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Resurrection Walk
The Lincoln Lawyer • Book 7
Narrated by Peter Giles, Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin
★ 4.84 ABR Score (84.5K ratings)★ 4.53 Goodreads (77.5K) ★ 4.81 Audible (6.9K)More about this pick
Mickey Haller takes on impossible innocence cases while Harry Bosch sorts through prison letters, their partnership crackling through multiple narrators.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird • Book 1
by Harper Lee
Narrated by Sissy Spacek
★ 4.82 ABR Score (7.0M ratings)★ 4.26 Goodreads (7.0M) ★ 4.8 Audible (49.0K)More about this pick
Sissy Spacek channels Scout's adult voice looking back on childhood innocence lost to ugly truths about justice and prejudice.
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Small Great Things
Ruth Jefferson • Book 1
by Jodi Picoult
Narrated by Audra McDonald, Cassandra Campbell, Ari Fliakos
★ 4.74 ABR Score (478.4K ratings)★ 4.36 Goodreads (444.3K) ★ 4.75 Audible (34.1K)More about this pick
Three stellar narrators handle this explosive story of a Black nurse forbidden from touching a white supremacist couple's newborn with devastating emotional precision.
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Millennium Series • Book 3
by Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland - translator
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 4.73 ABR Score (810.0K ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (779.5K) ★ 4.69 Audible (30.5K)More about this pick
Hospitalized Lisbeth faces trial while Blomkvist uncovers the conspiracy that destroyed her childhood. Simon Vance's steady narration guides readers through this complex finale of corruption and revenge.
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Turn Coat
The Dresden Files • Book 11
by Jim Butcher
Narrated by James Marsters
★ 4.72 ABR Score (139.7K ratings)★ 4.44 Goodreads (112.9K) ★ 4.88 Audible (26.9K)More about this pick
James Marsters returns as Dresden faces his most personal case when Warden Morgan—his former enemy—seeks help clearing his name of treason charges against the White Council.
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And Then There Were None
Narrated by Dan Stevens
★ 4.68 ABR Score (1.7M ratings)★ 4.27 Goodreads (1.6M) ★ 4.63 Audible (20.5K)More about this pick
Ten strangers trapped on a remote island face methodical murder based on a sinister nursery rhyme in this perfectly paced psychological thriller.
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The Longmire Defense
Walt Longmire • Book 19
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.68 ABR Score (12.8K ratings)★ 4.54 Goodreads (11.0K) ★ 4.8 Audible (1.8K)More about this pick
Fresh from confronting his past and questioning justice itself, Walt faces an unprecedented crime scene in Wyoming's countryside that challenges everything he believes about law enforcement.
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The Crossing
Harry Bosch • Book 18
Narrated by Titus Welliver
★ 4.64 ABR Score (91.6K ratings)★ 4.29 Goodreads (72.4K) ★ 4.67 Audible (19.2K)More about this pick
Retired detective Harry Bosch reluctantly helps his defense attorney half-brother Mickey Haller prove a client's innocence. Welliver's familiarity with Bosch shines as the character struggles with working for the defense.
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A Time to Kill
Harry Rex Vonner • Book 1
by John Grisham
Narrated by Michael Beck
★ 4.64 ABR Score (834.1K ratings)★ 4.12 Goodreads (828.3K) ★ 4.74 Audible (5.9K)More about this pick
Young lawyer Jake Brigance defends a Black father who killed his daughter's rapists in racially charged Mississippi. Michael Beck's narration captures the courtroom tension and social upheaval surrounding the case.
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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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Strangers in Death
In Death • Book 26
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.62 ABR Score (33.1K ratings)★ 4.33 Goodreads (30.1K) ★ 4.76 Audible (3.0K)More about this pick
Park Avenue luxury becomes a crime scene when a businessman turns up dead in elaborately staged circumstances that suggest either kinky sex gone wrong or calculated murder.
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Mind Games
by Nora Roberts
Narrated by January LaVoy
★ 4.62 ABR Score (50.3K ratings)★ 4.29 Goodreads (45.8K) ★ 4.74 Audible (4.5K)More about this pick
Twelve-year-old Thea's Appalachian summer with her grandmother turns deadly when an ancient evil awakens. January LaVoy's narration captures both childhood innocence and mounting supernatural terror in Roberts' latest thriller.
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New York to Dallas
In Death • Book 33
by J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.61 ABR Score (39.6K ratings)★ 4.45 Goodreads (34.8K) ★ 4.63 Audible (4.8K)More about this pick
Eve Dallas faces her past when the pedophile she captured as a rookie escapes from prison seeking revenge. Susan Ericksen's performance captures both Eve's professional competence and the personal trauma that shaped her career.
