Audiobooks Like What Have You Done?

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January LaVoy anchors What Have You Done? with a steady, community-level intimacy — she shifts between the three narrators without losing the small-town texture that makes the mystery feel personal rather than procedural, across a tight nine hours. Eight of the ten recommendations share her voice, all of them thrillers and mysteries where that same sense of controlled unease and character texture carries the listen.

10 audiobooks for fans of What Have You Done?

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    The Deep, Deep Snow

    Shelby Lake • Book 1

    by Brian Freeman

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    4.44 ABR Score (35.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.21 Goodreads (11.3K) ★ 4.55 Audible (23.7K)
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    Deputy Shelby Lake, abandoned as a baby in freezing cold, now searches for a missing boy. Freeman creates an emotionally intense mystery spanning a decade in small-town life.

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    15th Affair

    Women's Murder Club • Book 15

    by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    4.29 ABR Score (47.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (44.2K) ★ 4.49 Audible (3.1K)
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    Lindsay Boxer investigates a hotel murder that threatens her perfect marriage and career, with January LaVoy handling the San Francisco cop drama and domestic tension equally well.

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    Badlands

    The Highway Quartet • Book 3

    by C.J. Box

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    Why this book?

    January LaVoy's compelling narration captures the same tense, morally complex atmosphere in both audiobooks, where ordinary people become entangled in dangerous situations they can't easily escape. Both mysteries unfold with deliberate pacing and psychological depth, rewarding listeners who appreciate character-driven crime stories over straightforward whodunits.

    4.25 ABR Score (20.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (18.8K) ★ 4.53 Audible (2.1K)
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    North Dakota's oil boom attracts crime to Grimstad, where detective Cassie Dewell investigates a twelve-year-old's disappearance amid the chaos of sudden wealth. January LaVoy captures the gritty atmosphere of a frontier town corrupted by black gold.

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    12th of Never

    Women's Murder Club • Book 12

    by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    4.22 ABR Score (53.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (51.1K) ★ 4.45 Audible (2.6K)
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    Lindsay Boxer returns to work just days after giving birth to face two massive cases in this thriller that January LaVoy performs with urgent intensity.

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    Identity Unknown

    Kay Scarpetta • Book 28

    by Patricia Cornwell

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    4.16 ABR Score (23.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (22.4K) ★ 4.46 Audible (1.2K)
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    Kay Scarpetta's 28th case centers on a murder victim from her past - a former lover found dead in an abandoned theme park. This blend of forensic procedural with personal stakes creates compelling tension.

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    The 23rd Midnight (WMC #23)

    Women's Murder Club BookShots • Book 23

    by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    4.40 ABR Score (1.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.7 Audible (1.0K)
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    Photograph

    by Brian Freeman

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    4.07 ABR Score (2.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.12 Goodreads (2.3K) ★ 4.63 Audible (215)
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    A private investigator helps a woman discover her true identity, only to find her client murdered—LaVoy's nuanced narration captures every twist in this identity mystery.

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    The 24th Hour (WMC #24)

    Women's Murder Club BookShots • Book 24

    by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    3.98 ABR Score (1.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Audible (1.2K)
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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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