Audiobooks Like The Family Next Door

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The gap between The Family Next Door's Goodreads score (3.82) and its Audible rating (4.23) tells you something useful: this is a story that breathes better in audio, where the slow unraveling of suburban secrets benefits from a narrator holding the tension in her voice rather than leaving it flat on the page. Barrie Kreinik has exactly the right register for Hepworth's brand of domestic unease — steady and composed on the surface while everything underneath quietly comes apart. Every one of the ten recommendations here is also narrated by Kreinik, and four are Hepworth titles, so if you're chasing that precise emotional frequency — polished exteriors, dark undertow — this list doesn't stray far.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Family Next Door

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    The Good Sister

    by Sally Hepworth

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 4.51 ABR Score (237.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (233.2K) ★ 4.61 Audible (4.2K)
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    The Younger Wife

    by Sally Hepworth

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Caroline Lee, Jessica Douglas-Henry

    ★ 3.91 ABR Score (121.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (121.8K) ★ 4.8 Audible (5)
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    Heart surgeon Stephen Aston wants to divorce his wife who can no longer speak for herself, planning to marry someone younger than his own daughters. Three narrators—Barrie Kreinik, Caroline Lee, and Jessica Douglas-Henry—capture each woman's perspective in this family thriller.

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    The Soulmate

    by Sally Hepworth

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Jessica Douglas-Henry

    ★ 3.90 ABR Score (188.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (188.7K) ★ 4.67 Audible (3)
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    A woman discovers her husband has been talking people down from a cliff behind their dream home—until one jumps anyway. Dual narrators Barrie Kreinik and Jessica Douglas-Henry perfectly capture the shifting perspectives and mounting dread.

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  4. 4
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    An Anonymous Girl

    by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Julia Whelan

    ★ 4.19 ABR Score (201.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.79 Goodreads (182.5K) ★ 4.26 Audible (18.7K)
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    The dual narration catches every twist of psychological manipulation, with Kreinik and Whelan perfectly embodying the predator-prey dynamic that makes this thriller impossible to pause.

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  5. 5
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    You Are Not Alone

    by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Dylan Moore

    ★ 4.12 ABR Score (98.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.75 Goodreads (92.9K) ★ 4.29 Audible (5.7K)
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    The Girl in the Castle

    by James Patterson, Emily Raymond

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 3.97 ABR Score (11.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (11.9K)
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    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.

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    Look Twice

    Ingrid Skyberg FBI Thriller • Book 8

    by Eva Hudson

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 3.92 ABR Score (448 ratings)
    ★ 4.57 Goodreads (441) ★ 4.86 Audible (7)
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    FBI Agent Ingrid Skyberg discovers mysterious photos left by her predecessor—a map, rare book, strange bird, and office party that may connect to unsolved crimes. Barrie Kreinik's tense performance suits this double-agent thriller where Ingrid faces her most dangerous case yet.

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    Code Dead: An International FBI Thriller (Ingrid Skyberg Book 9)

    Ingrid Skyberg FBI Thrillers • Book 9

    by Eva Hudson

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 3.88 ABR Score (330 ratings)
    ★ 4.55 Goodreads (324) ★ 4.67 Audible (6)
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    Agent Ingrid Skyberg has three days to find the missing programmer who can prevent a virus from destroying global computer systems. The ninth thriller races against both digital and physical threats.

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    The Starving Saints

    by Caitlin Starling

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 3.87 ABR Score (17.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.61 Goodreads (16.8K) ★ 4.2 Audible (215)
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    Three women in a besieged medieval castle face mysterious godlike visitors who may be salvation or doom. Barrie Kreinik navigates the fevered atmosphere perfectly.

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    Flight Risk

    Ingrid Skyberg FBI Thriller • Book 7

    by Eva Hudson

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 3.87 ABR Score (340 ratings)
    ★ 4.49 Goodreads (334) ★ 4.83 Audible (6)
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    FBI Agent Ingrid Skyberg faces arrest for a murder she doesn't remember while attempting to flee London. The seventh thriller forces its protagonist to solve her own potential crime.

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