Where to Start with J.T. Ellison
- Best entry point → Tear Me Apart
- Best standalone → It's One of Us
- Start the Taylor Jackson series → All The Pretty Girls
- What fans keep coming back to → Lie to Me
- Best narrator for J.T. Ellison → The Cold Room
- Highest rated by listeners → Good Girls Lie
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Tear Me Apart
by J.T. Ellison
Narrated by Eva Kaminsky, Rebekkah Ross, Jacques Roy, Caitlin Davies, Amy McFadden, Pete Simonelli
★ 4.32 ABR Score (22.4K ratings)★ 4.15 Goodreads (18.7K) ★ 4.43 Audible (3.7K)13h 10m listening time • Released 2018 -
It's One of Us
by J.T. Ellison
Narrated by Julia Whelan
★ 4.17 ABR Score (48.3K ratings)★ 3.84 Goodreads (47.1K) ★ 4.45 Audible (1.2K)11h 38m listening time • Released 2023Julia Whelan's narration elevates this twisty thriller about secrets and DNA into something genuinely unsettling—her ability to shift between Olivia's desperation and creeping dread makes the moral reckoning hit harder than it has any right to.
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The Cold Room
Taylor Jackson • Book 4
by J.T. Ellison
Narrated by Joyce Bean
★ 4.12 ABR Score (4.3K ratings)★ 4.15 Goodreads (3.8K) ★ 4.36 Audible (465)11h 7m listening time • Released 2010 -
Good Girls Lie
by J.T. Ellison
Narrated by Fiona Hardingham
★ 4.07 ABR Score (26.6K ratings)★ 3.81 Goodreads (25.5K) ★ 4.33 Audible (1.1K)11h 53m listening time • Released 2019 -
Lie to Me
by J.T. Ellison
Narrated by Matthew Waterson, Saskia Maarleveld, Sarah Naughton, Julia Whelan
★ 4.05 ABR Score (40.2K ratings)★ 3.79 Goodreads (36.9K) ★ 4.22 Audible (3.3K)11h 37m listening time • Released 2017Multiple narrators nail the shifting perspectives in this domestic thriller, letting you hear each character's deception in their own voice. It's the audio format that makes the gaslighting feel real.
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All The Pretty Girls
Taylor Jackson • Book 1
by J.T. Ellison
Narrated by Joyce Bean
★ 4.05 ABR Score (11.5K ratings)★ 3.93 Goodreads (10.8K) ★ 4.26 Audible (654)10h 58m listening time • Released 2010 -
Last Seen
by J.T. Ellison
Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld, Scott Brick
★ 4.02 ABR Score (27.4K ratings)★ 3.92 Goodreads (26.9K) ★ 4.18 Audible (548)11h 10m listening time • Released 2025Saskia Maarleveld and Scott Brick nail the unreliable narrator game here—their dual performance makes you question what's true right alongside Halley, turning a family mystery into something genuinely unsettling.
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First Thrills
First Thrills • Book 1
by Lee Child, Bill Cameron, Marc Paoletti, Kelli Stanley, CJ Lyons, Rebecca Cantrell, J.T. Ellison, Karen Dionne, Grant McKenzie, Rip Gerber, Cynthia Robinson, Daniel Palmer, Unknown Author
Narrated by Jim Bond, Nick Podehl, Luke Daniels, Joyce Bean, Dick Hill
★ 3.63 ABR Score (4.8K ratings)★ 3.58 Goodreads (4.6K) ★ 3.49 Audible (131)12h 3m listening time • Released 2010
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