Audiobooks Like Faceless Killers

If you loved Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell, these audiobooks share similar qualities — same genre, sometimes the same narrator, comparable length, and the kind of ratings that signal a great listen. Fans of Dick Hill's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of Faceless Killers

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    The Preacher

    Fjällbacka • Book 2

    by Camilla Läckberg, Steven T. Murray

    Narrated by David Thorn

    3.77 ABR Score (49.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (48.6K) ★ 4.13 Audible (635)
    15h 47m listening time • Released 2011
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    Long Time No See cover

    Long Time No See

    87th Precinct • Book 32

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.85 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (1.5K) ★ 4.48 Audible (48)
    9h 40m listening time • Released 2012
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    Tricks cover

    Tricks

    87th Precinct • Book 40

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.79 ABR Score (1.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (1.5K) ★ 4.3 Audible (46)
    8h 12m listening time • Released 2012
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    Poison

    87th Precinct • Book 39

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.77 ABR Score (2.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (2.2K) ★ 4.15 Audible (41)
    8h 30m listening time • Released 2012
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    Eight Black Horses cover

    Eight Black Horses

    87th Precinct • Book 38

    by Ed McBain, Mark T. Sullivan

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.77 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (1.6K) ★ 4.21 Audible (47)
    8h 17m listening time • Released 2015
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    Heat

    87th Precinct • Book 35

    by Ed McBain, Dick Hill

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.77 ABR Score (1.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (1.7K) ★ 4.21 Audible (43)
    7h 54m listening time • Released 2012
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    Lightning

    87th Precinct • Book 37

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.75 ABR Score (1.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (1.4K) ★ 4.18 Audible (50)
    10h 16m listening time • Released 2012
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    Calypso

    87th Precinct • Book 33

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.72 ABR Score (1.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.84 Goodreads (1.3K) ★ 4.2 Audible (40)
    8h 14m listening time • Released 2012

    Dick Hill's gravel-voiced narration makes this 87th Precinct procedural feel lived-in and true, turning McBain's rain-soaked detective work into something you want to sit with for eight hours straight.

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    Lullaby

    87th Precinct • Book 41

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.69 ABR Score (1.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.81 Goodreads (1.6K) ★ 4.06 Audible (62)
    10h 43m listening time • Released 2012
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    Resurrection Walk

    The Lincoln Lawyer • Book 7

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Peter Giles, Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin

    4.86 ABR Score (84.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.53 Goodreads (77.5K) ★ 4.81 Audible (6.9K)
    10h 30m listening time • Released 2023

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