Best K.M. Rought Audiobooks

The best K.M. Rought audiobooks — 8 titles ranked by listening experience across Thriller, averaging 4.18 ABR stars.

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K.M. Rought writes the kind of thrillers where the danger lives close — in the house next door, in the person you thought you knew, in the town you've always called safe. The Bear & Mandy Logan series, beginning with Close to Home and continuing through Under the Surface and The Last Stop, follows recurring protagonists through tightly wound investigations that feel personal rather than procedural. Rought's prose is lean and pressurized — she doesn't waste sentences building atmosphere when a single unsettling detail will do the job faster. The titles alone signal her territory: Between the Lies, Over the Edge, Caught in the Web — every book promising something hidden beneath a surface that looks ordinary. Readers who want psychological tension delivered efficiently, without the bloat of slower-burn suspense, will find Rought hits her marks with uncommon consistency.

K.M. Rought's highest-rated audiobook in our collection is Close to Home, narrated by Michael Kramer, Andrea Eammes (4.27 ABR stars). Performed by Michael Kramer, Andrea Eammes, Andrea Emmes, Michael Kramer, Michael Kramer, Andrea Emmes. Rankings here weight the listening experience — narrator performance and Audible ratings factor alongside reader scores.

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    Close to Home

    Bear & Mandy Logan • Book 1

    by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought

    Narrated by Michael Kramer, Andrea Eammes

    4.27 ABR Score (8.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (8.2K) ★ 4.49 Audible (190)
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    Bear Logan tries building a quiet life with adopted daughter Mandy in small-town New York, but discovers that sleepy hamlets hide secrets just as dangerous as his shadow-ops past. Michael Kramer and Andrea Eammes capture the father-daughter dynamic beautifully.

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    Under the Surface

    Bear & Mandy Logan • Book 2

    by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought

    Narrated by Michael Kramer, Andrea Eammes

    4.22 ABR Score (6.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.45 Goodreads (5.9K) ★ 4.63 Audible (67)
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    Bear Logan's quiet North Carolina winter turns dangerous when mysterious harassment targets elderly neighbors. Michael Kramer and Andrea Eammes alternate perspectives as the investigation uncovers deeper small-town secrets.

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    Between the Lies

    Bear & Mandy Logan • Book 5

    by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought

    Narrated by Andrea Emmes, Michael Kramer

    4.29 ABR Score (4.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.65 Goodreads (4.3K) ★ 4.85 Audible (52)
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    Bear and Mandy Logan navigate a web where every secret contains lies and every lie conceals truth, creating layers of deception that threaten everything.

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    Caught in the Web

    Bear & Mandy Logan • Book 6

    by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought

    Narrated by Michael Kramer, Andrea Emmes

    4.20 ABR Score (2.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.56 Goodreads (2.7K) ★ 4.85 Audible (41)
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    Bear and Mandy Logan's Italian vacation becomes a deadly game when a criminal mastermind targets their family bond. Kramer and Emmes alternate perspectives as the father-daughter team faces their most personal threat yet.

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    The Bear & Mandy Logan Series Books 1-3: Close to Home • Under the Surface • The Last Stop

    Bear & Mandy Logan #1-3 • Book 1

    by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought

    Narrated by Michael Kramer, Andrea Emmes

    3.90 ABR Score (173 ratings)
    ★ 4.57 Goodreads (125) ★ 4.67 Audible (48)
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    Father-daughter duo Bear and Mandy Logan investigate mysteries across forgotten small towns in this thriller collection. Michael Kramer and Andrea Emmes should capture the family dynamic alongside pulse-pounding suspense.

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    Over the Edge

    Bear & Mandy Logan • Book 4

    by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought

    Narrated by Michael Kramer, Andrea Emmes

    4.23 ABR Score (3.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.57 Goodreads (3.9K) ★ 4.79 Audible (42)
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    Bear Logan's Oregon sanctuary gets disrupted when mystery and danger invade the tranquil backwoods, testing the former operator's survival skills once again.

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    The Last Stop

    Bear & Mandy Logan • Book 3

    by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought

    Narrated by Michael Kramer, Andrea Emmes

    4.22 ABR Score (4.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.55 Goodreads (4.5K) ★ 4.68 Audible (41)
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    Bear and Mandy's bus breaks down in small-town Illinois, where locals harbor a deadly secret that threatens the entire community. The dual narration creates perfect tension as danger closes in.

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    The Marked Daughter

    Bear & Mandy Logan • Book 7

    by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought

    Narrated by Andrea Emmes, Michael Kramer

    4.08 ABR Score (2.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.44 Goodreads (2.0K) ★ 4.48 Audible (31)
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    Bear Logan's peaceful Venice trip with his daughter becomes a hunt through Italy's most dangerous city when they investigate a man's disappearance linked to a mysterious coded mural.

How We Rank Audiobooks

Rankings are driven by listener ratings and review counts from Audible and Goodreads. Books with high ratings across a large number of listeners rank higher — a 4.5 with 50,000 ratings says more than a 4.8 with 200.

Unlike most book lists, we weight audiobook-specific factors: narrator performance, production quality, and how well a story translates to audio. A great book with a poor narration isn't a great audiobook.

We don't accept paid placements or prioritize new releases. These rankings reflect what listeners actually enjoy, not what's being promoted.

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