Audiobooks Like Lethal White

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Robert Glenister narrates Robert Galbraith's fourth Strike novel with a consistency of character that has accumulated over hundreds of hours in this series — his Strike is recognizably the same weary, principled investigator across every book, and the 23-hour runtime here, one of the longest in the series, relies on that accumulated trust between narrator and listener. Glenister's voice suits a novel interested in the overlap between political power and personal damage. Most picks run close to that same long-form length, several are in the award-winning detective fiction space, and all carry that quality of slow-burn procedural where the atmosphere is as important as the solution.

10 audiobooks for fans of Lethal White

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    The Running Grave

    Cormoran Strike • Book 7

    by Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling

    Narrated by Robert Glenister

    4.89 ABR Score (119.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.59 Goodreads (113.0K) ★ 4.83 Audible (6.2K)
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    Robert Glenister returns to voice Strike and Robin's most dangerous case yet as they infiltrate a Norfolk cult to rescue a young man trapped by the Universal Humanitarian Church's sinister agenda.

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    Career of Evil

    Cormoran Strike • Book 3

    by Robert Galbraith

    Narrated by Robert Glenister

    4.61 ABR Score (248.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (231.1K) ★ 4.64 Audible (17.7K)
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    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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    The Silkworm

    Cormoran Strike • Book 2

    by Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling

    Narrated by Robert Glenister

    4.40 ABR Score (319.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (296.4K) ★ 4.49 Audible (23.2K)
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    Private detective Cormoran Strike hunts for a missing novelist whose latest manuscript viciously attacks everyone he knows. Robert Glenister's gruff voice perfectly suits Strike's methodical investigation through London's bitter literary world.

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    The Cuckoo's Calling

    Cormoran Strike • Book 1

    by Robert Galbraith

    Narrated by Robert Glenister

    4.32 ABR Score (668.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.89 Goodreads (630.7K) ★ 4.45 Audible (37.8K)
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    One-legged Afghanistan veteran Cormoran Strike investigates the supposed suicide of supermodel Lula Landry when her brother insists she was murdered. Robert Glenister captures Strike's gruff determination.

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    The Ink Black Heart

    Cormoran Strike • Book 6

    by Robert Galbraith

    Narrated by Robert Glenister

    4.27 ABR Score (126.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (118.0K) ★ 4.4 Audible (9.0K)
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    Strike and Robin investigate online harassment escalating to murder when a webcomic creator faces death threats from her own fanbase. At over 32 hours, Glenister guides listeners through the series' most complex case yet, involving digital detective work and toxic internet culture.

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    The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY

    by John Joseph Adams, Stephen King, Robert J. Sawyer, Michael Moorcock, Sharyn McCrumb, Stephen Baxter, Anne Perry, Barbara Hambly, Tanith Lee, Neil Gaiman, Rob Rogers, Naomi Novik, Anthony Burgess, Dominic Green, Laurie R. King, Barbara Roden, Tim Lebbon, Peter Tremayne, Bradley H. Sinor, Edward D. Hoch, Vonda N. McIntyre, Darrell Schweitzer, Mary Robinette Kowal, H. Paul Jeffers, Geoffrey A. Landis, Amy Myers, Chris Roden, Tony Pi, Chris Roberson, Mark Valentine

    Narrated by Simon Vance, Anne Flosnik

    3.88 ABR Score (23.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (22.7K) ★ 3.96 Audible (736)
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    Twenty-five years of the best Holmes short fiction gets collected, featuring Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, and other masters reimagining the detective across genres. Simon Vance and Anne Flosnik handle the varied styles with appropriate range.

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    Sycamore Row

    Jake Brigance • Book 2

    by John Grisham

    Narrated by Michael Beck

    4.52 ABR Score (170.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (141.1K) ★ 4.6 Audible (29.5K)
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    Jake Brigance returns to defend a controversial will that leaves a fortune to a black housekeeper instead of the deceased's white family—Grisham's sequel to his breakout novel.

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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)
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    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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    Moonflower Murders

    Susan Ryeland Series • Book 2

    by Anthony Horowitz

    Narrated by Lesley Manville, Allan Corduner

    4.36 ABR Score (71.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (66.9K) ★ 4.57 Audible (4.5K)
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    The Likeness

    Dublin Murder Squad • Book 2

    by Tana French

    Narrated by Heather O'Neill

    4.35 ABR Score (187.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (181.9K) ★ 4.52 Audible (5.8K)
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    Detective Cassie Maddox discovers a murder victim who looks exactly like her and was using her old undercover identity, launching an investigation that becomes deeply personal.

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