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

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Title: The Noël Coward Quintet: Detective. Spy. The entirely fictional adventures of Noël Coward

Author: Marcy Kahan

Narrator: Tam Williams, Full Cast, Malcolm Sinclair, Eleanor Bron

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 44 minutes

Release date: June 18, 2020

Genres: Police & Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The Master turns sleuth and spy in this quintet of radio dramas Actor, playwright, songwriter, director, author and star – as far as we know, Noël Coward never added ‘detective’ or ‘undercover agent’ to his astonishing achievements. But could the intriguing gaps in his memoirs be hiding a thrilling secret life? Design for Murder In this wry backstage whodunit set just before World War II, Coward must put aside the play he’s writing to track down a murderous psychopath in London’s West End. Blithe Spy This Second World War espionage adventure finds Coward in New York, where he turns secret agent and uses his talent to amuse to help Britain battle the Nazis. A Bullet at Balmain’s 1948, and the celebrated playwright is in post-liberation Paris to take the lead role in his play Present Laughter. But the murder of a fashion-house mannequin provides a stylish distraction. Death at the Desert Inn 1955. When $300,000 is left in a satchel in Noël Coward's Las Vegas suite, it’s the prelude to a baffling murder mystery, complete with Judy Garland, a showgirl, a Broadway agent, an unlikely croupier, and a US Congressman. Our Man in Jamaica 1961. Reconciled to being out of fashion, Noël Coward is determined to finish his first novel – until his neighbour Ian Fleming sets him a challenge: become a spy once more to help destabilise Fidel Castro… Written by Marcy Kahan and starring Malcolm Sinclair as Coward, Eleanor Bron as his devoted secretary Lorn Loraine and Tam Williams as his devoted valet Cole Lesley, these light-hearted thrillers see Noël Coward solving crimes and foiling villains with his favourite weapon: wit. Cast and credits Written by Marcy Kahan Starring Malcolm Sinclair as Noël Coward, Eleanor Bron as Lorn Loraine and Tam Williams as Cole Lesley

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Title: Hiding Out: A BBC Radio full cast crime drama

Author: Gerard Stembridge

Narrator: Gemma Cunningham, Thomas Finnegan, Sophie Jo Wasson, Sanchia Mccormack, Rhys Dunlop, Michael Patrick

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 3 hours 28 minutes

Release date: June 18, 2020

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Police & Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Someone doesn’t want the truth to be uncovered… Saturday April 26th 2003: Toby Ellis was looking after his four-month-old nephew, Derek Ellis. He nipped into his local newsagents, leaving the pram outside. Toby claimed he left the child for no longer than two minutes – but during this time, little Derek was abducted. Six days later the baby’s body was discovered, buried in a nearby wooded area. Cause of death: a blow to the head. No one was ever charged with the murder and the case has remained ongoing... As part of their final media degree assessment, three university students – Natalie Driver, Vic Grant and JJ Collins – decide to make a podcast about the cold case which happened in Colecastle 14 years ago. But the students’ podcast stirs up big trouble for the trio. After the first one goes out, Vic receives a call from a listener, claiming to have new evidence about the day Derek was snatched. He and JJ go to meet the source – only to disappear themselves. The only contact Natalie has received is a text sent from JJ's phone which reads ‘We're watching you. Stop this now.’ Now Natalie is in hiding, claiming she fears for her safety. Her nightly podcasts are attracting more and more interest – #whereisnatalie and #findvicandjj are rife with speculation. But are the three students actually in danger? Or – as their lecturer Dr Lena Bewick believes – is this all an elaborate media hoax? Written by Gerard Stembridge, who wrote the screenplay for Ordinary Decent Criminal starring Kevin Spacey, this compelling drama will appeal to anyone who loves true-crime podcasts like Serial, In the Dark and Criminal. Sophie Jo Wasson stars as Natalie, with Thomas Finnegan as Vic and Rhys Dunlop as JJ. Natalie Driver – Sophie Jo Wasson Dr Lena Bewick – Sanchia McCormack JJ Collins – Rhys Dunlop Vic Grant – Thomas Finnegan Angela – Gemma Cunningham Toby/Andy/Halpin – Michael Patrick Written by Gerard Stembridge Produced and directed by Gemma McMullan