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The Witness
by Nora Roberts
Narrated by Julia Whelan
★ 4.60 ABR Score (130.0K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (95.6K) ★ 4.56 Audible (34.4K)More about this pick
Roberts explores how one traumatic night reshapes a young woman's entire existence, forcing her into witness protection and eventual self-discovery. Julia Whelan's nuanced performance captures both Elizabeth's vulnerability and growing strength.
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Identity
by Nora Roberts
Narrated by January LaVoy
★ 4.60 ABR Score (79.8K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (72.0K) ★ 4.65 Audible (7.9K)More about this pick
Morgan Albright's dinner party guest steals her identity, launching a campaign of escalating psychological terror. LaVoy captures Morgan's growing paranoia as her comfortable Baltimore life becomes a nightmare of surveillance and stalking.
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The Last Mile
Amos Decker • Book 2
Narrated by Kyf Brewer
★ 4.59 ABR Score (127.6K ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (105.8K) ★ 4.58 Audible (21.8K)More about this pick
Hours before execution, convicted killer Melvin Mars gets a reprieve when another man confesses to murdering Mars's parents. Baldacci's plot draws parallels between Mars and detective Amos Decker's tragic backgrounds throughout this FBI thriller.
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The Third Option
Mitch Rapp • Book 4
by Vince Flynn
Narrated by Nick Sullivan
★ 4.58 ABR Score (62.6K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (50.9K) ★ 4.61 Audible (11.7K)More about this pick
Mitch Rapp's final mission becomes a deadly trap in Flynn's explosive thriller, with Nick Sullivan maintaining breakneck tension as betrayal comes from within.
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The Outsider
Holly Gibney • Book 1
by Stephen King
Narrated by Will Patton
★ 4.57 ABR Score (451.2K ratings)★ 4.02 Goodreads (386.6K) ★ 4.57 Audible (64.6K)More about this pick
Baseball coach Terry Maitland's impossible murder case—with evidence placing him in two locations simultaneously—launches detective Ralph Anderson into supernatural territory. Will Patton's gravelly voice perfectly captures both the procedural elements and growing cosmic dread.
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Immortal in Death
In Death • Book 3
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
★ 4.56 ABR Score (68.6K ratings)★ 4.29 Goodreads (62.3K) ★ 4.65 Audible (6.2K)More about this pick
Lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates a supermodel's murder with her best friend as prime suspect, forcing her to choose between friendship and justice. Susan Ericksen captures Eve's professional conflict perfectly.
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The Dark Horse
Walt Longmire • Book 5
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.54 ABR Score (28.7K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (21.6K) ★ 4.65 Audible (7.1K)More about this pick
Sheriff Walt Longmire goes undercover to investigate a woman who allegedly shot her horse-burning husband six times in the head. George Guidall captures Longmire's dry wit and the dusty desperation of rural Wyoming perfectly.
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Listen for the Lie
by Amy Tintera
Narrated by January LaVoy, Will Damron
★ 4.54 ABR Score (579.5K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (556.8K) ★ 4.55 Audible (22.7K)More about this pick
Lucy returns to her Texas hometown to investigate her own possible involvement in her best friend's murder. The dual narrators perfectly capture the shifting perspectives and unreliable memories.
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[Dolores Claiborne] [By: King, Stephen] [July, 2011]
by Stephen King
Narrated by Frances Sternhagen
★ 4.54 ABR Score (177.3K ratings)★ 3.95 Goodreads (172.3K) ★ 4.77 Audible (5.0K)More about this pick
Dolores confesses thirty years of secrets after her employer's suspicious death, revealing the truth about her husband's demise during a solar eclipse. Frances Sternhagen inhabits Dolores completely, making her Maine accent and fierce determination absolutely authentic.
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The Firm
Mitch McDeere • Book 1
by John Grisham
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.53 ABR Score (644.8K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (639.0K) ★ 4.63 Audible (5.8K)More about this pick
Young lawyer Mitch McDeere joins a prestigious Memphis tax firm that turns out to be a front for the Chicago mob's money laundering operations.
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The Guilty
Will Robie • Book 4
Narrated by Kyf Brewer, Orlagh Cassidy
★ 4.52 ABR Score (77.0K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (64.2K) ★ 4.54 Audible (12.9K)More about this pick
Kyf Brewer and Orlagh Cassidy alternate as Will Robie returns to his Mississippi hometown to investigate murder charges against the father who shaped his deadly skills.
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The Reversal
The Lincoln Lawyer • Book 3
Narrated by Peter Giles
★ 4.50 ABR Score (105.2K ratings)★ 4.23 Goodreads (93.0K) ★ 4.57 Audible (12.1K)More about this pick
Defense attorney Mickey Haller switches sides to prosecute the retrial of a convicted child killer freed by DNA evidence, partnering with Harry Bosch to prove the man's still guilty. Connelly expertly explores both sides of the criminal justice system.
