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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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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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[One Shot] [by: Lee Child]
Jack Reacher • Book 9
by Lee Child
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.63 ABR Score (135.6K ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (127.1K) ★ 4.7 Audible (8.6K)More about this pick
A sniper kills five random people, but the accused man demands Jack Reacher investigate his case instead of a lawyer. Dick Hill's gravelly delivery matches Reacher's methodical unraveling of what seems like a slam-dunk case.
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Sleeping Murder
Miss Marple • Book 12
Narrated by Stephanie Cole
★ 4.30 ABR Score (54.4K ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (53.5K) ★ 4.67 Audible (819)More about this pick
Gwenda's new house triggers terrifying memories of a murder she witnessed as a child, leading Miss Marple to investigate a decades-old crime that someone desperately wants forgotten.
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All That Remains
Kay Scarpetta • Book 3
Narrated by C. J. Critt
★ 4.24 ABR Score (80.7K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (77.4K) ★ 4.46 Audible (3.3K)More about this pick
Young couples keep disappearing around Richmond, found months later as mutilated corpses — when the drug czar's daughter vanishes, Scarpetta knows the clock is ticking.
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Void Moon
Harry Bosch Universe • Book 9
Narrated by L.J. Ganser
★ 4.23 ABR Score (41.6K ratings)★ 4.02 Goodreads (36.8K) ★ 4.33 Audible (4.8K)More about this pick
Ex-con Cassie Black plans one final casino heist during the unlucky 'void moon' phase, but discovers she's walking into a trap. L.J. Ganser captures Cassie's desperation and street-smart edge.
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The 8th Confession
Women's Murder Club • Book 8
by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Narrated by Carolyn McCormick
★ 4.19 ABR Score (64.8K ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (62.0K) ★ 4.41 Audible (2.8K)More about this pick
San Francisco's elite become targets in a revenge plot that strikes during the city's most glamorous party, leaving no evidence behind. McCormick's narration captures the high-stakes world of wealth and murder.
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Double Indemnity
by James M. Cain
Narrated by James Naughton
★ 4.18 ABR Score (29.2K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (28.8K) ★ 4.44 Audible (367)More about this pick
This noir classic about an insurance salesman's deadly scheme gets atmospheric treatment that captures every twist of guilt and obsession in Cain's tight narrative.
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Hot Start
A Cordell Logan Mystery • Book 5
by David Freed
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.17 ABR Score (1.9K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (383) ★ 4.55 Audible (1.5K)More about this pick
A big game hunter and his wife are murdered at their Rancho Bonita estate, with an animal rights activist as the obvious suspect. Porter's performance captures Cordell Logan's skepticism about the too-convenient evidence.
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Camino Island
Camino Island • Book 1
by John Grisham
Narrated by January LaVoy
★ 4.11 ABR Score (183.0K ratings)★ 3.83 Goodreads (164.8K) ★ 4.14 Audible (18.2K)More about this pick
Grisham's literary caper about stolen F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts flows smoothly through January LaVoy's engaging performance of bookstore intrigue.
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Fingersmith
by Sarah Waters
Narrated by Juanita McMahon
★ 4.11 ABR Score (124.4K ratings)★ 4.02 Goodreads (120.0K) ★ 4.32 Audible (4.4K)More about this pick
Sue Trinder, raised among London's thieves, is recruited for an elaborate con targeting a wealthy heiress named Maud. Juanita McMahon navigates Waters' intricate Victorian thriller across its shocking reversals and twisted revelations.
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
Hercule Poirot • Book 6
Narrated by Sean Pratt
★ 3.99 ABR Score (84.8K ratings)★ 3.88 Goodreads (84.7K) ★ 4.63 Audible (67)More about this pick
Christie places Poirot aboard the luxury train to the French Riviera where an American heiress dies for her legendary ruby. Sean Pratt's narration captures the classic Golden Age atmosphere while building tension toward the revelation.
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A Slowly Dying Cause
Inspector Lynley • Book 22
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 3.93 ABR Score (7.5K ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (7.2K) ★ 4.28 Audible (255)More about this pick
Simon Vance guides listeners through Cornwall's tin mining country where Michael Lobb's suspicious death coincides with a mining company's aggressive land acquisition.
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Despair (Vintage International)
by Vladimir Nabokov
Narrated by Christopher Lane
★ 3.85 ABR Score (12.0K ratings)★ 3.9 Goodreads (11.9K) ★ 4.22 Audible (117)More about this pick
Hermann Karlovich plans the perfect crime—murdering himself—in Nabokov's wickedly inventive exploration of delusion and identity. Christopher Lane captures the protagonist's calculated madness and literary pretensions.
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No Night is Too Long
by Barbara Vine, Ruth Rendell
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Shelley Thomson, Samuel West
★ 3.75 ABR Score (2.9K ratings)★ 3.78 Goodreads (2.9K) ★ 4.26 Audible (88)More about this pick
Tim Cornish believes he escaped consequences for murdering his lover off Alaska's coast until threatening letters prove someone witnessed his crime.
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Getting Away with Murder
by Shari Lapena
Narrated by January LaVoy
★ 3.70 ABR Score (134 ratings)★ 3.72 Goodreads (134)More about this pick
A couple's perfect New York brownstone becomes the center of financial ruin and deadly consequences. January LaVoy's narration builds the domestic tension as home ownership turns into nightmare.
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Careless in Red
Inspector Lynley • Book 15
Narrated by Charles Keating
★ 3.68 ABR Score (18.1K ratings)★ 3.92 Goodreads (17.6K) ★ 3.97 Audible (502)More about this pick
Inspector Lynley stumbles onto a clifftop murder case while hiking Cornwall's coast, pulling him back into investigation despite his personal grief.
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Vienna: The Memory Box
Vienna Salvatori • Book 1
by Jonathan Morris
Narrated by Chase Masterson, John Banks, Gemma Whelan, Tom Price
★ 3.63 ABR Score (82 ratings)★ 3.73 Goodreads (77) ★ 4.4 Audible (5)More about this pick
Rich businessman Berkeley Silver dies in a space hotel where everyone has perfect alibis, even under memory scan. Chase Masterson leads this ensemble cast through a locked-room mystery that requires supernatural investigation methods.
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Easy Go
by Michael Crichton writing as John Lange, John Lange
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 3.63 ABR Score (12 ratings)★ 3 Goodreads (3) ★ 4.67 Audible (9)More about this pick
Scott Brick captures the academic obsession and moral corruption of an Egyptologist who discovers a pharaoh's tomb but decides to loot it secretly. Early Crichton pulp gets appropriately dramatic treatment.
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Disposable Income A True Story of Sex, Greed and Im-purr-fect Murder
by Tammy Mal
Narrated by Michael Kramer
★ 3.61 ABR Score (336 ratings)★ 3.68 Goodreads (313) ★ 4 Audible (23)More about this pick
In 1948 Factoryville, Pennsylvania, elderly Anna Homeyer and her young husband arrive under mysterious circumstances. Michael Kramer unravels this true crime tale of small-town secrets.
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