Where to Start with Susan Ericksen
- What fans keep coming back to → Vengeance in Death
- Underrated but highly rated → Desperation in Death
- Highest rated by listeners → Portrait in Death
- Best narrator–author pairing → Survivor in Death
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Desperation in Death
In Death • Book 55
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.84 ABR Score (31.8K ratings)★ 4.57 Goodreads (26.8K) ★ 4.84 Audible (5.0K)More about this pick
Eve discovers a nightmare academy where kidnapped girls are trained as slaves while their spirits are systematically destroyed. Dark subject matter handled with Ericksen's steady, unflinching performance.
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Portrait in Death
In Death • Book 16
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.75 ABR Score (46.4K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (42.3K) ★ 4.83 Audible (4.0K)More about this pick
A killer photographs victims after death, sending professional portraits to the media in this chilling entry where Eve Dallas hunts a murderer obsessed with capturing souls through his lens.
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Survivor in Death
In Death • Book 20
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.75 ABR Score (40.3K ratings)★ 4.42 Goodreads (35.7K) ★ 4.81 Audible (4.6K)More about this pick
Eve Dallas investigates the military-precision murder of an entire family, but the sole survivor—a traumatized nine-year-old—may be the only witness to an impossible crime.
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Reunion in Death
In Death • Book 14
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.72 ABR Score (36.7K ratings)★ 4.38 Goodreads (32.6K) ★ 4.81 Audible (4.1K)More about this pick
A birthday party becomes a murder scene when a mysterious woman with emerald eyes poisons the guest of honor, launching Eve Dallas into a case that resurrects dangerous ghosts from her past.
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Imitation in Death
In Death • Book 17
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.71 ABR Score (37.5K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (32.8K) ★ 4.82 Audible (4.7K)More about this pick
A killer studies history's most notorious serial murderers and recreates their crimes in 2059 New York, personally challenging Lieutenant Eve Dallas to a deadly game of identification.
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Apprentice in Death
In Death • Book 43
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.71 ABR Score (34.2K ratings)★ 4.45 Goodreads (27.5K) ★ 4.76 Audible (6.7K)More about this pick
A sniper kills three random people at a Central Park ice rink, but Dallas discovers the shooter is learning from a master. Susan Ericksen's performance captures the urgency as the body count rises and the killer's skills improve.
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Innocent in Death
In Death • Book 24
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.70 ABR Score (37.8K ratings)★ 4.4 Goodreads (34.6K) ★ 4.8 Audible (3.2K)More about this pick
A history teacher dies from poisoned coffee while Eve investigates and Roarke reconnects with a dangerous ex-lover. Susan Ericksen captures the domestic tension between Eve and Roarke alongside the methodical police procedural elements.
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Brotherhood in Death
In Death • Book 42
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.70 ABR Score (37.2K ratings)★ 4.41 Goodreads (30.5K) ★ 4.75 Audible (6.6K)More about this pick
Dennis Mira discovers his cousin secretly plans to sell their family brownstone, then wakes up with a head injury and his cousin missing. Susan Ericksen guides listeners through Eve's investigation with her trademark steady intensity.
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Purity in Death
In Death • Book 15
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.70 ABR Score (37.2K ratings)★ 4.38 Goodreads (33.1K) ★ 4.82 Audible (4.0K)More about this pick
Lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates deaths caused by a computer virus that literally kills, and Susan Ericksen's narration expertly balances the procedural investigation with the futuristic tech elements.
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Seduction in Death
In Death • Book 13
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.69 ABR Score (37.7K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (33.7K) ★ 4.8 Audible (4.0K)More about this pick
Eve Dallas tracks a killer using rare date-rape drugs worth a quarter million dollars to murder women after elaborate romantic setups.
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Origin in Death
In Death • Book 21
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.69 ABR Score (35.3K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (31.9K) ★ 4.79 Audible (3.4K)More about this pick
Eve Dallas investigates the murder of a pioneering plastic surgeon in 2059 New York, uncovering a conspiracy involving illegal human experimentation. Susan Ericksen's sharp delivery fits the futuristic police procedural perfectly.
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Random in Death
In Death • Book 58
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.68 ABR Score (29.6K ratings)★ 4.46 Goodreads (27.1K) ★ 4.78 Audible (2.4K)More about this pick
A killer uses a small, silent weapon to murder seemingly random victims, including a young woman at a concert hoping to meet her musical hero. Ericksen's veteran performance captures both the chaos of mass violence and Dallas's methodical hunt for patterns.
