Discover the Best Audio Stories in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & Detective

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Title: Death at the Tavern

Series: #1 of Higgins & Hawke

Author: Lee Strauss

Narrator: Pamela Dillman

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Release date: March 7, 2023

Genres: Police & Detective

Publisher's Summary:

It’s the hot and humid East Coast summer of 1931 and seven years since Dr. Haley Higgins’s brother Joe was murdered. The case is cold. The Boston Police Department may have given up on finding Joe Higgins’s killer, but Haley never will. She’s serious and savvy and has what it takes to hold up under depressing times, and she at least finds some satisfaction doing her part as the city pathologist’s assistant in solving other crimes. Investigative reporter Samantha Hawke—byline Sam Hawke—is blonde, beautiful, and broke, no thanks to her no-good husband who’s been on the lam for over six years. Her position at The Boston Daily Record is more than a job—it’s payback. When a man is found dead at the Bell in Hand Tavern on Union Street, Haley and Samantha are both working the case. Haley’s looking for justice, and Samantha’s after recognition and a raise. They want the same thing—to catch a killer—and it turns out they may need each other to solve this case before becoming the next victims.

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Title: Topped Chef

Series: #3 of Key West Food Critic

Author: Lucy Burdette

Narrator: Laura Jennings

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Release date: March 7, 2023

Genres: Police & Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Hoping for some good publicity, Hayley’s boss at Key Zest magazine signs her up to help judge the Key West Topped Chef contest. Stakes are high as the winner could be the next cooking-show superstar. Hayley shows up for the filming nervous but excited, until she sees who’s on the judging panel with her: Sam Rizzoli, big shot businessman—and owner of the restaurant she just panned in her first negative review. When Rizzoli turns up dead, the police assume his killer is one of his business rivals. But Hayley wonders whether someone is taking the contest a little too seriously. With the police following the wrong recipe, it’s up to Hayley to find the killer before she’s eliminated from the show…permanently.

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Title: Killer Cupid

Series: #29 of Melanie Travis Mystery

Author: Laurien Berenson

Narrator: Angie Hickman

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

Release date: March 7, 2023

Genres: Police & Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Melanie is delighted at the prospect of three uninterrupted days alone with Sam (and, of course, her prize-winning Standard Poodle, Faith). They're booked at the White Birch Inn, a picturesque New England resort nestled at the foot of a snow-covered mountain. The inn has a full slate of couples' activities planned for the busy Valentine's weekend—date nights, sleigh rides, tobogganing, ice skating, and pop-up shops in the inn's ballroom—from the bubbly to the bubble bath, the resort is a perfect match for Melanie and Sam's vacation. But the first night of festivities feature an event that isn't on the program: murder. The sheriff quickly launches an investigation, but at the inn keeper's urging—and because she suddenly finds herself a person of interest in the case—Melanie tries to sneak a little detective work into her romantic getaway. But with the resort nearly sold out for the holiday weekend, there's no shortage of suspects, and Melanie's secret sleuthing is already attracting the wrong kind of attention. Her Valentine's trip is heating up faster than the chocolate fondue . . . just not in the way Melanie hoped. But if she doesn't catch the cold-hearted killer soon, another innocent victim will get the kiss of death . . .

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Title: Double Dose

Series: #11 of Davis Way Crime Caper

Author: Gretchen Archer

Narrator: Amber Benson

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Release date: February 28, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2

Genres: Police & Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Listen to Double Dose as directed to learn: 1. Working Mom Davis Way Cole's secrets for fostering positive relationships with school administrators at her twin daughters' preschool; 2. Casino Spy Davis Way Cole's reasonable explanation for why she's never been asked to chair an event for the Welcome to the Casino Neighborhood Club; 3. Wife Davis Way Cole's tips and tricks for delivering devastating news to her husband; 4. Daughter Davis Way Cole's best practices when it comes to interpreting gibberish communication from her aging mother; 5. Celebrity-Double Davis Way Cole's advice when it comes to talking her celebrity boss into putting on some clothes already for Pete's sake; 6. Team Leader Davis Way Cole's managerial methods of persuading colleagues to dive right into a situation she's been told to leave alone; 7. Employee Davis Way Cole's step-by-step guide for hogtying her bald boss when he's out of control; 8. Tech-Savvy Davis Way Cole's cyber shortcuts when cloning a halter-wearing psychobabbler's phone, then using it to set up a makeshift computer on the television in her living room; 9. Dog Mom Davis Way Cole's recommendations for training smart and loyal canines; and 10. Superwoman Davis Way Cole's suggestions for surviving the single longest day of her life, which, she can tell you right now, would've been way shorter without the rabbit.

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Title: The Girl With the Dragonfruit Tattoo

Series: #3 of Trouble in Paradise!

