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The List of Suspicious Things

by Jennie Godfrey

Narrated by Joanne Froggatt, Mark Noble, Asif Khan, Gemma Whelan, Simon Harvey

4.10 BLT Score
(42.9K ratings)
★ 4.15 Goodreads (42.8K) ★ 4.65 Audible (66)

Why You'll Love This

Two girls in 1970s Yorkshire decide to catch the Ripper themselves — and somehow that premise becomes one of the most tender listens of the year.

  • Great if you want: bittersweet coming-of-age with real historical menace underneath
  • Listening experience: warm and nostalgic, with quiet dread building beneath the surface
  • Narration: full British cast — Froggatt and Whelan especially — makes the Yorkshire community feel lived-in
  • Skip if: you want a proper crime procedural, not a character-driven childhood story

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