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Devoted in Death
In Death • Book 41
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.68 ABR Score (30.5K ratings)★ 4.41 Goodreads (24.9K) ★ 4.75 Audible (5.6K)More about this pick
Dallas hunts a killer couple carving hearts into their victims while traveling cross-country on a murder spree. Susan Ericksen continues her stellar work as the voice of this long-running futuristic police procedural.
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Born in Death
In Death • Book 23
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.68 ABR Score (35.4K ratings)★ 4.38 Goodreads (32.2K) ★ 4.79 Audible (3.2K)More about this pick
Two young lovers from the same accounting firm are brutally murdered, while Eve juggles the case with planning a baby shower. Susan Ericksen's narration balances the procedural elements with the series' character relationships.
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Visions in Death
In Death • Book 19
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.68 ABR Score (34.8K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (31.4K) ★ 4.78 Audible (3.4K)More about this pick
Eve Dallas hunts a killer who poses victims like prayers and removes their eyes with surgical precision in Central Park's humid summer darkness.
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Judgment in Death
In Death • Book 11
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.67 ABR Score (45.0K ratings)★ 4.37 Goodreads (41.3K) ★ 4.77 Audible (3.6K)More about this pick
Eve Dallas investigates the brutal murder of a cop in an uptown strip club, uncovering corruption that reaches deep into the police force. Susan Ericksen brings intensity to Robb's gritty procedural.
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Divided in Death
In Death • Book 18
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.66 ABR Score (36.3K ratings)★ 4.36 Goodreads (33.0K) ★ 4.78 Audible (3.3K)More about this pick
When security specialist Reva Ewing becomes the prime suspect in her cheating husband's murder, Lieutenant Eve Dallas must prove her innocence while navigating corporate espionage and personal betrayal.
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Creation in Death
In Death • Book 25
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.66 ABR Score (33.2K ratings)★ 4.4 Goodreads (30.2K) ★ 4.77 Audible (3.0K)More about this pick
Eve Dallas faces her most chilling case when a killer from nine years past returns to New York with the same twisted signature and refined methods.
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Echoes in Death
In Death • Book 44
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.66 ABR Score (35.2K ratings)★ 4.43 Goodreads (27.8K) ★ 4.7 Audible (7.4K)More about this pick
When Eve Dallas finds a naked, bloodied woman stumbling into traffic, the case leads to a killer who leaves couples barely alive to remember their terror. Susan Ericksen captures Eve's relentless drive and the victims' fragile recovery.
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Promises in Death
In Death • Book 28
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.66 ABR Score (43.0K ratings)★ 4.42 Goodreads (39.7K) ★ 4.74 Audible (3.3K)More about this pick
Eve Dallas investigates when a fellow cop is murdered with her own weapon steps from home, making the case personal for everyone involved.
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Conspiracy in Death
In Death • Book 8
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.65 ABR Score (47.6K ratings)★ 4.37 Goodreads (43.3K) ★ 4.74 Audible (4.3K)More about this pick
Someone's harvesting organs from New York's homeless with surgical precision, and Eve Dallas faces her most chilling case yet in this futuristic procedural exploring medical ethics.
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Betrayal in Death
In Death • Book 12
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.65 ABR Score (40.4K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (36.7K) ★ 4.76 Audible (3.7K)More about this pick
Elite assassin Sly Yost leaves a hotel maid strangled with silver wire, but Eve Dallas discovers this murder is personal—someone wants her destroyed.
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Vengeance in Death
In Death • Book 6
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.65 ABR Score (51.8K ratings)★ 4.36 Goodreads (47.3K) ★ 4.74 Audible (4.5K)More about this pick
Ericksen captures the futuristic noir atmosphere as Lieutenant Eve Dallas hunts a tech-savvy killer who leaves cryptic riddles about his next victims in 2058 New York.
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Obsession in Death
In Death • Book 40
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.65 ABR Score (33.1K ratings)★ 4.38 Goodreads (27.0K) ★ 4.72 Audible (6.2K)More about this pick
A killer murders people they believe have wronged Eve Dallas, leaving bloody love letters at each crime scene. Ericksen captures Eve's horror at becoming someone's twisted inspiration.
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Leverage in Death
In Death • Book 47
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.64 ABR Score (30.6K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (24.2K) ★ 4.71 Audible (6.4K)More about this pick
Susan Ericksen's sharp narration matches Eve Dallas investigating a Wall Street executive who strapped on explosives and walked into a board meeting.
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