There's nothing quite like a great thriller audiobook. The narration builds tension the page simply can't. These 10 will keep you walking extra miles, missing bus stops, and staying up far too late.
Alicia Berenson has shot her husband five times and hasn't spoken since. Theo Faber is obsessed with uncovering her motive. One of the best-constructed psychological thriller twists ever written — and the audiobook preserves it perfectly.
Nick Dunne reports that his wife Amy has gone missing on their fifth anniversary. Flynn's dual narrative is a masterclass in unreliable narrators. The two-voice audiobook performance by Julia Whelan and Kirby Heyborne is exceptional.
Dublin Murder Squad detective Rob Ryan investigates a murder near the woods where he was the sole survivor of a childhood tragedy he can't remember. French's atmospheric prose is better heard than read.
Rachel watches the same stretch of houses from the train every day. When one of the women she observes goes missing, she gets entangled in the investigation. Louise Brealey leads a full-cast performance that elevates the already gripping story.
Harry Hole investigates a serial killer who leaves snowmen as calling cards. Nesbø's Norwegian detective series is the best Nordic noir in audio — dark, tightly plotted, and impossible to stop once started.
Anna Fox lives alone, can't go outside, and spends her days watching her neighbours — until she witnesses something she shouldn't. A loving homage to Hitchcock that works brilliantly in audio with Ann Marie Lee's claustrophobic narration.
Three women's lives collide in a murder at a school trivia night. Moriarty weaves dark subject matter — domestic abuse, bullying, class — into wickedly entertaining fiction. Caroline Lee's Australian narration is one of the most entertaining in the genre.
Reporter Camille Preaker returns to her small hometown to cover the murders of two young girls. Flynn's debut is tighter and darker than Gone Girl — Charlize Theron's electrifying narration makes this a one-sitting listen.
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon races to solve a murder inside the Louvre that reveals a shocking ancient secret. Paul Michael's narration brings the breathless pacing to life. Polarising but undeniably gripping.
A young lawyer discovers his prestigious new firm has dark ties to the mob. Grisham's breakthrough novel defined the legal thriller genre. Michael Beck's narration perfectly captures the mounting paranoia of Mitch McDeere's predicament.