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Title: Fresh Kill

Series: #6 of Jimmy McSwain Files

Author: Adam Carpenter

Narrator: Joel Leslie

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Release date: June 17, 2020

Genres: Police & Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Jimmy McSwain returns, but the question lingers, now that he has finally solved the fifteen-year-old murder of his NYPD cop-father, Joseph, who has he become? Busy concentrating on family issues, Jimmy hasn't taken a new case in nearly three months, and when a call comes in from Philip Connelly, who wants proof of his wife, Myra's, cheating, Jimmy is torn. Take the case, or say no. He rejects it, only to learn a week later that Philip has been found dead in a park on Staten Island. The police believe it was suicide, but Myra—a self-admitted adulteress—is convinced he was murdered. Jimmy agrees to take the case. But it seems his decision to rejoin the world has also affected the other areas of his life: his sister is facing a health crisis, an old friend from his father's past has resurfaced, and his lover, Captain Francis X. Frisano, is working a difficult case in Chelsea where gay men are being attacked. If that wasn't enough, Jimmy is on the hunt to bring down his new nemesis, the criminal mastermind Mr. Wu-Tin. A fire at one of his warehouses stirs fear in Jimmy that the man is trying to destroy evidence of his crimes. That's when life throws him a twist, and suddenly Jimmy feels that just as he's hoping to find answers, new mysteries emerge about whether the path he's on leads to a fresh start, or a fresh kill.

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Title: Watch Him Die: 'Truly difficult to put down'

Author: Craig Robertson

Narrator: Cathleen Mccarron

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Release date: June 11, 2020

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 14

Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 6

Genres: Police & Detective

Publisher's Summary:

'Truly difficult to put down’ Daily Mail  'High-concept plot keeps the 'tecs and the reader on their toes’ Sunday Times Crime Club 'Devilishly clever . . . This might be his best yet'  SJI Holliday?, author of Violet 'Perfect for fans of Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh' Reader review  ONLY ONE PERSON CAN SAVE YOU. AND HE WANTS YOU DEAD.    Police find a man dead at his home in Los Angeles. Nothing suggests foul-play but elements of the victim’s house show that something is deeply wrong. Meanwhile, in Glasgow, DI Rachel Narey is searching for a missing young woman – and the man she suspects of killing her. When a feed broadcasting the slow and painful death of a final victim is discovered, these two cases become linked. There’s no way to identify him. No way to find him No way to save him. Not without the cooperation of a killer. And the only way he will cooperate is if he can watch him die. The gripping new novel from the acclaimed author of Murderabilia and The Photographer, both nominated for the McIlvanney Prize. Praise for Craig Robertson: 'Packed full of tension, Watch Him Die is a brilliantly unnerving read - an original premise with a devilishly clever execution, the story unfolds with expert precision. I flew through the pages, sick with dread. An excellent thriller from a crime stalwart - in fact, this might be his best yet'  SJI Holliday, author of Violet ‘Robertson, a maestro of Tartan noir, twins a dogged Glasgow detective with her counterparts in Los Angeles, but can this formidable team find a psycho killer who seems to leave no trace? High-concept plot keeps the 'tecs and the reader on their toes’ Sunday Times, Crime Club ‘Exceptionally talented . . . Robertson’s skill in matching the atmosphere of LA with that of Scotland is mightily impressive, as is his ability to maintain the suspense that lies at the heart of the search for a dying man. This is truly difficult to put down’ Daily Mail 'Brilliantly and sensitively written' Steve Cavanagh, bestselling author of Thirteen 'Craig Robertson’s Narey and Winter series goes from strength to strength, and this latest instalment is the most compelling. Brace yourself to be horrified and hooked' Eva Dolan 'I can't recommend this book highly enough' Martina Cole 'Fantastic characterisation, great plotting, page-turning and gripping. The best kind of intelligent and moving crime fiction writing' Luca Veste 'Powerfully and stylishly written. Recommended' Steve Mosby 'Takes the reader on a wickedly entertaining ride through a fascinatingly sinister world' Sunday Mirror

