Audiobooks Like The Black Ice

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Dick Hill narrates The Black Ice with the stripped-back, wiry tension he brings to hard-boiled detective fiction — his Bosch stays in a register of controlled, barely acknowledged feeling, which gives the 12-hour mystery its atmosphere of a good cop working in a system that won't quite let him be. Three more Connelly titles are in the recommendations and seven carry high ratings, all in the procedural mode where Hill's particular brand of noir-adjacent authority defines the listening experience.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Black Ice

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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 Dark Hours

    Ballard and Bosch • Book 4

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin

    ★ 4.64 ABR Score (94.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (83.6K) ★ 4.65 Audible (10.7K)
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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 Night Fire

    A Harry Bosch Novel • Book 22

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Christine Lakin, Titus Welliver

    ★ 4.66 ABR Score (90.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (76.6K) ★ 4.7 Audible (14.0K)
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    Dark Sacred Night

    A Harry Bosch Novel • Book 21

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Christine Lakin, Titus Welliver

    ★ 4.51 ABR Score (96.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (84.3K) ★ 4.61 Audible (12.6K)
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    The Reversal

    The Lincoln Lawyer • Book 3

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Peter Giles

    ★ 4.50 ABR Score (105.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (93.0K) ★ 4.57 Audible (12.1K)
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    Defense attorney Mickey Haller switches sides to prosecute the retrial of a convicted child killer freed by DNA evidence, partnering with Harry Bosch to prove the man's still guilty. Connelly expertly explores both sides of the criminal justice system.

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    The Gods of Guilt

    The Lincoln Lawyer • Book 5

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Peter Giles

    ★ 4.49 ABR Score (87.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (73.6K) ★ 4.56 Audible (13.6K)
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    Mickey Haller's former prostitute client turns up murdered, dragging him into his most personal case yet. The Lincoln Lawyer series hits its emotional peak with this tale of guilt and redemption.

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    The Fifth Witness

    The Lincoln Lawyer • Book 4

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Peter Giles

    ★ 4.41 ABR Score (104.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.24 Goodreads (92.3K) ★ 4.48 Audible (12.0K)
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    Mickey Haller defends a foreclosure client accused of murdering her banker in a case where the evidence seems ironclad. Peter Giles captures the desperation of families losing their homes.

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    The Late Show

    Renée Ballard • Book 1

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Katherine Moennig

    ★ 4.27 ABR Score (125.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.12 Goodreads (111.1K) ★ 4.38 Audible (14.2K)
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    When LAPD detective Renée Ballard gets stuck working Hollywood's night shift as punishment for filing a complaint, she discovers two cases the day shift abandoned. Katherine Moennig captures Ballard's steely determination perfectly.

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