Best True Crime Audiobooks - April 2024

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

"Comedian Trevor Noah's stories of growing up in South Africa are vivid, sometimes harrowing, and often laugh-out-loud funny. The bonus of audio is that listeners get to hear Noah tell these stories in his South African-accented English, as well as hear him speak snippets of various other South African languages.... Noah's narration offers insights and intimacy, and as he gives voice to his mother, his friends, and his younger self, listeners are invited in to glimpse his world. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (AudioFile magazine) Highest-rated new book of 2016 by Audible customers Winner... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01IW9TM5O
• ASIN: B01IW9TM5O
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Audible Studios

The Girl Who Lived: A Thrilling Suspense Novel

Ten years ago, four people were brutally murdered—one girl lived.No one believes her story. The police think she's crazy. Her therapist thinks she's suicidal. Everyone else thinks she's a dangerous drunk. They're all right—but did she see the killer?Best Mystery-Thriller eBook of the Year — Independent Publisher Book Awards 2018Winner Best Thriller — National Indie Excellence Awards 2018Winner Best Thriller — Silver Falchion Award 2018Finalist eBook Fiction — Indie Book Awards 2018Silver Medal Suspense — Reader’s Favorite Book Awards 2018Voted Most Loved Cover — NetGall... [Read More]

• ASIN: B076FNQWTF
• ASIN: B076FNQWTF
• Manufacturer: Greyson Media

Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

Bonus material! Includes an excerpt from John Douglas and Mark Olshaker's Obsession!  Discover the classic behind-the-scenes chronicle of John E. Douglas' 25-year career in the FBI Investigative Support Unit, where he used psychological profiling to delve into the minds of the country's most notorious serial killers and criminals - the basis for the upcoming Netflix original series.  In chilling detail, the legendary Mindhunter takes us behind the scenes of some of his most gruesome, fascinating, and challenging cases - and into the darkest recesses of our worst nightmares.  During his 25-y... [Read More]

• ASIN: B074Q23VBZ
• ASIN: B074Q23VBZ
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Audio

True Crime Stories: 3 True Crime Books Collection (True Crime Novels Anthology)

It is no secret that true crime murder stories are not for the faint of heart. They can lead you to double-check your windows and doors at night, and question everything you thought or believed about human nature. Yet they are intriguing and fascinating at the same time. What is it that makes us different from those who take the lives of others? That is a question that many ask themselves, and these true crime stories help to identify the method and psychology behind some of the most terrifying killers in modern history.This set includes three true crime books, volumes 1-3, and each is filled ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B074ZHYTLD
• ASIN: B074ZHYTLD

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

"Resolutely humane...Say Nothing [has an] exacting and terrifying lucidity...meticulously reported...Keefe's narrative is an architectural feat, expertly constructed out of complex and contentious material, arranged and balanced just so...an absorbing drama." (The New York Times) From award-winning New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe, a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions. In December 1972, Jean McConville, a 38-year-old mother of 10, was dragged from her Belfast home by masked intruders, her children clinging... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07MHXYD12
• ASIN: B07MHXYD12
• Manufacturer: Random House Audio

Serial Killers True Crime Box Set: 6 Notorious True Crime Murder Stories: Best True Crime Bundle

In the very depths of the human soul there is a darkness. It is an entity which most of us may never get to know; for others, however, this darkness grows for years until it takes hold of them and permeates every inch of their body. This darkness is evil incarnate, and it is in the hearts and minds of some of the most dangerous and despicable human beings to have walked this same earth we live in today. Sometimes it can manifest as the desire to dominate the weak and the less fortunate; in others, it becomes an uncontrollable need for violence and death; another group turns this evil into pure... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07R69WWC7
• ASIN: B07R69WWC7
• Manufacturer: LAK Publishing

Spilled Milk: Based on a True Story

Brooke Nolan is a battered child who makes an anonymous phone call about the escalating brutality in her home. When social services jeopardize her safety, condemning her to keep her father's secret, it's a glass of spilled milk at the dinner table that forces her to speak about the cruelty she's been hiding. In her pursuit of safety and justice, Brooke battles a broken system that pushes to keep her father in the home. When jury members and a love interest congregate to inspire her to fight, she risks losing the support of family and comes to the realization that some people simply do not ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00YQEFCR2
• ASIN: B00YQEFCR2
• Manufacturer: Audible Studios

The Life We Bury

A USA Today bestseller and book club favorite! College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran--and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home, after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00JTA9Z7G
• ASIN: B00JTA9Z7G
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Seventh Street Books

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

• ASIN: B01CWZFBZ4
• ASIN: B01CWZFBZ4
• Manufacturer: Vintage

West Cork

This much we do know: Sophie Toscan du Plantier was murdered days before Christmas in 1996, her broken body discovered at the edge of her property near the town of Schull in West Cork, Ireland. The rest remains a mystery. Gripping, yet ever elusive, join the real-life hunt for answers in the year's first not-to-be-missed, true-crime series. Investigative journalist Sam Bungey and documentarian Jennifer Forde guide listeners through the brutal, unsolved murder and the tangled web of its investigation, while introducing an intricate cast of characters, a provocative prime suspect, and a recoveri... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0792BWQWT
• ASIN: B0792BWQWT
• Manufacturer: Audible Originals

