintz

    4.61 ABR Score (76.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (71.3K) ★ 4.68 Audible (4.7K)
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    A serial rapist resurfaces after twenty years, pulling Ballard and Harry's daughter into a cold case that turns personal. Christine Lakin's narration captures Ballard's methodical determination perfectly.

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    The Dark Horse

    Walt Longmire • Book 5

    by Craig Johnson

    Narrated by George Guidall

    4.54 ABR Score (28.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (21.6K) ★ 4.65 Audible (7.1K)
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    Sheriff Walt Longmire goes undercover to investigate a woman who allegedly shot her horse-burning husband six times in the head. George Guidall captures Longmire's dry wit and the dusty desperation of rural Wyoming perfectly.

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    A Serpent's Tooth

    Walt Longmire • Book 9

    by Craig Johnson

    Narrated by George Guidall

    4.54 ABR Score (24.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (17.1K) ★ 4.65 Audible (7.2K)
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    Walt Longmire investigates a highway shooting involving a polygamist compound while navigating family secrets and federal complications in Wyoming's high country.

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    Deadly Secrets

    Detective Erika Foster • Book 6

    by Robert Bryndza

    Narrated by Jan Cramer

    4.45 ABR Score (18.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (16.6K) ★ 4.65 Audible (1.5K)
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    Detective Erika Foster investigates when a daughter is found frozen in her own blood on her mother's doorstep, uncovering a pattern of local assaults.

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    First Frost

    Walt Longmire • Book 20

    by Craig Johnson

    Narrated by George Guidall

    4.40 ABR Score (10.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (8.8K) ★ 4.62 Audible (1.5K)
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    George Guidall transports listeners to 1964 as young Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear face their last summer before Vietnam.

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    Fatal Witness

    Detective Erika Foster • Book 7

    by Robert Bryndza

    Narrated by Jan Cramer

    4.33 ABR Score (13.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (13.3K) ★ 4.59 Audible (588)
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    Detective Erika Foster investigates a true-crime podcaster's murder that connects to a serial predator case. Jan Cramer handles the procedural elements and personal stakes with equal skill.

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