Best Mystery Audiobooks

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Casey Kelleher

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Daphne Kouma

I FOUND YOU. Three simple words that set this sinister story in motion and immediately signpost its utterly creepy tone. Oh and there is so much more. Two little girls, one terrible secret, a place called "the doll house", it's all going on in this fanastic 2022 release.

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Lisa Jewell

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Gabrielle Glaister, Amelie Jewell

Is there such a thing as unassailable purity? How much can we protect our kids? A communal garden is the setting of this intruiging mystery that explores the darkest parts of human nature.

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Harlan Coben

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Carol Monda , David Chandler

It's absolutely zero surprise that Netflix made this one into a series. Harlan Coben is a master of mystery and this is one of his best. When a body is found in the woods, it reawakens a twenty year old crime. What really happened the night four teen disappeared in the woods? A mix of relatable characters, a gripping story and dramatic twists that keep on coming, this is a must read.

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Jennifer McMahon

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Cassandra Campbell

Cassandra Campbell's vocals alone make this audiobook a worthwile listen, giving it a dreamy, ethereal quality. But if you need further enticement, how about a mystery replete with sibling rivalry, long held secrets and revenge? Oh, and did I mention the paranormal? This is Jennifer McMahon, after all. ,

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Georgina Lees

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Meg Travers

Get ready to question every character judgement you've ever made because The Girl Upstairs is all about the stark disparity between reality and our view of it. You start with some basic assumptions. Seemigly obvious conclusions. And yet, these are slowly but surely torn to shreds. In the end, there is only one question. Would you bet your life on what you think you know?

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Greer Hendricks

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Sarah Pekkanen, Julia Whelan

If you like your mystery audiobooks to mess with your mind, Greer Hendricks has you covered. The Wife Between Us takes deception to another level, weaving in jealousy, betrayal and factual handbrake turns aplenty.I say take the advice in the blurb: Assume Nothing.

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Vera Kurian

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Brittany Pressley

Shady characters are a staple in the mystery audiobooks world. Ditto unreliable narrators. But what happens when everyone involved meets both criteria? How do you guess whodunnit when the cast of characters includes not one, but several psychopaths? Find out in this tale of a college campus study that goes drastically awry.

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Alice Feeney

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Stephanie Racine

Daisy Darker is a murder mystery with a botanical bent and a theatrical wink to Agatha Christie. With a seductive performance by Stephanie Racine, a bed of thorny family secrets and lyrical touches, this instantly rose to the top of my list of best mystery audiobooks of 2022.

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Peter Clines

Ray Porter

Gripping Sci-Fi with a Great Squad.

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Karen McQuestion

Stacey Glemboski

Refreshingly Different

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Joanna Cannon

Lissa Berry

This Year’s Eleanor Oliphant

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Noah Hawley

Jeff Harding

Gripping and Suspenseful Meets Thought Provoking and Moving

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Adalyn Grace

Kristin Atherton

A Seductive Mystery, A Spellbinding Performance

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K.L. Slater

Lucy Price-Lewis

That Twist Gave Me Whiplash

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Rachel Abbott

Lisa Coleman

DCI Douglas As Gripping As Ever

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Heidi Perks

Sally Scott, Nathalie Buscombe

Closets Open, Skeletons Everywhere.

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Ronald Malfi

Joe Hempel

A carefully crafted mystery with echoes of (and I don't bandy this about) Gone Girl

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Alice Feeney

Stephanie Racine

Alice Feeney Is A Master of Twists…

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Stephanie DeCarolis

Norma Butikofer

I Know What You Did Last Summer Meets Gossip Girl

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Helen Callaghan

Laura Aikman, John Sackville, Helen Baxendale

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Lucy Dawson

Georgia Maguire, Rachel Atkins

A Juicy, Vengeful Delight

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Emma Healey

Anna Bentinck

Charming, compelling, utterly unique

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Yahtzee Croshaw

Yahtzee Croshaw

A Religious Experience

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Chris Brookmyre

Cathleen McCarron

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Rob Parker

Warren Brown

Good Performance

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Gillian Flynn

Julia Whelan, Kirby Heyborne

Julia Whelan as I’ve never heard her before

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Nell Pattison

David Thorpe, Sherry Baines, Alex Wingfield, Nick Biadon, Clare-Louise English, Billy Ashcroft, Beth Eyre

Excellent, Especially the Characters

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Clare Mackintosh

David Thorpe, Julia Barrie

An Irresistable Page Turner

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Clare Mackintosh

Rachel Atkins

Chills and Thrills

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Casey Kelleher

Daphne Kouma

This. Gave. Me. Chills.

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Lisa Jewell

Donna Banya, Katherine Kelly, Connor Swindells

Lisa Jewell Casts Another Dazzling Spell

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Mandy Byatt

Melissa Woodbridge

Elements of John Marrs, Rachel Abbott and Adele Parks.

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Rachel Abbott

Lisa Coleman

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Sarah Vaughan

Sophie Roberts, Esther Wane, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Sarah Feathers

Predictable but still enjoyable.

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Georgina Cross

Emma Ashton

Twisted Me Round Its Little Finger

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Clare Donoghue

Karl Prekopp, Imogen Church

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Vera Kurian

Brittany Pressley

Aaaaaargh-mazing. Jon Ronson’s The Psychopath Test meets Alice Feeney’s Sometimes I Lie meets Scream (shout out 1996).

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Claire Fuller

Eilidh L. Beaton

A tough, but beautiful listen

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Louise Candlish

Elizabeth Knowelden, Elliott Hill

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Sarah A. Denzil, Anni Taylor

Aimee Horne

Kept Me Guessing To The End

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Alice Feeney

Stephanie Racine, Richard Armitage

Thrilling and Creepy With A Killer Twist

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Bernice Barrington

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Rachel Abbott

Melody Grove, Andrew Wincott

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Alice Feeney

Stephanie Racine

Flawed? Yes. But Eerie and Captivating

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Wendy Dranfield

Sarah Borges

Moriarty, Jewell and now Dranfield

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Sarah Alderson

Stephanie Cannon

Clutched My Pearls So Tight I’m Picking Em Up Off The Floor

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Fiona Barton

Clare Corbett, Adjoa Andoh, Finty Williams, Fenella Woolgar, Steven Pacey

Just brilliant.

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Lisa Jewell

Tamaryn Payne, Bea Holland, Dominic Thorburn

Story? Good. Narration? Good. Result? Fantastic.

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Alice Clark-Platts

Emilia Fox

A Chilling Exploration of Inherent Evil.

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Peter Clines

Ray Porter

Stargate Meets Stephen King

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K.L. Slater

Kristin Atherton

Slater Snares Me Again

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Georgina Lees

Meg Travers

Utterly Engrossing Mystery

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Paula Hawkins

Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher

Entertaining

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Lisa Jewell

Gabrielle Glaister , Amelie Jewell

A Heady, Toxic Web of Secrets: Peak Jewell

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Kim Liggett

Emily Shaffer

Creepy and evocative.

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Hanna Jameson

Anthony Starke

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Linda Green

Joan Walker, Sarah Durham

Truly Chilling

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Rhett McLaughlin

Link Neal, Vikas Adam

A layer cake of secrets, lies and divisive characters, addictive to the last bite.

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Rosie Walsh

Imogen Church, Theo Solomon

Mystery + Love Story + Drama + Thriller = Mind Blown

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Nita Prose

Lauren Ambrose

The Rosie Project Meets Murder Mystery

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Michelle Richmond

Tom Taylorson

Captivating, Addictive, Flawed But Enjoyable

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Holly Cave

Imogen Church

I’m In Limbo On This One