10 audiobooks for fans of Step on a Crack
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Cross and Sampson
Alex Cross • Book 35
by James Patterson, Brian Sitts
Narrated by Isaiah Mustafa, Dion Graham
★ 4.40 ABR Score (6.6K ratings)★ 4.5 Goodreads (6.2K) ★ 4.62 Audible (404)More about this pick
Alex Cross and John Sampson investigate separate crimes simultaneously - a bombing in DC and murder in North Carolina. Isaiah Mustafa and Dion Graham split narrative duties as the partners work apart for once.
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22 Seconds
Women's Murder Club • Book 22
by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Narrated by January LaVoy
★ 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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Roses Are Red
Alex Cross • Book 6
Narrated by Peter Jay Fernandez
★ 4.36 ABR Score (79.4K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (76.8K) ★ 4.5 Audible (2.6K)More about this pick
Peter Jay Fernandez captures Cross's intensity as he hunts the Mastermind, a criminal genius orchestrating bank robberies with lethal precision across Washington.
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25 Alive (WMC #25): A Women's Murder Club Thriller
Women's Murder Club • Book 25
by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Narrated by January LaVoy
★ 4.34 ABR Score (30.2K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (29.0K) ★ 4.52 Audible (1.2K)More about this pick
The Women's Murder Club investigates a former SFPD chief's murder in Golden Gate Park for this milestone twenty-fifth installment. Patterson and Paetro return to San Francisco with familiar characters facing a case that hits close to home.
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Violets Are Blue
Alex Cross • Book 7
Narrated by Daniel Whitner, Kevin O'Rourke
★ 4.33 ABR Score (73.7K ratings)★ 4.02 Goodreads (71.5K) ★ 4.51 Audible (2.2K)More about this pick
Alex Cross hunts killers who believe they're vampires, committing ritualistic murders that blur the line between delusion and supernatural horror. Whitner and O'Rourke share narration duties in this macabre thriller that tests Cross's rationality.
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Alex Cross, Run
Alex Cross • Book 20
Narrated by Michael Boatman, Steven Boyer
★ 4.31 ABR Score (37.2K ratings)★ 4.12 Goodreads (34.9K) ★ 4.44 Audible (2.3K)More about this pick
Cross hunts a surgeon who hosts deadly parties with underage victims while dodging a separate killer targeting his family. Michael Boatman and Steven Boyer split the dual narrative structure, maintaining Patterson's signature rapid-fire chapter pace.
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Along Came a Spider
Alex Cross • Book 1
Narrated by Peter Jay Fernandez, Jay O. Sanders
★ 4.31 ABR Score (494.1K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (491.9K) ★ 4.33 Audible (2.1K)More about this pick
Gary Soneji's sadistic chess game with detective Alex Cross unfolds across Washington D.C.'s most brutal crime scenes. Peter Jay Fernandez and Jay O. Sanders alternate perspectives seamlessly, capturing both the hunter's determination and predator's chilling calculation.
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Cross Fire
Alex Cross • Book 17
Narrated by Andre Braugher, Jay O. Sanders
★ 4.29 ABR Score (41.5K ratings)★ 4.12 Goodreads (39.5K) ★ 4.42 Audible (2.0K)More about this pick
Someone systematically assassinates Washington's most corrupt politicians while Alex Cross plans his wedding to Bree. Two narrators handle the political thriller and personal stakes with equal intensity.
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Ricorda Maggie Rose
Alex Cross • Book 1
by James Patterson, Franco Ferrario, Maria Barbara Piccioli
Narrated by Tim Cain, Michael Cerveris
★ 4.29 ABR Score (494.6K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (491.9K) ★ 4.28 Audible (2.6K)More about this pick
Detective Alex Cross hunts kidnapper Gary Soneji, who's taken a movie star's daughter and a cabinet member's son. The dual English narrators tackle Patterson's psychological thriller with appropriate intensity.
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Double Cross
Alex Cross • Book 13
Narrated by Peter Jay Fernandez, Michael Stuhlbarg
★ 4.25 ABR Score (59.7K ratings)★ 4.05 Goodreads (57.6K) ★ 4.38 Audible (2.1K)More about this pick
Cross faces two psychotic killers simultaneously in this fast-paced DC thriller. Fernandez and Stuhlbarg split the narrative duties, maintaining tension as the body count rises across multiple cases.
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