10 audiobooks for fans of In Cold Blood
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Mystic River
by Dennis Lehane
Narrated by Scott Brick
Why this book?
Both novels deliver a dark, methodical exploration of crime's ripple effects through a community, with Scott Brick's narration bringing the same gritty intensity to Lehane's Boston setting as he does to Capote's Kansas investigation. The audiobook experience is equally immersive, combining psychological depth with propulsive storytelling across similar runtimes that keep listeners engaged through morally complex mysteries.
★ 4.31 ABR Score (170.1K ratings)★ 4.18 Goodreads (166.9K) ★ 4.46 Audible (3.2K)More about this pick
Three childhood friends reunite over a murder in working-class Boston, with Scott Brick's Boston-tinged delivery grounding every character interaction.
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The Boy from the Woods
Wilde • Book 1
by Harlan Coben
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.10 ABR Score (123.2K ratings)★ 3.95 Goodreads (113.9K) ★ 4.31 Audible (9.3K)More about this pick
Scott Brick follows Wilde, the feral child found thirty years ago, as he uses his unique perspective to track another missing teenager in Coben's latest mystery.
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Squeeze Me
Skink Series • Book 8
by Carl Hiaasen
Narrated by Scott Brick
Why this book?
Scott Brick's measured, methodical narration captures the dark underbelly of American crime in both works, though Hiaasen trades Capote's true-crime gravity for satirical mystery with equally sharp social commentary. The 12-hour runtime offers a similarly immersive listening experience while maintaining that same sense of investigative tension beneath the surface narrative.
★ 4.14 ABR Score (44.1K ratings)★ 4.03 Goodreads (39.6K) ★ 4.38 Audible (4.6K)More about this pick
Scott Brick's deadpan delivery transforms Hiaasen's Florida satire into comedy gold—every absurd character and political jab lands harder when spoken aloud.
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White Jazz
L.A. Quartet • Book 4
by James Ellroy
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 3.77 ABR Score (10.4K ratings)★ 3.92 Goodreads (10.1K) ★ 4.09 Audible (264)More about this pick
Corrupt LAPD Lieutenant Dave Klein operates as enforcer and bagman until a federal corruption investigation makes him the fall guy. Scott Brick captures Klein's paranoid, violent mindset in Ellroy's staccato prose.
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The Big Sleep
Philip Marlowe • Book 1
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.10 ABR Score (170.4K ratings)★ 3.94 Goodreads (169.7K) ★ 4.43 Audible (660)More about this pick
Chandler's debut Marlowe novel is the template for every hard-boiled detective story that followed — rain-soaked, morally ambiguous, and endlessly quotable.
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Best of "The Strand Magazine": 25 Years of Twists, Turns, and Tales from the Modern Masters of Mystery and Fiction
by Andrew F. Gulli - editor, Lamia J. Gulli - editor
Narrated by January LaVoy, Gerard Doyle, Simon Vance, Dion Graham, Dan Bittner, Roger Clark, Edoardo Ballerini, Grover Gardner, Christopher Tester, Jean Brassard, Scott Brick, Tim Campbell, Robin Miles, Joel Froomkin, full cast
★ 3.49 ABR Score (7 ratings)★ 4.67 Goodreads (3) ★ 3.75 Audible (4)More about this pick
A murderer's row of narrators tackles stories from Jo Nesbø, Tennessee Williams, and Ray Bradbury in this anniversary anthology. January LaVoy, Simon Vance, and the stellar cast capture each author's distinct voice perfectly.
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Rebecca
by Daphne du Maurier
Narrated by Anna Massey
★ 4.56 ABR Score (741.5K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (730.8K) ★ 4.57 Audible (10.7K)More about this pick
A shy bride arrives at her husband's estate, Manderley, only to find herself competing with the ghost of his deceased first wife. Massey's haunting narration perfectly captures the Gothic atmosphere.
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The Only One Left
by Riley Sager
Narrated by Christine Lakin, Dawn Harvey
★ 4.45 ABR Score (645.8K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (635.0K) ★ 4.52 Audible (10.8K)More about this pick
Caregiver Kit arrives at a decaying mansion to tend Lenora Hope, the woman suspected of murdering her family in 1929 but never convicted. Dual narration captures both timelines.
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Brimstone
Pendergast • Book 5
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.37 ABR Score (48.7K ratings)★ 4.15 Goodreads (43.6K) ★ 4.55 Audible (5.1K)More about this pick
Bodies appear burned from the inside with claw marks on walls and brimstone in the air, pulling FBI Agent Pendergast into a case that seems supernatural.
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
by John Berendt
Narrated by Jeff Woodman, Will Damron, John Berendt
★ 4.32 ABR Score (305.5K ratings)★ 3.92 Goodreads (297.3K) ★ 4.52 Audible (8.3K)More about this pick
John Berendt chronicles Savannah's eccentric characters during a real-life murder trial involving the city's antique dealer elite. The multiple narrators capture the Southern Gothic atmosphere and colorful local personalities that made this nonfiction read like fiction.
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