10 audiobooks for fans of Pop Goes the Weasel
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Escape
Billy Harney • Book 3
by James Patterson, David Ellis
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
★ 4.54 ABR Score (18.5K ratings)★ 4.33 Goodreads (16.2K) ★ 4.7 Audible (2.3K)More about this pick
Detective Billy Harney investigates a billionaire crime boss down to his last twenty million—and currently behind bars. Edoardo Ballerini captures the gritty Chicago atmosphere and Harney's determination perfectly.
- 2
Judge Stone
Narrated by Viola Davis
★ 4.51 ABR Score (1.9K ratings)★ 4.63 Goodreads (915) ★ 4.9 Audible (936)More about this pick
Viola Davis both authors and narrates this courtroom drama about small-town Judge Mary Stone, who balances running her family farm with presiding over Alabama's most controversial case.
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The Black Book
Billy Harney • Book 1
by James Patterson, David Ellis
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
★ 4.46 ABR Score (58.8K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (43.4K) ★ 4.42 Audible (15.4K)More about this pick
Chicago cop Billy Harney wakes up next to three corpses with no memory of how he got there, launching a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of city politics.
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22 Seconds
Women's Murder Club • Book 22
by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Narrated by January LaVoy
Why this book?
Patterson's signature fast-paced thriller style returns in *22 Seconds*, delivering the same propulsive narrative tension and detective-driven mystery that made *Pop Goes the Weasel* compelling, while the shorter runtime offers an equally gripping experience without sacrificing the intricate plotting his listeners expect.
★ 4.39 ABR Score (42.1K ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (38.9K) ★ 4.54 Audible (3.2K)More about this pick
Lindsay Boxer hunts weapon smugglers while a killer targets former cops with personal messages, threatening both her badge and her life.
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Invisible
Invisible • Book 1
by James Patterson, David Ellis
Narrated by January LaVoy, Kevin T. Collins
★ 4.36 ABR Score (57.7K ratings)★ 4.15 Goodreads (49.2K) ★ 4.39 Audible (8.6K)More about this pick
FBI researcher Emmy Dockery connects hundreds of unsolved kidnappings to one invisible killer, but only her ex-boyfriend agent Books will listen before the pattern turns deadly personal.
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1st To Die
Women's Murder Club • Book 1
Narrated by Suzanne Toren
★ 4.32 ABR Score (366.9K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (360.3K) ★ 4.31 Audible (6.5K)More about this pick
San Francisco homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer teams with a medical examiner, prosecutor, and crime reporter to track a killer targeting newlyweds. Patterson launches his Women's Murder Club series with fast-paced procedural action and the dynamic between four professional women.
- 7
Guilty Wives
by James Patterson, David Ellis
Narrated by January LaVoy
★ 4.18 ABR Score (40.0K ratings)★ 3.9 Goodreads (37.5K) ★ 4.37 Audible (2.6K)More about this pick
Four wives take a no-husbands Monte Carlo getaway that ends in murder charges, and January LaVoy captures their desperation as evidence mounts against them.
- 8
Private Berlin
Private • Book 5
by James Patterson, Mark T. Sullivan
Narrated by January LaVoy, Ari Fliakos
★ 4.15 ABR Score (21.2K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (19.7K) ★ 4.34 Audible (1.6K)More about this pick
Chris Schneider investigates high-profile cases for Private's Berlin office, using secret methods to navigate Europe's most dangerous city with dual narrators capturing the international tension.
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The Girl in the Castle
by James Patterson, Emily Raymond
Narrated by Barrie Kreinik
★ 3.96 ABR Score (11.9K ratings)★ 3.85 Goodreads (11.9K)More about this pick
Hannah's desperate insistence that she must save someone in the past creates genuine tension in this psychological thriller. Barrie Kreinik captures Hannah's frantic urgency perfectly.
- 10
Eruption
by Michael Crichton, James Patterson
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 3.91 ABR Score (75.5K ratings)★ 3.74 Goodreads (68.1K) ★ 3.99 Audible (7.4K)More about this pick
Scott Brick's commanding performance suits this collaboration between Crichton and Patterson, where a Hawaiian volcanic eruption threatens to expose military secrets.
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