10 audiobooks for fans of The Blue Hour
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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 - 2
The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
Narrated by Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher
★ 4.49 ABR Score (3.5M ratings)★ 3.96 Goodreads (3.3M) ★ 4.36 Audible (140.9K)10h 58m listening time • Released 2015Hawkins's debut rode the Gone Girl wave and deserved every bit of it — three unreliable female narrators, a missing woman, and a twist that genuinely lands.
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Don't Let Him In
The Family Upstairs Series
by Lisa Jewell
Narrated by Richard Armitage, Joanne Froggatt, Tamaryn Payne, Gemma Whelan, Louise Brealey, Patience Tomlinson
★ 4.23 ABR Score (207.1K ratings)★ 3.76 Goodreads (201.4K) ★ 4.41 Audible (5.7K)12h 14m listening time • Released 2025A stellar ensemble cast transforms this psychological thriller into something unmissable: each narrator embodies their character so distinctly you'll forget it's not a full cast production, amplifying the paranoia as three women's timelines converge around one dangerous man.
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Tempest
Beatrix Rose #0A • Book 4
by Mark Dawson
Narrated by Gemma Whelan
★ 4.17 ABR Score (2.5K ratings)★ 4.45 Goodreads (2.4K) ★ 4.49 Audible (95)9h 21m listening time • Released 2019 - 5
Three Hours
by Rosamund Lupton
Narrated by Gemma Whelan
★ 4.06 ABR Score (24.3K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (24.2K) ★ 4.08 Audible (25)10h 1m listening time • Released 2020 - 6
The Woman Who Lied
by Claire Douglas
Narrated by Ayesha Antoine, Gemma Whelan
★ 4.06 ABR Score (32.8K ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (32.6K) ★ 4.32 Audible (202)8h 48m listening time • Released 2024 - 7
Let Me Lie
by Clare Mackintosh
Narrated by Gemma Whelan, Clare Mackintosh
★ 3.98 ABR Score (44.8K ratings)★ 3.8 Goodreads (44.0K) ★ 4.16 Audible (808)11h 57m listening time • Released 2018 - 8
The Retreat
Detective Elin Warner • Book 2
by Sarah Pearse
Narrated by Gemma Whelan
★ 3.80 ABR Score (44.7K ratings)★ 3.62 Goodreads (44.7K) ★ 4 Audible (5)10h 6m listening time • Released 2022 - 9
The Wilds
Detective Elin Warner • Book 3
by Sarah Pearse
Narrated by Gemma Whelan
★ 3.76 ABR Score (13.8K ratings)★ 3.7 Goodreads (13.8K) ★ 3 Audible (1)10h 56m listening time • Released 2024 - 10
The Sanatorium
Detective Elin Warner • Book 1
by Sarah Pearse
Narrated by Gemma Whelan
★ 3.70 ABR Score (204.9K ratings)★ 3.36 Goodreads (204.9K) ★ 3.52 Audible (58)11h 53m listening time • Released 2021
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