10 audiobooks for fans of The Running Grave
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BLACK (4 Novel Bundle)
Narrated by R.C. Bray
★ 4.18 ABR Score (2.2K ratings)★ 4.4 Goodreads (86) ★ 4.66 Audible (2.1K)More about this pick
Hollywood PI Artemus Black battles an obese cat, money problems, and cases that spiral into webs of deceit across four complete novels.
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Hallowe'en Party (The Agatha Christie collection: Poirot)
Hercule Poirot • Book 36
Narrated by Stephen Scalon
★ 3.95 ABR Score (106.7K ratings)★ 3.56 Goodreads (106.4K) ★ 4.53 Audible (363)More about this pick
Joyce's fatal boast about witnessing murder at a Halloween party leads to her drowning in front of a houseful of suspects. The longer runtime allows this version to fully explore Christie's atmospheric seasonal mystery.
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Just One Evil Act
Inspector Lynley • Book 18
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 3.71 ABR Score (14.7K ratings)★ 3.8 Goodreads (13.8K) ★ 4.11 Audible (870)More about this pick
Barbara Havers desperately tries to help when her friend's daughter vanishes with her mother, but legal technicalities leave them powerless until the trail leads to Italy. Davina Porter's skilled narration guides you through George's intricate plotting and character development across this lengthy investigation.
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The Gold Killing & more: Four Full-Cast BBC Radio Thrillers
by Paul Sellar, Robert Glenister, Lee Ross, Allan Corduner, Adam Levy, Sean Murray, Ken Bones, Full Cast
Narrated by Robert Glenister, Lee Ross, Allan Corduner, Adam Levy, Sean Murray, Ken Bones, full cast
★ 3.47 ABR Score (2 ratings)★ 4 Audible (2)More about this pick
BBC's full-cast treatment brings Paul Sellar's layered deceptions to vivid audio life, weaving corruption and criminality into four gripping modern thrillers.
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Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection
Sherlock Holmes • Book 1
by Arthur Conan Doyle, Stephen Fry - introductions
Narrated by Stephen Fry
★ 4.96 ABR Score (239.5K ratings)★ 4.51 Goodreads (217.9K) ★ 4.84 Audible (21.6K)More about this pick
Fry's voicing is perfect, but his personal introductions as a devoted Holmes fanatic make this the only way to listen to the complete canon.
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Resurrection Walk
The Lincoln Lawyer • Book 7
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)More about this pick
Mickey Haller takes on impossible innocence cases while Harry Bosch sorts through prison letters, their partnership crackling through multiple narrators.
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Desperation in Death
In Death • Book 55
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.84 ABR Score (31.8K ratings)★ 4.57 Goodreads (26.8K) ★ 4.84 Audible (5.0K)More about this pick
Eve discovers a nightmare academy where kidnapped girls are trained as slaves while their spirits are systematically destroyed. Dark subject matter handled with Ericksen's steady, unflinching performance.
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The complete Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes #1-9
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 4.81 ABR Score (226.9K ratings)★ 4.51 Goodreads (217.8K) ★ 4.74 Audible (9.0K)More about this pick
Victorian London's greatest detective solves impossible crimes through pure deductive reasoning and careful observation. This complete collection showcases Doyle's genius for puzzle-plotting and the iconic Holmes-Watson partnership across four novels and fifty-six short stories.
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Desert Star
Renée Ballard • Book 5
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)More about this pick
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)More about this pick
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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