10 audiobooks for fans of The Silkworm
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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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Celebrity in Death
In Death • Book 34
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.52 ABR Score (34.4K ratings)★ 4.33 Goodreads (30.2K) ★ 4.63 Audible (4.2K)More about this pick
Hollywood glamour turns deadly when an actress portraying Eve Dallas winds up murdered at a film premiere party. Susan Ericksen perfectly captures the meta-fictional weirdness of Dallas investigating her own fictional double's death.
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The Black Echo
Harry Bosch • Book 1
by Michael Connelly, Titus Welliver
Narrated by Titus Welliver
★ 4.65 ABR Score (224.1K ratings)★ 4.14 Goodreads (218.4K) ★ 4.78 Audible (5.7K)More about this pick
Vietnam tunnel rat turned LAPD detective Harry Bosch investigates when a fellow veteran turns up dead in a drainage pipe. Titus Welliver, who plays Bosch on screen, inhabits the character's war-haunted cynicism and stubborn moral code with authentic grit.
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Payback in Death
In Death • Book 57
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.61 ABR Score (27.8K ratings)★ 4.46 Goodreads (26.0K) ★ 4.72 Audible (1.9K)More about this pick
Ericksen returns as retired Internal Affairs Captain Martin Greenleaf's apparent suicide becomes Dallas's most personal case in the series' 57th installment.
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Kindred in Death
In Death • Book 29
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.60 ABR Score (31.3K ratings)★ 4.37 Goodreads (27.9K) ★ 4.71 Audible (3.4K)More about this pick
Susan Ericksen handles the brutal subject matter with sensitivity as Eve Dallas investigates the savage murder of a police captain's teenage daughter.
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We Are All Guilty Here
North Falls • Book 1
by Karin Slaughter
Narrated by Kathleen Early
★ 4.60 ABR Score (144.1K ratings)★ 4.21 Goodreads (133.0K) ★ 4.67 Audible (11.1K)More about this pick
Two teenage girls vanish during a small-town fireworks celebration, igniting secrets in North Falls where everyone knows everyone. Early's narration captures officer Emmy Clifton's desperation as her past collides with the investigation.
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Rebecca
by Daphne du Maurier
Narrated by Anna Massey
★ 4.56 ABR Score (741.5K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (730.8K) ★ 4.57 Audible (10.7K)More about this pick
A shy bride arrives at her husband's estate, Manderley, only to find herself competing with the ghost of his deceased first wife. Massey's haunting narration perfectly captures the Gothic atmosphere.
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Concealed in Death
In Death • Book 38
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.52 ABR Score (33.2K ratings)★ 4.33 Goodreads (27.5K) ★ 4.62 Audible (5.8K)More about this pick
Roarke's building renovation uncovers twelve murdered teenagers from decades past, pulling Dallas into a cold case that's still claiming victims. Ericksen balances the procedural investigation with the emotional weight of young lives cut short.
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The Fifth Witness
The Lincoln Lawyer • Book 4
Narrated by Peter Giles
★ 4.41 ABR Score (104.3K ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (92.3K) ★ 4.48 Audible (12.0K)More about this pick
Mickey Haller defends a foreclosure client accused of murdering her banker in a case where the evidence seems ironclad. Peter Giles captures the desperation of families losing their homes.
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The Harry Bosch Novels: The Black Echo, The Black Ice, The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch Series)
Harry Bosch #1-3 • Book 3
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.41 ABR Score (15.7K ratings)★ 4.37 Goodreads (3.9K) ★ 4.52 Audible (11.8K)More about this pick
The first three Bosch mysteries establish the Vietnam vet detective's obsessive pursuit of justice, from tunnel rat flashbacks to serial killer hunts across Los Angeles.
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