Audiobooks Like The Man Who Died Twice

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Lesley Manville narrates Richard Osman's second Thursday Murder Club novel with a wit and timing that matches the material — her voice is dry without being cold, and the 12 hours of pensioners outwitting criminals moves at a conversational pace that never flags. The recommendations all carry high ratings and run at similar lengths, and while a different narrator handles the J.D. Robb titles, the same light-footed mystery energy — amateur detectives, sharp dialogue, confidence that intelligence is entertaining — carries throughout.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Man Who Died Twice

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    O homem que morreu duas vezes

    Thursday Murder Club • Book 2

    by Richard Osman, Jaime Biaggio

    Narrated by Daniel de Mello, Sônia Schaeffer

    4.06 ABR Score (360.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (360.6K) ★ 4.5 Audible (2)
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    The Thursday Murder Club residents investigate a mystery involving stolen diamonds, Cold War secrets, and a man who appears to have died twice. This second installment maintains Osman's perfect balance of humor and genuine intrigue through its elderly protagonists' sharp observations.

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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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    Portrait in Death

    In Death • Book 16

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.75 ABR Score (46.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (42.3K) ★ 4.83 Audible (4.0K)
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    A killer photographs victims after death, sending professional portraits to the media in this chilling entry where Eve Dallas hunts a murderer obsessed with capturing souls through his lens.

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    The Wrong Side of Goodbye

    Harry Bosch • Book 19

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Titus Welliver

    4.71 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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    Judgment in Death

    In Death • Book 11

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.67 ABR Score (45.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (41.3K) ★ 4.77 Audible (3.6K)
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    Eve Dallas investigates the brutal murder of a cop in an uptown strip club, uncovering corruption that reaches deep into the police force. Susan Ericksen brings intensity to Robb's gritty procedural.

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    Promises in Death

    In Death • Book 28

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.66 ABR Score (43.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.42 Goodreads (39.7K) ★ 4.74 Audible (3.3K)
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    Eve Dallas investigates when a fellow cop is murdered with her own weapon steps from home, making the case personal for everyone involved.

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    Conspiracy in Death

    In Death • Book 8

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.65 ABR Score (47.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (43.3K) ★ 4.74 Audible (4.3K)
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    Someone's harvesting organs from New York's homeless with surgical precision, and Eve Dallas faces her most chilling case yet in this futuristic procedural exploring medical ethics.

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    Betrayal in Death

    In Death • Book 12

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.65 ABR Score (40.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (36.7K) ★ 4.76 Audible (3.7K)
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    Elite assassin Sly Yost leaves a hotel maid strangled with silver wire, but Eve Dallas discovers this murder is personal—someone wants her destroyed.

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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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