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Kindred
Narrated by Kim Staunton
★ 4.49 ABR Score (294.1K ratings)★ 4.31 Goodreads (278.5K) ★ 4.62 Audible (15.6K)More about this pick
Dana, a modern Black woman, gets violently yanked through time to antebellum Maryland whenever her white ancestor faces mortal danger. Kim Staunton's performance navigates the brutal emotional whiplash between 1970s California and slavery-era violence with unflinching power.
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Hidden Nature
by Nora Roberts
Narrated by January LaVoy
★ 4.48 ABR Score (42.1K ratings)★ 4.12 Goodreads (38.5K) ★ 4.66 Audible (3.6K)More about this pick
Wounded cop Sloan fights twisted killers in Maryland's mountains while recovering from a convenience store shooting. January LaVoy captures the physical and emotional healing process with precision.
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The Brass Verdict
The Lincoln Lawyer • Book 2
Narrated by Peter Giles
★ 4.48 ABR Score (109.0K ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (99.0K) ★ 4.47 Audible (10.0K)More about this pick
Mickey Haller inherits a murdered lawyer's caseload, including defending a Hollywood executive accused of double murder. Peter Giles captures both the legal maneuvering and street-smart attitude.
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Lost Light
Harry Bosch • Book 9
Narrated by Len Cariou
★ 4.47 ABR Score (78.8K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (69.6K) ★ 4.57 Audible (9.2K)More about this pick
Retired Bosch can't let go of a four-year-old murder tied to a movie set heist, pursuing justice on his own terms. Len Cariou captures his relentless obsession perfectly.
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The People vs. Alex Cross
Alex Cross • Book 25
Narrated by Andre Blake
★ 4.47 ABR Score (31.0K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (27.7K) ★ 4.59 Audible (3.2K)More about this pick
Cross faces murder charges while opening a basement counseling office — until his clients start dying in ways that mirror his alleged crimes. Andre Blake's performance captures the detective's desperation to clear his name while bodies pile up.
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Killing Floor
Jack Reacher • Book 1
by Lee Child
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.47 ABR Score (376.0K ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (353.5K) ★ 4.46 Audible (22.4K)More about this pick
Child's drifter Jack Reacher stumbles into Margrave, Georgia on the day of their first murder in decades, becoming the prime suspect in Dick Hill's gripping performance.
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Absolute Power
by David Baldacci
Narrated by David Baldacci, Scott Brick
★ 4.47 ABR Score (121.4K ratings)★ 4.21 Goodreads (114.8K) ★ 4.5 Audible (6.6K)More about this pick
Scott Brick's narration captures the escalating paranoia as a master thief witnesses a presidential murder from behind a two-way mirror, turning Baldacci's political thriller into a gripping audio experience.
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Black List
Scot Harvath • Book 11
by Brad Thor
Narrated by Armand Schultz
★ 4.47 ABR Score (26.6K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (23.0K) ★ 4.58 Audible (3.6K)More about this pick
Harvath finds his name on a government kill list and must evade assassination teams while uncovering who marked him for death. Armand Schultz builds paranoid tension as the hunter becomes the hunted.
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Memory Man
Amos Decker • Book 1
Narrated by Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy
★ 4.47 ABR Score (191.4K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (160.2K) ★ 4.43 Audible (31.2K)More about this pick
A detective with perfect recall investigates his family's murder in this thriller where dual narrators Ron McLarty and Orlagh Cassidy handle shifting perspectives.
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The Black Book
Billy Harney • Book 1
by James Patterson, David Ellis
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
★ 4.46 ABR Score (58.8K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (43.4K) ★ 4.42 Audible (15.4K)More about this pick
Chicago cop Billy Harney wakes up next to three corpses with no memory of how he got there, launching a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of city politics.
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Presumed Guilty
Kindle County Legal Thriller • Book 13
by Scott Turow
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.45 ABR Score (14.6K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (13.4K) ★ 4.62 Audible (1.1K)More about this pick
Retired judge Rusty Sabich attempts a peaceful third marriage until murder accusations destroy his lakeside retirement. Grover Gardner navigates Turow's legal complexities with authoritative clarity.
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The Book of the Dead
Pendergast • Book 7
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.45 ABR Score (45.1K ratings)★ 4.17 Goodreads (39.8K) ★ 4.55 Audible (5.3K)More about this pick
While Pendergast rots in maximum security prison, his psychotic brother prepares to unleash an ancient Egyptian curse on New York City.
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Never Go Back
Jack Reacher • Book 18
by Lee Child
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.42 ABR Score (96.0K ratings)★ 4.09 Goodreads (86.2K) ★ 4.49 Audible (9.8K)More about this pick
Reacher finally reaches his old MP unit headquarters only to find the commanding officer he wanted to meet has been arrested for corruption. Dick Hill's gravelly delivery suits this tale of military conspiracy and personal betrayal.
