Karissa Vacker has carved out a niche as a go-to narrator for domestic thrillers and psychological suspense, and her reading of A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham is a perfect showcase of her talents. She brings a taut, controlled energy to every sentence — her voice is clear and contemporary, with an edge of anxiety that mirrors her protagonists' unraveling composure. Her work on All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers and What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall confirms her mastery of the genre's essential trick: making you trust a narrator while simultaneously planting seeds of doubt. Vacker also shows range with George Saunders' Vigil and fantasy anthologies like The Book of Magic, proving she is not limited to one mode. Her pacing is excellent — she knows when to accelerate toward a revelation and when to let tension simmer. Thriller listeners who want a narrator that keeps them on edge will love Vacker.
by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
Narrated by Karissa Vacker, Marin Ireland
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.
by Ashley Flowers, Alex Kiester
Narrated by Brittany Pressley, Karissa Vacker, Ashley Flowers
Crime Junkie host Ashley Flowers crafts a journalist's obsession with two unsolved murders twenty years apart in small-town Indiana, with multiple narrators heightening the investigation's intensity.
by Stacy Willingham
Narrated by Karissa Vacker
Psychologist Chloe Davis, whose father was convicted of killing six girls twenty years ago, faces new disappearances that mirror the original crimes too closely for comfort.
by Kate Alice Marshall
Narrated by Karissa Vacker
Twenty-two years after surviving seventeen stab wounds, Naomi returns to question everything about the attack that shattered her childhood friendship triangle.
by Rob Hart
Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller, Jason Culp, Karissa Vacker
Corporate dystopia meets employee surveillance in this chilling Amazon-gone-wrong thriller where workers live inside their workplace compound. The three narrators capture each character's desperation perfectly.
The Widows • Book 3
by Kimberly Belle, Ariel Blake, Dina Pearlman, Karissa Vacker, Barrie Kreinik, Kevin T. Collins, Helen Laser, Neil Hellegers, Vanessa Lillie, Cate Holahan
Narrated by Ariel Blake, Dina Pearlman, Karissa Vacker, Barrie Kreinik, Kevin T. Collins, Helen Laser, Neil Hellegers
Irish art thief Grace Callahan kidnaps Meredith to reclaim stolen treasures, sparking the other widows into action for this high-stakes rescue mission.
by Elizabeth Arnott
Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld, Karissa Vacker
Three women united by their husbands' crimes decide to hunt a serial killer in 1966. Saskia Maarleveld and Karissa Vacker capture both the period setting and psychological complexity.
Spiritwalker #Bloom
by Gardner Dozois, K.J. Parker, Megan Lindholm, John Crowley, Matthew Hughes, Ysabeau S. Wilce, Rachel Pollack, Eleanor Arnason, Tim Powers, Liz Williams, Garth Nix, Elizabeth Bear, Lavie Tidhar, Greg Van Eekhout, George R.R. Martin, Andy Duncan, Kate Elliott, Scott Lynch
Narrated by Elliot Hill, Karissa Vacker, Sile Bermingham, Maxwell Caulfield, Susan Denaker, Scott Brick, Bruce Mann, Holly Palance, Nicholas Guy Smith, Steve West, Various
Eighteen fantasy authors explore magic's dual nature—from Gandalf to Saruman, from Glinda to the Wicked Witch—in stories spanning power, wisdom, and corruption. Multiple narrators including Scott Brick and Karissa Vacker bring distinct voices to each tale's unique magical system.
by George Saunders
Narrated by Judy Greer, Stephen Root, MacLeod Andrews, Kimberly Farr, Mark Bramhall, Barrett Leddy, Eric Jason Martin, Karissa Vacker, Sunil Malhotra, Cassandra Campbell, Kimberly M. Wetherell, Aaron Goodson, Maggi-Meg Reed, Full Cast
Saunders' surreal novel unfolds at an oil CEO's deathbed as supernatural forces gather around his final hours. The stellar full cast, including Greer and Root, captures the story's blend of dark humor and otherworldly strangeness with impressive range.
The Dresden Files #14.5 - Cold Case • Book 14
by Jim Butcher, Kerrie L. Hughes, Seanan McGuire, Kevin J. Anderson, Rob Thurman, Tanya Huff, Kat Richardson, Jim C. Hines, Anton Strout, Lucy A. Snyder, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Erik Scott de Bie
Narrated by Jim Butcher, Julia Whelan, Emily Rankin, Justine Eyre, David de Vries, Mia Barron, Jon Lindstrom, Sumalee Montano, Mozhan Marnò, Karissa Vacker, MacLeod Andrews
Multiple narrators including Jim Butcher himself guide you through dark urban fantasy tales that blur moral lines across supernatural worlds. The ensemble cast matches each story's unique voice perfectly.