Audiobooks Like In a Dark, Dark Wood

10 audiobooks for fans of In a Dark, Dark Wood

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   The Woman in Cabin 10

   Lo Blacklock • Book 1

   by Ruth Ware

   Narrated by Imogen Church

   Imogen Church's masterful narration brings the same claustrophobic tension and unreliable-narrator suspense to this locked-room mystery set aboard a ship, delivering another immersive psychological thriller that builds dread through intimate, unsettling perspectives.

   ★ 4.10 ABR Score (802.0K ratings)

   ★ 3.72 Goodreads (785.3K) ★ 4.13 Audible (16.6K)

   11h 14m listening time • Released 2016

   Ware's maritime thriller is pure claustrophobic tension — a journalist witnesses a murder on a luxury cruise, except officially no one died.

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   The Turn of the Key

   by Ruth Ware

   Narrated by Imogen Church

   ★ 4.36 ABR Score (346.8K ratings)

   ★ 3.9 Goodreads (331.7K) ★ 4.44 Audible (15.1K)

   12h 13m listening time • Released 2019

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   The Lying Game

   by Ruth Ware

   Narrated by Imogen Church

   ★ 3.99 ABR Score (223.8K ratings)

   ★ 3.52 Goodreads (216.7K) ★ 4.2 Audible (7.1K)

   13h 39m listening time • Released 2017

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   Zero Days

   by Ruth Ware

   Narrated by Imogen Church

   ★ 3.74 ABR Score (130.6K ratings)

   ★ 3.63 Goodreads (129.5K) ★ 3.82 Audible (1.1K)

   14h 10m listening time • Released 2023

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   The Hunting Party

   by Lucy Foley

   Narrated by Gary Furlong, Elle Newlands, Morag Sims, Imogen Church, Moira Quirk

   ★ 4.11 ABR Score (380.3K ratings)

   ★ 3.6 Goodreads (367.9K) ★ 4.27 Audible (12.4K)

   10h 8m listening time • Released 2019

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   Into the Water

   by Paula Hawkins

   Narrated by Laura Aikman, Sophie Aldred, Rachel Bavidge, Daniel Weyman, Imogen Church

   ★ 3.92 ABR Score (435.7K ratings)

   ★ 3.59 Goodreads (421.9K) ★ 3.98 Audible (13.9K)

   11h 32m listening time • Released 2017

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   Verity

   by Colleen Hoover

   Narrated by Vanessa Johansson, Amy Landon

   ★ 4.74 ABR Score (4.0M ratings)

   ★ 4.29 Goodreads (3.9M) ★ 4.51 Audible (137.0K)

   8h 10m listening time • Released 2019

   The dual narration transforms this psychological thriller into something genuinely unnerving—each narrator pulls you deeper into a twisted conspiracy that rewires everything you thought you knew.

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   The Housemaid's Secret

   The Housemaid • Book 2

   by Freida McFadden

   Narrated by Lauryn Allman

   ★ 4.66 ABR Score (1.8M ratings)

   ★ 4.16 Goodreads (1.8M) ★ 4.63 Audible (20.2K)

   9h 44m listening time • Released 2023

   McFadden's follow-up to The Housemaid doubles down on domestic suspense — more twists, a more complex heroine, and a villain who's genuinely unsettling.

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   Then She Was Gone

   by Lisa Jewell

   Narrated by Helen Duff

   Both audiobooks deliver psychological suspense through unreliable narrators and shocking twists, with Helen Duff's narration matching Imogen Church's skill at building dread through intimate, character-driven storytelling. The similar runtime and pacing make Then She Was Gone an equally gripping listen for those drawn to Ware's exploration of secrets lurking beneath ordinary lives.

   ★ 4.61 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)

   ★ 4.04 Goodreads (1.0M) ★ 4.56 Audible (84.7K)

   10h 12m listening time • Released 2018

   Jewell's missing-girl thriller has one of crime fiction's most shocking reveals — a mother reconnects with a man whose daughter eerily resembles her missing child.

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    The Lincoln Lawyer

    A Lincoln Lawyer Novel • Book 1

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Adam Grupper

    ★ 4.60 ABR Score (279.0K ratings)

    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (258.9K) ★ 4.57 Audible (20.2K)

    11h 36m listening time • Released 2005

    Connelly's Mickey Haller debut is a legal thriller with genuine moral complexity — a defense attorney who operates from the back of a Lincoln Town Car and discovers his client is guilty.

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