Audiobooks Like The Maltese Falcon

10 audiobooks for fans of The Maltese Falcon

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   The Kill-Off (Mulholland Classic)

   by Jim Thompson

   Narrated by Robertson Dean, Coleen Marlo

   ★ 3.64 ABR Score (1.4K ratings)

   ★ 3.73 Goodreads (1.4K) ★ 3.8 Audible (15)

   7h 43m listening time • Released 2012

   Dean and Marlo's dual narration captures Thompson's claustrophobic noir perfectly, swapping perspectives so seamlessly you feel trapped in this poisoned town with everyone plotting the same murder.

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   Fiddle Game

   Herman Jackson • Book 1

   by Richard A. Thompson

   Narrated by Robertson Dean

   ★ 3.56 ABR Score (82 ratings)

   ★ 3.58 Goodreads (78) ★ 3.75 Audible (4)

   7h 47m listening time • Released 2008

   Robertson Dean's noir-smooth narration transforms this crime-tinged con game into pure listening pleasure—a sharp, twisty Minnesota noir that rewards your full attention.

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   Frag Box (Herman Jackson)

   Herman Jackson • Book 2

   by Richard A. Thompson

   Narrated by Robertson Dean

   ★ 3.54 ABR Score (54 ratings)

   ★ 3.82 Goodreads (51) ★ 3 Audible (3)

   6h 38m listening time • Released 2009

   Robertson Dean's narration captures the paranoia and moral decay simmering beneath this Vietnam noir—his voice pulls you into Herman Jackson's unraveling world with unsettling precision.

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   10 Books That Screwed Up the World: And 5 Others That Didn't Help

   by Benjamin Wiker

   Narrated by Robertson Dean

   ★ 3.48 ABR Score (1.8K ratings)

   ★ 3.43 Goodreads (1.4K) ★ 4.06 Audible (432)

   6h 54m listening time • Released 2008

   Robertson Dean's measured, professorial delivery transforms what could be a polemical slog into genuinely compelling intellectual sparring—you'll find yourself arguing back at the narrator, which is exactly the point.

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   Daughter of the Morning Star

   Walt Longmire • Book 17

   by Craig Johnson

   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

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   Land of Wolves

   Walt Longmire • Book 15

   by Craig Johnson

   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

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   Deadly Secrets

   Detective Erika Foster • Book 6

   by Robert Bryndza

   Narrated by Jan Cramer

   ★ 4.45 ABR Score (18.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.32 Goodreads (16.6K) ★ 4.65 Audible (1.5K)

   8h 42m listening time • Released 2018

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   The Emancipation Proclamation

   by Abraham Lincoln

   Narrated by Robertson Dean

   ★ 3.92 ABR Score (791 ratings)

   ★ 4.44 Goodreads (772) ★ 4.79 Audible (19)

   Robertson Dean's grave, measured delivery transforms Lincoln's words into something you feel in your chest—this is history that becomes living argument, not dusty artifact.

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   Echos (Rivages noir)

   by Richard Matheson, François Guérif, Jean-Paul Gratias

   Narrated by Robertson Dean

   ★ 3.74 ABR Score (15.4K ratings)

   ★ 3.86 Goodreads (15.4K) ★ 3.83 Audible (59)

   12h 46m listening time • Released 2011

   Robertson Dean's measured intensity carries you through this French noir mystery with just the right amount of dread—a supernatural revenge tale that works because it trusts the unsettling premise rather than overselling it.

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    Murder on the Orient Express

    A Hercule Poirot Mystery • Book 10

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Dan Stevens

    Both audiobooks deliver classic detective mysteries with sharp, atmospheric narration that keeps you engaged through intricate plots and morally complex characters. Where Hammett's hardboiled detective work unfolds through gritty urban streets, Christie's locked-room puzzle offers the same intellectual satisfaction and expertly paced revelations, just with a more refined setting and equally skilled narrator bringing the tension to life.

    ★ 4.67 ABR Score (755.1K ratings)

    ★ 4.2 Goodreads (741.3K) ★ 4.68 Audible (13.8K)

    6h 37m listening time • Released 2013

    Christie's most celebrated Poirot case — a murder on a snowbound train, a cast of suspects with no apparent motive, and a solution so audacious it shouldn't work but does.

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