Best Stacia Kane Audiobooks
Stacia Kane built one of urban fantasy's most distinctive and unsettling worlds with her Downside Ghosts series — a post-apocalyptic noir where the dead came back and a corrupt Church of Real Truth rose to power over the living. What sets Kane apart is her refusal to sand down the edges: her protagonist Chess Putnam is a functioning addict, and Kane writes that reality with unflinching honesty rather than using it as a backdrop quirk. Unholy Ghosts and City of Ghosts have the gritty texture of crime fiction dropped into a supernatural setting — spare, propulsive prose, a claustrophobic underworld, and relationships built on damage rather than wish fulfillment. Readers who want their urban fantasy raw, morally complicated, and genuinely dark rather than just edgy will find Kane delivers something few authors in the genre attempt.
Where to Start with Stacia Kane
- Best entry point → Unholy Ghosts
- What fans keep coming back to → Unholy Magic
- Highest rated by listeners → City of Ghosts (Downside Ghosts #3)
Best Stacia Kane Audiobooks
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City of Ghosts
Downside Ghosts • Book 3
by Stacia Kane
Narrated by Bahni Turpin
★ 4.20 ABR Score (10.4K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (9.4K) ★ 4.62 Audible (937)More about this pick
Chess faces rogue spirits and plans to open the gates between worlds in this urban fantasy's third installment. Bahni Turpin handles the gritty atmosphere and Chess's internal struggles with skill.
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Sacrificial Magic
Downside Ghosts • Book 4
by Stacia Kane
Narrated by Bahni Turpin
★ 4.14 ABR Score (7.6K ratings)★ 4.21 Goodreads (6.8K) ★ 4.57 Audible (825)More about this pick
Bahni Turpin voices Chess Putnam's drug-fueled investigation into ritual murder while romantic tensions explode between her dealer-boyfriend Terrible and crime lord's son Lex.
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Chasing Magic
Downside Ghosts • Book 5
by Stacia Kane
Narrated by Bahni Turpin
★ 4.12 ABR Score (6.4K ratings)★ 4.2 Goodreads (5.7K) ★ 4.55 Audible (770)More about this pick
Chess Putnam, magic-wielding Churchwitch and secret addict, faces customers literally losing their souls when someone tampers with Downside's drug supply using black magic. Turpin's gritty performance matches Kane's harsh urban fantasy world perfectly.
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Unholy Magic
Downside Ghosts • Book 2
by Stacia Kane
Narrated by Bahni Turpin
★ 4.04 ABR Score (11.5K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (10.5K) ★ 4.47 Audible (1.0K)More about this pick
Chess Putnam battles both poisoning and murderous ghosts while exposing fake psychics in a world where the dead won't stay buried. Bahni Turpin captures Chess's gritty determination perfectly.
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Unholy Ghosts
Downside Ghosts • Book 1
by Stacia Kane
Narrated by Bahni Turpin
★ 3.62 ABR Score (18.3K ratings)★ 3.66 Goodreads (16.8K) ★ 4.09 Audible (1.5K)More about this pick
Chess Putnam banishes ghosts for the Church in a world where the dead won't stay buried, but her drug addiction complicates everything.