Author: Carrie Doyle

Narrator: Elizabeth Cottle

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Release date: February 28, 2023

Genres: Police & Detective

Publisher's Summary:

On the tropical island of Paraiso, Plum Lockhart has a new zest for life. Not only is her new villa rental company growing like a weed, but things are also finally heating up between her and the handsome Director of Security at Las Frutas Resort. Plum's thrilled when she gets an invite to dinner on the yacht of a wealthy music executive, grateful for a luxurious night on the water, surrounded by A-listers. But days later, one of the servers from the yacht—a girl with a dragonfruit tattoo—washes up dead, and Plum's sweet bit of paradise quickly goes rotten. As the yacht prepares to set sail across the Caribbean, Plum hops onboard. But the zest laid plans turn deadly as it becomes clear that someone on the boat is a murderer...and Plum may be the next victim.

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Title: Catalogues, Criminals and Catnip

Series: #3 of Library Cat Magical Mysteries

Author: Skye Sullivan

Narrator: Rachel Leblang

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Release date: February 28, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Police & Detective

Publisher's Summary:

A creature from another dimension disguised as someone you know and love. How will Francie and the gang catch a killer who's hiding in plain sight? A mysterious portal has opened up in town . . . and for once, Francie isn't the one responsible. It's just a run-of-the-mill portal to an alternate dimension, right? Nothing to worry about. Except when a rare book dealer turns up dead and Lizzie is the number one suspect. Despite an ironclad alibi, there's a hundred witnesses who swear they saw Lizzie at the scene of the crime. Just who—or what—is coming out of that portal? And can Francie stop it before it invites more of its friends to cross over? Meanwhile, there's a catnip dealer out in the alleyways, harming the cat community with his ultra-strong new product. Good thing Kongressman Kittles is hot on the trail and ready to bring the scoundrel to justice. And if that wasn't enough, Francie and Hortensia have their hands full bringing a secret vampire plot into the light of day, keeping the Jibbleson Sisters from blowing up the town, and repairing all the books damaged by the ghost of Don Quixote as he wages battle against bookshelves and card catalogues . . .

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Title: Death at Devil's Bridge

Series: #4 of Victorian Mystery

Author: Robin Paige

Narrator: Helen Johns

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Release date: February 21, 2023

Genres: Police & Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Newlyweds Charles and Kate Sheridan host an auto exhibition at Kate's ancestral home that's attended by Europe's foremost investors and inventors. But competition, speed, and money—more explosive than gasoline—are deadly for one auto builder! Now the amateur sleuths must unravel the mystery before the carnage spreads...

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Title: Murder at High Tide

Series: #1 of Rosa Reed Mysteries

Author: Norm Strauss, Lee Strauss

Narrator: Stephanie Németh-Parker

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Release date: February 21, 2023

Genres: Police & Detective

Publisher's Summary:

It's 1956, and Woman Police Constable Rosa Reed has left her groom at the altar in London. Time spent with her American cousins in Santa Bonita, California, is exactly what she needs to get back on her feet, though the last thing she expected was to get entangled in another murder case! When a body floats onto the beach at a charity event hosted by Rosa's Aunt Louisa, Rosa's detective instincts kick in. Can she help solve the case and save her aunt's reputation? Even if it means working with her old flame, Detective Miguel Belmonte? If you love early rock & roll, poodle skirts, clever whodunits, a charming cat, and an even more charming detective, you're going to love this series set in the 1950s! The Rosa Reed Mystery series is a spin-off of the acclaimed Ginger Gold Mystery series.

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Title: Death in Four Courses

Series: #2 of Key West Food Critic

Author: Lucy Burdette

Narrator: Laura Jennings

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Release date: February 21, 2023

Genres: Police & Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The annual Key West Loves Literature seminar is drawing the biggest names in food writing from all over the country, and Haley Snow is there to catch a few fresh morsels of insider gossip. Superstar restaurant critic Jonah Barrows has already ruffled a few foodie feathers with his recent tell-all memoir, and as keynote speaker, he promises more of the same jaw-dropping honesty. But when Hayley discovers Jonah's body in a nearby dipping pool, the cocktail-hour buzz takes a sour turn, and Hayley finds herself at the center of attention—especially with the police. Now it's up to her to catch the killer before she comes to her own bitter finish.

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Title: Show Me the Bunny

Series: #28 of Melanie Travis Mystery

Author: Laurien Berenson

Narrator: Angie Hickman

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Release date: February 21, 2023

Genres: Police & Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Aunt Rose already has a strike against her for not being too fond of dogs—or Aunt Peg. But Melanie still agrees to organize Easter festivities at Gallagher House, the new women's shelter opened by the stern former nun, even if it takes all the jellybeans in Greenwich to sweeten the arrangement. No sooner does Melanie arrive to dye multicolor eggs and stuff baskets, than she learns devasting news about Beatrice Gallagher, the respected benefactor of the estate. Beatrice has fallen to her death, and the circumstances are shocking . . . No one can say why or how charitable Beatrice got pushed into an early grave. Yet for a supposedly warm and generous philanthropist, rumors have her pinned as an overbearing manipulator who used money to control the unfortunate few trapped in her inner circle. Facing an uncertain future as danger lurks around Gallagher House, Melanie and Aunt Rose must tolerate each other's company long enough to discover the truth about Beatrice's true nature and identify a vengeful killer—before another person's idyllic spring break becomes a serious nightmare . . .