Audie Award - Mystery

2008

James Lee Burke. Read by Will Patton. Tin Roof Blowdown

Robicheaux has lived through much inner turmoil and seen too much of man's dark side to believe that there are any surprises left for him in this world. But then the devastation brought by Hurruicane Katrina seems to make a wreck of his sould even as it pummels New Orleans. In the aftermath, two black men are murdered in the ninth ward--and Robicheaux refuses to allow another injustice to pile more misery on the survivors of this deadly storm. (Unabridged CD)

2007

Michael Connelly. Read by Len Cariou. Echo Park

Detective Harry Bosch, now in the Open-unsolved Unit, receives a call from the DA telling him a serial killer has confessed to several murders. Harry must interview the man about a case he couldn't crack involving the murder of a 22-year-old woman whose body was never found. (Unabridged CD & Downloadable Audio)

2006

Elizabeth Peters. Read by Barbara Rosenblat. The Serpent on the Crown

It's 1922, and The Great War is over. With the world at peace, Amelia and her family return to the Valley of the Kings to explore its storied sands. But they are quickly troubled by treacherous secrets and murder. A woman presents them with a priceless but dangerous artifact--a golden king said to bring death to all who possess it. The woman's husband has already fallen, and now she needs help to return the relic to its tomb. (Unabridged Cassette & CD)

2005

Jeffery Deaver. Read by Michelle Pawk, Frederick Weller, Boyd Gaines, Bobby Cannavala. Twisted: Selected Unabridged Stories of Jeffery Deaver

2004

Michael Connelly. Read by Len Cariou. Lost Light

Connelly, author of "City of Bones, " takes another step closer to the classic novels of Raymond Chandler as he follows Detective Harry Bosch on his first case as a private detective. (Unabridged Cassette & CD)

2003

James Lee Burke. Read by Will Patton. Jolie Blon's Bounce

New Iberia, Louisiana police detective Dave Robicheaux doesn't think that the most likely suspect in the murder of a teenage girl is really the killer. But the clues from a second body all point to him. Before Robicheaux can bring the true killer to justice, he must battle a painkiller addiction and soon what begins as a duel of wits turns into a dance of death. (Unabridged Cassette & CD, Abridged Cassette)

2002

Harlan Coben. Read by Steven Weber. Tell No One

For Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams. The night his wife was taken. The last night he saw her alive. Everyone tells him it's time to move on, to forget the past once and for all. But for David Beck, there can be no closure. A message has appeared on his computer, a phrase only he and his dead wife know. Suddenly Beck is taunted with the impossible-that somewhere, somehow, Elizabeth is alive. (Abridged Cassette)

2001

Laurence Shames. Read by Ron McLarty. The Naked Detective

 

2000

Minette Walters. Read by Robert Powell. The Breaker

 

1999

Graham Greene. Read by Martin Jarvis. The Third Man

Graham Greene's tale of mystery and intrigue in postwar Vienna begins when pulp fiction writer Rollo Martins arrives in town looking for an old friend, Harry Lime. When Harry turns up dead under mysterious circumstances, Rollo feels compelled to investigate--a decision that will plunge him headlong into a web of romance, danger, corruption, and deceit. (Unabridged Cassette)

1998

Ruth Rendell, et al. Read by Patrick Malahide. Vintage Crime Stories

 

1997

Agatha Christie. Read by David Suchet. The Mysterious Affair at Styles

In Agatha Christie's first mystery, Hercule Poirot is called to an English estate after its heiress is murdered. (Unabridged Cassette)