Audiobooks Like The Burning Girls

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The Burning Girls splits narration between Gemma Whelan and Richard Armitage, and Tudor's gothic atmosphere accumulates differently across two distinct voices — the psychological dread doesn't arrive in a single punch but settles in gradually, each narrator pulling the tone in a slightly different direction until the eerie quality of the whole thing becomes almost ambient. It's the kind of listen that earns its strong Audible rating from people who showed up for sustained unease rather than shock, and stayed because the format actually serves the material. Whelan narrates all ten recommendations here, so that same watchful, dark register doesn't leave when you move on to the next title.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Burning Girls

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    My Husband's Wife

    by Alice Feeney

    Narrated by Bel Powley, Henry Rowley, Richard Armitage

    ★ 4.50 ABR Score (140.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (132.9K) ★ 4.57 Audible (7.8K)
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    Eden Fox returns from a run to find her life completely altered in ways that will shatter everything she knows about her marriage and identity.

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    Tempest

    Beatrix Rose #0A • Book 4

    by Mark Dawson

    Narrated by Gemma Whelan

    ★ 4.16 ABR Score (2.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.45 Goodreads (2.4K) ★ 4.49 Audible (95)
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    A Vietnam deserter hiding in Hong Kong's Walled City for forty years emerges to face CIA enemies and finds help from assassin Beatrix Rose. Gemma Whelan navigates the gritty underworld setting with precision.

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    The Woman Who Lied

    by Claire Douglas

    Narrated by Ayesha Antoine, Gemma Whelan

    ★ 4.06 ABR Score (32.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.91 Goodreads (32.6K) ★ 4.32 Audible (202)
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    Crime novelist Emilia finds her fictional murders happening in real life, blurring the line between imagination and nightmare. Dual narrators Ayesha Antoine and Gemma Whelan handle the shifting perspectives with skill.

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    Let Me Lie

    by Clare Mackintosh

    Narrated by Gemma Whelan, Clare Mackintosh

    ★ 3.98 ABR Score (44.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.8 Goodreads (44.0K) ★ 4.16 Audible (808)
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    Anna questions whether her parents really committed suicide or were murdered, while Gemma Whelan and author Clare Mackintosh share narration duties for this twisty family mystery.

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  5. 5
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    The Wilds

    Detective Elin Warner • Book 3

    by Sarah Pearse

    Narrated by Gemma Whelan

    ★ 3.76 ABR Score (13.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.7 Goodreads (13.8K) ★ 3 Audible (1)
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    Detective Elin Warner searches for Kier, a drifter known as 'the monster's daughter' who creates maps of remote places but has suddenly vanished. Gemma Whelan's narration explores the psychological landscape of a woman haunted by her mother's infamous crime.

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    The Blue Hour

    by Paula Hawkins

    Narrated by Gemma Whelan, Paula Hawkins

    ★ 3.68 ABR Score (77.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.26 Goodreads (77.2K) ★ 4.43 Audible (7)
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    Grace lives alone on a tidal island until a London gallery discovery connects her refuge to a decades-old disappearance, with Gemma Whelan's narration capturing the isolation.

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    The New Neighbors

    by Simon Lelic

    Narrated by Adam Newington, Gemma Whelan

    ★ 3.67 ABR Score (5.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.39 Goodreads (5.3K) ★ 3.83 Audible (77)
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    Jack and Syd's dream London home becomes a nightmare when their grisly attic discovery connects to a fresh murder. Adam Newington and Gemma Whelan create palpable tension as the couple's perfect life unravels through their dangerous choices.

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    The House

    by Simon Lelic

    Narrated by Gemma Whelan, Adam Newington

    ★ 3.67 ABR Score (5.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.39 Goodreads (5.3K) ★ 3.86 Audible (7)
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    London couple Jack and Syd thought they'd found their perfect home until a grisly attic discovery changed everything—especially after someone gets murdered. Their seemingly ideal domestic situation becomes a nightmare of secrets and poor choices.

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    Wormwood

    Group Fifteen Files • Book 5

    by Mark Dawson

    Narrated by Gemma Whelan

    ★ 4.03 ABR Score (2.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (1.9K) ★ 4.27 Audible (56)
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    Cold War espionage spanning from 1969 Soviet Russia to 1986 Chernobyl gets atmospheric treatment as Gemma Whelan navigates the complex timeline of this MI6 thriller.

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    Let the Dead Sleep

    by Michael Wood

    Narrated by Gemma Whelan

    ★ 4.00 ABR Score (256 ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (80) ★ 4.77 Audible (176)
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    Crime reporter Holly investigates the Richmond Ripper who murdered her sister 25 years ago when new evidence surfaces. Gemma Whelan brings emotional depth to Holly's personal quest for justice in this cold case thriller.

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