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The Perfect Marriage
Perfect • Book 1
by Jeneva Rose
Narrated by Mozhan Navabi, Andrew Eiden
★ 4.42 ABR Score (1.2M ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (1.2M) ★ 4.49 Audible (6.8K)More about this pick
Dual narrators Mozhan Navabi and Andrew Eiden reveal different sides of the story when defense attorney Sarah must represent her husband in his mistress's murder.
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Dark Places
Narrated by Rebecca Lowman, Cassandra Campbell, Mark Deakins, Robertson Dean
★ 4.42 ABR Score (876.6K ratings)★ 3.94 Goodreads (845.9K) ★ 4.42 Audible (30.7K)More about this pick
Adult survivor Libby Day reopens her family's massacre case when funds run low, uncovering disturbing truths about that night. The ensemble cast captures each character's desperation and damaged psychology perfectly.
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Live to Tell
Detective D.D. Warren • Book 4
by Lisa Gardner
Narrated by Kirsten Potter, Rebecca Lowman, Ann Marie Lee
★ 4.41 ABR Score (51.1K ratings)★ 4.18 Goodreads (47.1K) ★ 4.51 Audible (4.0K)More about this pick
Three narrators handle different perspectives as Detective D.D. Warren investigates a family massacre while a psychiatric nurse faces her own dangerous patient crisis in parallel storylines.
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Cross Justice
Alex Cross • Book 23
Narrated by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Jefferson Mays
★ 4.41 ABR Score (37.5K ratings)★ 4.27 Goodreads (34.2K) ★ 4.48 Audible (3.2K)More about this pick
Cross returns to his North Carolina hometown when his cousin faces murder charges, confronting family secrets and small-town corruption. Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Jefferson Mays handle the emotional homecoming and procedural elements of Patterson's personal stakes thriller.
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The Cold Dish
Walt Longmire • Book 1
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.41 ABR Score (64.3K ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (46.6K) ★ 4.54 Audible (17.7K)More about this pick
When Cody Pritchard turns up dead two years after his rape conviction, Sheriff Walt Longmire suspects vigilante justice in Wyoming's Absaroka County. George Guidall's weathered voice perfectly embodies the laconic lawman.
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The Fifth Witness
The Lincoln Lawyer • Book 4
Narrated by Peter Giles
★ 4.41 ABR Score (104.3K ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (92.3K) ★ 4.48 Audible (12.0K)More about this pick
Mickey Haller defends a foreclosure client accused of murdering her banker in a case where the evidence seems ironclad. Peter Giles captures the desperation of families losing their homes.
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The Client
by John Grisham
Narrated by John MacDonald
★ 4.41 ABR Score (464.8K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (464.2K) ★ 4.7 Audible (561)More about this pick
Eleven-year-old Mark Sway knows where the FBI's most wanted body is buried after a chance encounter with a suicidal lawyer. The legal thriller format works beautifully in audio, with courtroom tensions and childhood vulnerability creating compelling contrast.
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The Affair
Jack Reacher • Book 16
by Lee Child
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.39 ABR Score (118.4K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (110.8K) ★ 4.41 Audible (7.6K)More about this pick
Set in 1997, this Reacher prequel finds him undercover in a Mississippi town where a woman's murder might involve soldiers from the nearby army base. Dick Hill's gruff narration fits the military setting like a glove.
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What Darkness Brings
Sebastian St. Cyr • Book 8
by C.S. Harris
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.39 ABR Score (9.0K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (8.0K) ★ 4.7 Audible (1.0K)More about this pick
Sebastian investigates when his former lover's husband stands accused of murdering a notorious diamond merchant in 1812 London. Davina Porter's narration captures the Regency atmosphere and mounting tension beautifully.
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Love You More
Tessa Leoni • Book 1
by Lisa Gardner
Narrated by Kirsten Potter, Katie MacNichol
★ 4.39 ABR Score (65.3K ratings)★ 4.18 Goodreads (58.0K) ★ 4.42 Audible (7.3K)More about this pick
State trooper shoots husband, daughter vanishes—Gardner hooks you with this impossible scenario then twists until you question everything. Potter and MacNichol's dual narration amplifies the mounting paranoia perfectly.
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Dark Water
Detective Erika Foster • Book 3
Narrated by Jan Cramer
★ 4.39 ABR Score (29.1K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (26.3K) ★ 4.56 Audible (2.8K)More about this pick
What starts as a routine drug evidence search in an abandoned quarry turns into Detective Foster's most twisted case yet.
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Justice Redeemed
Darren Street • Book 1
by Scott Pratt
Narrated by Nick Podehl
★ 4.38 ABR Score (29.5K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (25.8K) ★ 4.36 Audible (3.6K)More about this pick
Street's corruption-fighting reputation crumbles when he's accused of murdering the client who threatened to expose his darkest secret.
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