Where to Start with Sarah Pekkanen
- Best entry point → Gone Tonight
- Best standalone → The Golden Couple
- What fans keep coming back to → The Wife Between Us
- Highest rated by listeners → An Anonymous Girl
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The Golden Couple
by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
Narrated by Karissa Vacker, Marin Ireland
★ 4.49 ABR Score (268.7K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (240.6K) ★ 4.56 Audible (28.1K)More about this pick
When wealthy suburbanites seek unconventional therapy after an affair, their ten-session limit becomes a countdown to chaos. Dual narrators Karissa Vacker and Marin Ireland reveal each woman's secrets.
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The Wife Between Us
by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
Narrated by Julia Whelan
★ 4.26 ABR Score (485.1K ratings)★ 3.83 Goodreads (449.7K) ★ 4.28 Audible (35.4K)More about this pick
Every assumption you make about this love triangle—jealous ex-wife, innocent new bride, charming husband—will prove wrong. Julia Whelan's performance keeps listeners off-balance as the psychological thriller reveals its layers of deception and manipulation.
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The Twisted Women's Book Club
by Karin Slaughter, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Sarah Pekkanen, Linwood Barclay, Naomi Hirahara, K.J. Howe, Robert Dugoni, Alison Gaylin, Heather Gudenkauf, Shari Lapena, Clare Mackintosh, Stacy Willingham, January LaVoy, Andi Arndt, Saskia Maarleveld, Kathleen Early, Lauren Ezzo, Stephanie Epstein, Jenn Lee, Brittany Pressley, Cindy Kay, Nancy Wu, Nicola F. Delgado, Emily Lawrence, Karen Murray, Adepero Oduye, Daniela Acitelli
Narrated by January LaVoy, Andi Arndt, Saskia Maarleveld, Kathleen Early, full cast
★ 3.93 ABR Score (13.2K ratings)★ 3.52 Goodreads (7.6K) ★ 4.24 Audible (5.6K)More about this pick
Dr. Margaret Richter's exclusive Cape Cod book club harbors lethal secrets, with a full cast including January LaVoy bringing each deadly member to distinct life.
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Gone Tonight
Narrated by Kate Mara
★ 4.02 ABR Score (37.3K ratings)★ 3.82 Goodreads (36.9K) ★ 4.28 Audible (408)More about this pick
Ruth has spent twenty years running from her past, but when her daughter Catherine starts asking questions, old secrets threaten to surface in this taut psychological thriller.
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The Locked Ward
Narrated by January LaVoy
★ 3.97 ABR Score (23.0K ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (22.7K) ★ 4.36 Audible (281)More about this pick
Glamorous Georgia Cartwright stands accused of killing her wealthy family's biological daughter in this locked-room psychiatric thriller. January LaVoy navigates the unreliable narrator territory with skillful ambiguity.
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An Anonymous Girl
by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Julia Whelan
★ 4.07 ABR Score (182.7K ratings)★ 3.79 Goodreads (182.7K)More about this pick
A psychological study spiraling into obsession gets dual narration from Barrie Kreinik and Julia Whelan, each voice anchoring different sides of this twisted mind game.
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You Are Not Alone
by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
Narrated by Dylan Moore, Barrie Kreinik
★ 3.98 ABR Score (92.9K ratings)★ 3.75 Goodreads (92.9K)More about this pick
Lonely Shay Miller's life improves dramatically after befriending the glamorous Moore sisters, but their perfection hides sinister motives involving manipulation and murder. Dylan Moore and Barrie Kreinik's alternating perspectives reveal the psychological thriller's twisted dynamics.
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