Best David Colacci Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by David Colacci — 7 titles spanning Mystery, Non-Fiction, averaging 4.08 ABR stars.

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David Colacci is an American audiobook narrator with a deep, resonant voice well suited to crime fiction and historical mystery. He has narrated titles across multiple established series, including Preston & Child's Relic and Anne Perry's William Monk series, having voiced Dark Assassin, Execution Dock, Blood on the Water, An Echo of Murder, and Dark Tide Rising. Colacci excels at the Victorian atmosphere of Perry's Monk books, conveying the fog-drenched moral weight of the series with careful attention to period detail and character distinction. His voice carries authority and gravity without becoming ponderous, a balance critical to long-form mystery narration. He handles Perry's extensive cast of recurring characters — Monk, Hester, Oliver Rathbone — with consistency across the series. Colacci's measured pacing and clear diction make complex procedural plots easy to follow in audio format, and his work has established him as a reliable presence in both British and American crime fiction.

Where to Start with David Colacci

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    The Heavens May Fall

    Detective Max Rupert • Book 3

    by Allen Eskens

    Narrated by David Colacci, Amy McFadden, R.C. Bray

    4.36 ABR Score (31.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (20.1K) ★ 4.5 Audible (10.9K)
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    Detective Max Rupert and defense attorney Boady Sanden find their friendship shattered when they face off over a murder case, with multiple narrators handling each perspective beautifully.

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    Execution Dock

    William Monk • Book 16

    by Anne Perry

    Narrated by David Colacci

    4.09 ABR Score (4.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (3.8K) ★ 4.66 Audible (196)
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    David Colacci navigates the Thames docks where merchant ships unload imperial treasures and William Monk confronts the empire's darkest crimes in Victorian London.

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    Dark Assassin

    William Monk • Book 15

    by Anne Perry

    Narrated by David Colacci

    4.08 ABR Score (4.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (3.9K) ★ 4.61 Audible (299)
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    Thames River Police Superintendent Monk investigates crimes in Victorian London's underground world of sewers and secrets. David Colacci's narration captures both the claustrophobic underground settings and the period's social tensions.

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    Dark Tide Rising

    William Monk • Book 24

    by Anne Perry

    Narrated by David Colacci

    4.06 ABR Score (3.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (2.7K) ★ 4.52 Audible (364)
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    Commander William Monk faces possible betrayal from his own Thames River Police during a deadly ransom exchange in the treacherous waters around Jacob's Island.

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    Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

    by Joan Druett

    Narrated by David Colacci

    4.01 ABR Score (18.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (13.4K) ★ 4.3 Audible (5.2K)
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    Two ships wreck on opposite ends of the same desolate island, but their crews respond completely differently to isolation. David Colacci brings urgency to this true survival story.

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    Blood on the Water

    William Monk • Book 20

    by Anne Perry

    Narrated by David Colacci

    3.97 ABR Score (3.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.94 Goodreads (3.3K) ★ 4.47 Audible (359)
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    When a pleasure boat explodes on the Thames, killing hundreds, Monk uncovers corruption reaching London's highest circles. Victorian intrigue at its most cynical.

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    An Echo of Murder

    William Monk • Book 23

    by Anne Perry

    Narrated by David Colacci

    3.96 ABR Score (3.6K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (3.1K) ★ 4.39 Audible (574)
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    Thames River Commander Monk hunts a killer who murders Hungarian immigrants in ritualistic scenes surrounded by sixteen candles. The pattern behind these gruesome deaths will keep you guessing until the final reveal.

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