Audiobooks Like We Are All Guilty Here

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Kathleen Early narrates this small-town procedural with a tight, measured control — her voice stays close to the investigation, letting the claustrophobia of a community turning inward do the atmospheric work over the book's 17-hour runtime. The pacing is deliberate rather than propulsive, giving the psychological weight of each buried secret room to settle. If that slow-burn, small-world dread is what you're after, nearly every recommendation here shares the same heavily rated, suspense-first DNA — long enough to sink into, quiet enough that the darkness lands hard.

10 audiobooks for fans of We Are All Guilty Here

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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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    Brotherhood in Death

    In Death • Book 42

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.70 ABR Score (37.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.41 Goodreads (30.5K) ★ 4.75 Audible (6.6K)
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    Dennis Mira discovers his cousin secretly plans to sell their family brownstone, then wakes up with a head injury and his cousin missing. Susan Ericksen guides listeners through Eve's investigation with her trademark steady intensity.

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    Echoes in Death

    In Death • Book 44

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.66 ABR Score (35.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (27.8K) ★ 4.7 Audible (7.4K)
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    When Eve Dallas finds a naked, bloodied woman stumbling into traffic, the case leads to a killer who leaves couples barely alive to remember their terror. Susan Ericksen captures Eve's relentless drive and the victims' fragile recovery.

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    Leverage in Death

    In Death • Book 47

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.64 ABR Score (30.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (24.2K) ★ 4.71 Audible (6.4K)
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    Susan Ericksen's sharp narration matches Eve Dallas investigating a Wall Street executive who strapped on explosives and walked into a board meeting.

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  5. 5
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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)
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    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)
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    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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    Indulgence in Death

    In Death • Book 31

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.57 ABR Score (34.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (30.9K) ★ 4.68 Audible (3.7K)
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    Eve Dallas investigates murders staged as elaborate games by wealthy thrill-seekers who hunt humans for sport. Susan Ericksen's steady delivery anchors the horror of casual evil beneath polite society.

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    Dark in Death

    In Death • Book 46

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.57 ABR Score (31.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (25.6K) ★ 4.67 Audible (6.4K)
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    An ice pick murder during a *Psycho* screening in Times Square launches Eve Dallas into a case where someone's copying classic film murders across futuristic New York.

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    Treachery in Death

    In Death • Book 32

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.55 ABR Score (38.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.48 Goodreads (33.4K) ★ 4.59 Audible (4.6K)
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    Peabody leads her first case investigating teenage killers while stumbling onto police corruption that reaches deep into the department's hierarchy.

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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)
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    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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