Audiobooks Like The Law of Innocence

If you loved The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly, 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 Peter Giles's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Law of Innocence

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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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    Blood Work

    Harry Bosch Universe • Book 7

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    4.44 ABR Score (71.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (62.4K) ★ 4.48 Audible (9.5K)
    12h 41m listening time • Released 2008

    Dick Hill's measured, deliberate narration transforms this redemption-through-obsession thriller into something more introspective than you'd expect—a retired FBI profiler hunting his heart donor's killer becomes a meditation on second chances and what we owe strangers.

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    Void Moon

    Harry Bosch Universe • Book 9

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by L.J. Ganser

    4.23 ABR Score (41.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (36.8K) ★ 4.33 Audible (4.8K)
    10h 59m listening time • Released 2009
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    Chasing the Dime

    Harry Bosch Universe • Book 12

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Jonathan Davis

    4.09 ABR Score (46.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.97 Goodreads (42.9K) ★ 4.17 Audible (3.3K)
    10h 23m listening time • Released 2002
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    The Poet

    Jack McEvoy • Book 1

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Buck Schirner

    4.44 ABR Score (126.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (110.1K) ★ 4.39 Audible (16.8K)
    15h 24m listening time • Released 2008

    Connelly's standalone thriller is his most disturbing — an LA crime reporter investigates a serial killer who stages suicides, and the investigation becomes deeply personal.

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    The Overlook

    Harry Bosch • Book 13

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Len Cariou

    4.24 ABR Score (61.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (57.2K) ★ 4.34 Audible (4.3K)
    6h 37m listening time • Released 2007
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    Cross Down

    Alex Cross • Book 31

    by James Patterson, Brendan DuBois

    Narrated by William Christopher Stephens, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Mela Lee, Inger Tudor, Zeno Robinson, Wayne Carr, Peter Giles

    4.52 ABR Score (26.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (25.5K) ★ 4.66 Audible (1.2K)
    9h 46m listening time • Released 2023
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    Savage Son

    Terminal List • Book 3

    by Jack Carr

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.88 ABR Score (65.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (36.5K) ★ 4.87 Audible (28.7K)
    12h 56m listening time • Released 2020

    Ray Porter transforms Carr's revenge thriller into pure adrenaline. His ability to shift between Reece's measured lethality and the chaos around him makes this the best entry in the series yet.

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    In the Blood

    Terminal List • Book 5

    by Jack Carr

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.86 ABR Score (52.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.49 Goodreads (27.6K) ★ 4.87 Audible (24.7K)
    12h 8m listening time • Released 2022

    Ray Porter's relentless delivery transforms Carr's geopolitical thriller into something almost unbearably gripping—his voice makes Reece's obsession feel like your own.

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    The Devil's Hand

    Terminal List • Book 4

    by Jack Carr

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.83 ABR Score (53.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.45 Goodreads (31.0K) ★ 4.85 Audible (22.0K)
    14h 37m listening time • Released 2021

    Ray Porter's gravelly delivery transforms Carr's geopolitical thriller into something almost hypnotic—he makes every tactical detail and moral compromise feel inevitable, turning a sprawling post-9/11 reckoning into pure momentum.

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