The Last Thing She Ever Did

From the Amazon Charts and #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a psychological thriller exploring the things we dare to do when no one is looking . . .The community along Oregon’s Deschutes River is one of successful careers and perfect families. For years, up-and-comers Liz and Owen have admired their good friends and neighbors, Carole and David. They appear to have it all—security, happiness, and a beautiful young son, Charlie.Then Charlie vanishes without a trace, and all that seemed safe is shattered by a tragedy that is incomprehensible—except to Liz.It took one fleeting mome... [Read More]

• ASIN: B072LD57FC
• ASIN: B072LD57FC
• Manufacturer: Thomas & Mercer

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

New York Times Best Seller Named one of the best books of the year by: NPR, The New York Times Book Review, Time, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post  The McKinsey Business Book of the Year  The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the one-time multibillion-dollar biotech start-up founded by Elizabeth Holmes - now the subject of the HBO documentary The Inventor - by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end.  "The story is even crazier than I expected, and I found myself unable to put it down once I started. T... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07BMCMS5L
• ASIN: B07BMCMS5L
• Manufacturer: Random House Audio

Becoming

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former first lady of the United States In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As first lady of the United States of America - the first African American to serve in that role - she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the United States and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07B3JQZCL
• ASIN: B07B3JQZCL
• Manufacturer: Random House Audio

My Sweet Angel: The True Story of Lacey Spears, the Seemingly Perfect Mother Who Murdered Her Son in Cold Blood

Lacey Spears made international headlines in January 2015, when she was charged with the "depraved mind" murder of her five-year-old son, Garnett. Prosecutors alleged that the 27-year-old mother had poisoned him with high concentrations of salt through his stomach tube. To the outside world, Lacey had seemed like the perfect mother, regularly posting dramatic updates on her son's harrowing medical problems. But in reality, Lacey was a textbook case of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. From the time he was an infant, she deliberately made Garnett sick to elicit sympathy from medical professionals... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01M11CIWV
• ASIN: B01M11CIWV
• Manufacturer: Tantor Audio

True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray

When 11-year-old James Renner fell in love with Amy Mihaljevic, the missing girl seen on posters all over his neighborhood, it was the beginning of a lifelong obsession with true crime. That obsession led James to a successful career as an investigative journalist. It also gave him PTSD. In 2011 James began researching the strange disappearance of Maura Murray, a UMass student who went missing after wrecking her car in rural New Hampshire in 2004. Over the course of his investigation, he uncovered numerous important and shocking new clues about what may have happened to Maura but also found ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01EIC0CMG
• ASIN: B01EIC0CMG
• Brand: Random House Audio
• Manufacturer: Random House Audio

True Stories of Law & Order : The Real Crimes Behind the Best Episodes of the Hit TV Show

The incredible real-life cases behind TVUs longest-running crime drama reveal the fascinating and shocking facts behind 25 of the hit show's most popular episodes.

• UPC: 4837711
• Rating: 3.25

True Crime Addict - Audiobook

When an eleven year old James Renner fell in love with Amy Mihaljevic, the missing girl seen on posters all over his neighborhood, it was the beginning of a lifelong obsession with true crime. That

• UPC: 105779750
• Rating: 3.75

Partners in Crime: Two Logan and Steel Short Stories (Bad Heir Day and Stramash) - Audiobook

Two bloody brilliant short stories from No. 1 bestselling crime writer Stuart MacBride, featuring DS Logan McRae and his boss DI Steel STRAMASH:Something fishy is happening on the isle of Jura. DS Logan McRae gets

• UPC: 526778091
• Rating: 3.333

Partner in Crime - Audiobook

Beaumont meets Brady! An up-and-coming African-American artist has been murdered on Sheriff Joanna Brady's turf in Cochise County, Arizona. The victim happens to be in the Washington State Attorney General's witness protection program. Seattle detective

• UPC: 384207911
• Rating: 3.5

White Colander Crime - Audiobook

Queensville has great expectations for their Dickens Days festival. A tourist-trade boom means a big turnout for the opening of Queensville Historic Manor and for Jaymie Leighton, food columnist and vintage cookware collector, a chance

• UPC: 571829475
• Rating: 4.0

Remorseless - A British Crime Thriller - Audiobook

'A tale of twisted minds, psychopathic planning and dark moods... A really enjoyable read.' 'A deep, dark look inside the minds of killers...' From the back cover of the paperback version of Remorseless: Peter Leech

• UPC: 699272265
• Rating: 4.5

Accordion Crimes - Audiobook

Rarely has a literary novel so captured the hearts and minds of readers across America and the world as E. Annie Proulx's The Shipping News, winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

• UPC: 491883699
• Rating: 3.286

Crime and Poetry - Audiobook

Rushing home to sit by her ailing grandmother's bedside, Violet Waverly is shocked to find Grandma Daisy the picture of perfect health. Violet doesn't need to read between the lines: Her grandma wants Violet back

• UPC: 865402319
• Rating: 4.222

Dark Crimes - Audiobook

A young woman's body is discovered on a deserted footpath . . . It seems like a simple crime for DCI Sophie Allen and her team to solve. But not when the victim's mother is

• UPC: 287131279
• Rating: 3.333

Crime Scene - Audiobook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A former star athlete turned deputy coroner is drawn into a brutal, complicated murder in this psychological thriller from a father-son writing team that delivers “brilliant, page-turning fiction” (Stephen King).Natural

• UPC: 680585544