Audiobooks Like What Have You Done?

January LaVoy anchors What Have You Done? with a steady, community-level intimacy — she shifts between the three narrators without losing the small-town texture that makes the mystery feel personal rather than procedural, across a tight nine hours. Eight of the ten recommendations share her voice, all of them thrillers and mysteries where that same sense of controlled unease and character texture carries the listen.

10 audiobooks for fans of What Have You Done?

  1. 1
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    The Deep, Deep Snow

    Shelby Lake • Book 1

    by Brian Freeman

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    4.45 ABR Score (35.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.21 Goodreads (11.3K) ★ 4.55 Audible (23.7K)
    10h 6m listening time • Released 2019

    January LaVoy's narration transforms this small-town mystery into something deeply intimate—her voice carries the weight of Shelby's abandonment trauma while unraveling a decade-spanning investigation that'll gut you.

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    21st Birthday

    Women's Murder Club • Book 21

    by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    4.40 ABR Score (45.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (42.3K) ★ 4.58 Audible (3.4K)
    8h 50m listening time • Released 2021
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    The 18th Abduction

    Women's Murder Club • Book 18

    by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    4.34 ABR Score (42.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.12 Goodreads (38.6K) ★ 4.55 Audible (3.5K)
    7h 54m listening time • Released 2019
  4. 4
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    15th Affair

    Women's Murder Club • Book 15

    by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    4.29 ABR Score (47.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (44.2K) ★ 4.49 Audible (3.1K)
    7h 22m listening time • Released 2016
  5. 5
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    Badlands

    The Highway Quartet • Book 3

    by C.J. Box

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    January LaVoy's compelling narration captures the same tense, morally complex atmosphere in both audiobooks, where ordinary people become entangled in dangerous situations they can't easily escape. Both mysteries unfold with deliberate pacing and psychological depth, rewarding listeners who appreciate character-driven crime stories over straightforward whodunits.

    4.25 ABR Score (20.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (18.8K) ★ 4.53 Audible (2.1K)
    8h 57m listening time • Released 2015

    January LaVoy brings fierce clarity to a sprawling crime thriller, making Cassie Dewell's grit and a kid's impossible choice feel devastatingly real against North Dakota's brutal oil-boom landscape.

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    12th of Never

    Women's Murder Club • Book 12

    by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    4.22 ABR Score (53.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (51.1K) ★ 4.45 Audible (2.6K)
    7h 6m listening time • Released 2013
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    Identity Unknown

    Kay Scarpetta • Book 28

    by Patricia Cornwell

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    4.16 ABR Score (23.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (22.4K) ★ 4.46 Audible (1.2K)
    10h 12m listening time • Released 2024

    January LaVoy's sharp, controlled narration cuts through Cornwell's forensic detail work, making this 28th Scarpetta feel urgent and genuinely unsettling rather than procedural-by-numbers.

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    The 19th Christmas

    Women's Murder Club • Book 19

    by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    4.15 ABR Score (43.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (41.3K) ★ 4.45 Audible (2.5K)
    7h 5m listening time • Released 2019
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    The 23rd Midnight (WMC #23)

    Women's Murder Club BookShots • Book 23

    by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    4.43 ABR Score (1.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.7 Audible (1.0K)
    8h 4m listening time • Released 2023
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    Photograph

    by Brian Freeman

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    4.07 ABR Score (2.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.12 Goodreads (2.3K) ★ 4.63 Audible (215)
    9h 50m listening time • Released 2025

    January LaVoy's narration transforms this cold case mystery into something genuinely haunting—her voice captures the desperation of a woman chasing shadows, making you feel every dead end before the final reveal lands.

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