Audiobooks Like The Heiress

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*The Heiress* runs on an ensemble of four narrators — Dan Bittner, Eliza Foss, John Pirhalla, and Patti Murin — each voicing a perspective that's just slanted enough from the others to keep you from trusting any of them completely. That layered unreliability, spread across nine tight hours, is what gives the gothic mountain setting its slow accumulation rather than a sudden drop. Most of the titles here match that tempo: close to nine hours, rated above 4.3 by listeners who tend to reward exactly this kind of sustained atmospheric tension, and one of them features Bittner again — which is its own signal about the register these listens share.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Heiress

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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 Wrong Side of Goodbye

    Harry Bosch • Book 19

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Titus Welliver

    4.72 ABR Score (101.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (80.3K) ★ 4.71 Audible (21.5K)
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    Private investigator Bosch hunts for an aging billionaire's potential heir while moonlighting with a small police force, and Welliver's weathered voice perfectly captures the detective's dual loyalties.

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    Holiday in Death

    In Death • Book 7

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.63 ABR Score (50.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (45.9K) ★ 4.73 Audible (4.3K)
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    Lieutenant Eve Dallas tracks a ritualistic killer targeting clients of New York's most exclusive dating service during the holiday season. Susan Ericksen's performance captures both the futuristic setting and holiday atmosphere of this seventh In Death novel.

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    The Dark Horse

    Walt Longmire • Book 5

    by Craig Johnson

    Narrated by George Guidall

    4.54 ABR Score (28.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (21.6K) ★ 4.65 Audible (7.1K)
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    Sheriff Walt Longmire goes undercover to investigate a woman who allegedly shot her horse-burning husband six times in the head. George Guidall captures Longmire's dry wit and the dusty desperation of rural Wyoming perfectly.

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    Best of "The Strand Magazine": 25 Years of Twists, Turns, and Tales from the Modern Masters of Mystery and Fiction

    by Andrew F. Gulli - editor, Lamia J. Gulli - editor

    Narrated by January LaVoy, Gerard Doyle, Simon Vance, Dion Graham, Dan Bittner, Roger Clark, Edoardo Ballerini, Grover Gardner, Christopher Tester, Jean Brassard, Scott Brick, Tim Campbell, Robin Miles, Joel Froomkin, full cast

    3.47 ABR Score (7 ratings)
    ★ 4.67 Goodreads (3) ★ 3.75 Audible (4)
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    A murderer's row of narrators tackles stories from Jo Nesbø, Tennessee Williams, and Ray Bradbury in this anniversary anthology. January LaVoy, Simon Vance, and the stellar cast capture each author's distinct voice perfectly.

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    The Longmire Defense

    Walt Longmire • Book 19

    by Craig Johnson

    Narrated by George Guidall

    4.68 ABR Score (12.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.54 Goodreads (11.0K) ★ 4.8 Audible (1.8K)
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    Fresh from confronting his past and questioning justice itself, Walt faces an unprecedented crime scene in Wyoming's countryside that challenges everything he believes about law enforcement.

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    Two Kinds of Truth

    Harry Bosch • Book 20

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Titus Welliver

    4.66 ABR Score (88.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (72.5K) ★ 4.69 Audible (15.9K)
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    Semi-retired Harry Bosch tackles a pharmacy murder that exposes prescription drug trafficking while an old case resurfaces. Welliver, who plays Bosch on TV, inhabits the character with lived-in authenticity.

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    The Crossing

    Harry Bosch • Book 18

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Titus Welliver

    4.64 ABR Score (91.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (72.4K) ★ 4.67 Audible (19.2K)
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    Retired detective Harry Bosch reluctantly helps his defense attorney half-brother Mickey Haller prove a client's innocence. Welliver's familiarity with Bosch shines as the character struggles with working for the defense.

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    As The Crow Flies

    Walt Longmire • Book 8

    by Craig Johnson

    Narrated by George Guidall

    4.59 ABR Score (26.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (19.1K) ★ 4.71 Audible (7.1K)
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    Sheriff Walt Longmire faces his toughest case while planning his daughter's wedding, with George Guidall capturing both the family stress and mounting danger perfectly.

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