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Title: The Distant Dead: A Novel

Author: Heather Young

Narrator: Eva Kaminsky, Charlie Thurston, Cassandra Campbell, Jim Meskimen

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 14 minutes

Release date: June 9, 2020

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Police & Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel * Nominated for the ITW Thriller Award for Best Young Adult Novel A BookPage Best Book of the Year * A People Magazine Best Book of Summer * A Parade Best Book of Summer * A Crime Reads Most Anticipated Book of Summer ''Powerful...a breathtaking read, with flawed and authentic characters who hit so close to home that at times it is impossible not to root for them.'' — San Francisco Chronicle A body burns in the high desert hills. A boy walks into a fire station, pale with the shock of discovery. A middle school teacher worries when her colleague is late for work. By day’s end, when the body is identified as local math teacher Adam Merkel, a small Nevada town will be rocked to its core.   Adam Merkel left a university professorship in Reno to teach middle school in Lovelock seven months before he died. A quiet, seemingly unremarkable man, he connected with just one of his students: Sal Prentiss, a lonely sixth grader who lives with his uncles on a desolate ranch in the hills. The two outcasts developed a tender, trusting friendship that brought each of them hope in the wake of tragedy. But it is Sal who finds Adam’s body, charred almost beyond recognition, half a mile from his uncles’ compound. Nora Wheaton, the middle school’s social studies teacher, dreamed of a life far from Lovelock only to be dragged back on the eve of her college graduation to care for her disabled father, a man she loves but can’t forgive. She sensed in the new math teacher a kindred spirit--another soul bound to Lovelock by guilt and duty. After Adam’s death, she delves into his past for clues to who killed him and finds a dark history she understands all too well. But the truth about his murder may lie closer to home. For Sal Prentiss’s grief seems heavily shaded with fear, and Nora suspects he knows more than he’s telling about how his favorite teacher died. As she tries to earn the wary boy’s trust, she finds he holds not only the key to Adam’s murder, but an unexpected chance at the life she thought she’d lost. Weaving together the last months of Adam’s life, Nora’s search for answers, and a young boy’s anguished moral reckoning, this unforgettable thriller brings a small American town to vivid life, filled with complex, flawed characters wrestling with the weight of the past, the promise of the future, and the bitter freedom that forgiveness can bring.

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Title: Hush

Series: #4 of Harriet Blue

Author: Candice Fox, James Patterson

Narrator: Kathryn Hartman

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Release date: June 2, 2020

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 106

Ratings of Narrator: 3.54 of Total 13

Genres: Police & Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Top cop, devoted sister, and now Inmate 3329: even prison bars won't stop Harriet Blue from seeking justice for the murder of her brother. Prison is a dangerous place for a former cop -- as Harriet Blue is learning on a daily basis. So, following a fight for her life and a prison-wide lockdown, the last person she wants to see is Deputy Police Commissioner Joe Woods. The man who put her inside. But Woods is not there to gloat. His daughter Tonya and her two-year-old child have gone missing. He's ready to offer Harriet a deal: find his family to buy her freedom . . .

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Title: The Persuasion

Series: #26 of Eve Duncan

Author: Iris Johansen

Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 16 hours 15 minutes

Release date: June 2, 2020

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 27

Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4

Genres: Police & Detective

Publisher's Summary:

When she becomes a madman's target, Eve Duncan's daughter Jane must team up with longtime love interest Seth Caleb in this suspense novel from the #1 bestselling author of Smokescreen. Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan and ex-Navy Seal Joe Quinn are about to give Seth Caleb their trust for the most important duty of his life: keeping their daughter, Jane, safe at any cost. Her talent as an artist has caught the attention of a brilliant psychopath with a violent past. Seth, Jane's strongest ally and fiercest protector, is determined to keep her out of danger, but that becomes nearly impossible when Jane is forced to take matters into her own hands and confronts the madman who wants her for himself . . . and wants Seth Caleb dead. As Jane and Seth chase down their bloodthirsty adversary, they finally commit to a life together -- in the culmination of the epic love story that fans have been eagerly anticipating. As the two come face to face with danger, one thing is made clear: it will take both of them working together to confront and defeat this evil.

