Best David Colacci Audiobooks
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
- New to David Colacci? Start here → Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
- What fans keep coming back to → The Heavens May Fall
- Highest rated by listeners → Execution Dock
Best David Colacci Audiobooks
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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)More about this pick
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)More about this pick
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)More about this pick
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)More about this pick
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)More about this pick
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)More about this pick
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)More about this pick
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.