10 audiobooks for fans of 12th of Never
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Daughter of the Morning Star
Walt Longmire • Book 17
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.60 ABR Score (15.6K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (12.1K) ★ 4.72 Audible (3.4K)8h 25m listening time • Released 2021 -
Land of Wolves
Walt Longmire • Book 15
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.57 ABR Score (17.4K ratings)★ 4.32 Goodreads (12.6K) ★ 4.7 Audible (4.8K)8h 10m listening time • Released 2019 -
The Deep, Deep Snow
Shelby Lake • Book 1
Narrated by January LaVoy
★ 4.45 ABR Score (35.0K ratings)★ 4.21 Goodreads (11.3K) ★ 4.55 Audible (23.7K)10h 6m listening time • Released 2019January LaVoy's narration transforms this small-town mystery into something deeply intimate—her voice carries the weight of Shelby's abandonment trauma while unraveling a decade-spanning investigation that'll gut you.
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Badlands
The Highway Quartet • Book 3
by C.J. Box
Narrated by January LaVoy
★ 4.25 ABR Score (20.9K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (18.8K) ★ 4.53 Audible (2.1K)8h 57m listening time • Released 2015January LaVoy brings fierce clarity to a sprawling crime thriller, making Cassie Dewell's grit and a kid's impossible choice feel devastatingly real against North Dakota's brutal oil-boom landscape.
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Identity Unknown
Kay Scarpetta • Book 28
Narrated by January LaVoy
★ 4.16 ABR Score (23.6K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (22.4K) ★ 4.46 Audible (1.2K)10h 12m listening time • Released 2024January LaVoy's sharp, controlled narration cuts through Cornwell's forensic detail work, making this 28th Scarpetta feel urgent and genuinely unsettling rather than procedural-by-numbers.
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Killing Dreams
Sam Mason Mysteries • Book 5
by L.A. Dobbs
Narrated by Adam Verner
★ 4.08 ABR Score (5.2K ratings)★ 4.42 Goodreads (5.1K) ★ 4.79 Audible (24)6h 24m listening time • Released 2024 -
What Have You Done?
by Shari Lapena
Narrated by January LaVoy, Jorjeana Marie, Barrett Leddy
★ 3.98 ABR Score (104.5K ratings)★ 3.76 Goodreads (102.9K) ★ 4.37 Audible (1.5K)8h 49m listening time • Released 2024Multiple narrators bring real tension to this small-town murder mystery, each voice sharpening the paranoia as suspicion spreads through Fairhill. Lapena's page-turner becomes genuinely unsettling when you hear the town turn against itself.
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The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from The New Yorker
by Jelani Cobb, David Remnick
Narrated by JD Jackson, Adjoa Andoh, January LaVoy, Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Copland, Kaleo Griffith
★ 3.82 ABR Score (271 ratings)★ 4.45 Goodreads (244) ★ 4.63 Audible (27)30h 1m listening time • Released 2021A century of The New Yorker's essential essays on race in America, from Baldwin to Coates, elevated by six narrators who bring distinct voices to each piece. The audio format transforms these arguments into intimate conversations.
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Best of "The Strand Magazine": 25 Years of Twists, Turns, and Tales from the Modern Masters of Mystery and Fiction
by Andrew F. Gulli - editor, Lamia J. Gulli - editor
Narrated by January LaVoy, Gerard Doyle, Simon Vance, Dion Graham, Dan Bittner, Roger Clark, Edoardo Ballerini, Grover Gardner, Christopher Tester, Jean Brassard, Scott Brick, Tim Campbell, Robin Miles, Joel Froomkin, full cast
★ 3.48 ABR Score (7 ratings)★ 4.67 Goodreads (3) ★ 3.75 Audible (4)14h 24m listening time • Released 2025A stellar ensemble cast transforms this curated mystery anthology into pure listening theater—each narrator becomes the perfect voice for their story, making 14 hours fly by.
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie - HINDI Book 1) (Hindi Edition)
Hercule Poirot • Book 4
Narrated by Hugh Fraser
★ 4.64 ABR Score (359.7K ratings)★ 4.26 Goodreads (354.0K) ★ 4.69 Audible (5.6K)6h 54m listening time • Released 2012
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