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Title: Forever Haunt

Series: #5 of Jimmy McSwain Files

Author: Adam Carpenter

Narrator: Joel Leslie

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

Release date: June 2, 2020

Genres: Police & Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Fifteen years ago, NYPD officer Joseph McSwain was gunned down while trying to stop a robbery. His murder was never solved. Until now. For his son, Hell's Kitchen private detective Jimmy McSwain, his father's death has defined him, defied him, and denied him his chance at happiness. But the shooting death of a young officer named Denson Luke has reignited the investigation into the mysterious Blue Death conspiracy. Jimmy still must earn a living, so he cannot ignore a family in distress. New neighbors Carmen Ramirez and her young son, Sonny, are clearly running from danger. Overnight, their case becomes one involving a missing father, a Chinese crime syndicate, and an abduction which threatens to overwhelm Jimmy's mission of solving his father's case. His relationship status with Frank Frisano on and off again, Jimmy tries to do double duty, jeopardizing his own safety. It's only when another murder occurs that Jimmy finally finds the path that has eluded him. His investigation finally leads him back home, where a devastating family secret overshadows all he's learned, and the cost to the McSwain family may never be repaid. Jimmy realizes the blood on his hands will forever haunt him.

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Title: Fair Warning

Series: #3 of Jack McEvoy

Author: Michael Connelly

Narrator: Zach Villa, Peter Giles

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Release date: May 26, 2020

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 173

Ratings of Narrator: 4.76 of Total 33

Genres: Police & Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The hero of The Poet and The Scarecrow is back in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. Jack McEvoy, the journalist who never backs down, tracks a serial killer who has been operating completely under the radar—until now.  Veteran reporter Jack McEvoy has taken down killers before, but when a woman he had a one-night stand with is murdered in a particularly brutal way, McEvoy realizes he might be facing a criminal mind unlike any he's ever encountered. Jack investigates—against the warnings of the police and his own editor—and makes a shocking discovery that connects the crime to other mysterious deaths across the country. Undetected by law enforcement, a vicious killer has been hunting women, using genetic data to select and stalk his targets. Uncovering the murkiest corners of the dark web, Jack races to find and protect the last source who can lead him to his quarry. But the killer has already chosen his next target, and he's ready to strike. Terrifying and unputdownable, Fair Warning shows once again why "Michael Connelly has earned his place in the pantheon of great crime fiction writers" (Chicago Sun-Times). A Kirkus Best Book of 2020

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Title: Blood Angel

Series: #3 of Santero and Rein Thriller

Author: Bernard Schaffer

Narrator: Neil Hellegers

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Release date: May 26, 2020

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5

Genres: Police & Detective

Publisher's Summary:

In this powerful psychological thriller, veteran police officer Bernard Schaffer reunites detective Carrie Santero with manhunter Jacob Rein—to plumb the depths of a madman's obsession . . . 'I am The Master . . .' Fifteen years ago, a deranged young man abducted a teenage girl in a parking lot. He chose her for her innocence. Punished her for her beauty. Dowsed her with gasoline and tried to purify her with fire. Detective Jacob Rein managed to stop the lunatic and lock him up for life. Now the girl who survived that horrible ordeal has been found dead, an apparent suicide. Near her body is a letter from 'The Master'—a bloodchilling promise to finish what he started. 'I long to relive everything we had before . . .' Now The Master has chosen new objects of desire—all dear to Carrie—and he is about to be released from a mental facility. Carrie reaches out to the one man who knows The Master better than anyone else. Jacob Rein understands the depths of his psychosis. He knows that the only way to anticipate The Master's next move is to enter his delusions. Indulge his obsessions. And follow his lead to the very edge of madness—and beyond.