Best Susan Ericksen Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Susan Ericksen — 25 titles spanning Mystery, Thriller, averaging 4.69 ABR stars.

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Susan Ericksen is one of the most prolific and respected narrators in romantic suspense and crime fiction, best known for her extraordinary decades-long work on J.D. Robb's In Death series. She has narrated well over sixty books in the series — including Naked in Death (the first installment), along with Portrait in Death, Imitation in Death, Visions in Death, Survivor in Death, Origin in Death, Creation in Death, and Purity in Death — establishing her as the definitive voice of Lieutenant Eve Dallas and the futuristic New York world Nora Roberts created under her J.D. Robb pseudonym. Ericksen's characterization of Dallas — tough, damaged, fiercely competent, and reluctantly loving — has remained consistent across an unprecedented number of volumes. She has also narrated Roberts' contemporary romance fiction including Winter Garden and High Noon. Her sustained work on the In Death series represents one of the longest narrator-series partnerships in audiobook history and has been central to the series' devoted audio following.

Where to Start with Susan Ericksen

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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)
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    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)
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    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

    by J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.75 ABR Score (40.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.42 Goodreads (35.7K) ★ 4.81 Audible (4.6K)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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

    by J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.69 ABR Score (35.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (31.9K) ★ 4.79 Audible (3.4K)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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

    by J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.68 ABR Score (35.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (32.2K) ★ 4.79 Audible (3.2K)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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

    by J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.66 ABR Score (36.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (33.0K) ★ 4.78 Audible (3.3K)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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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