Where to Start with Sarah Pekkanen
- Best entry point → The Locked Ward
- Best standalone → The Wife Between Us
- What fans keep coming back to → An Anonymous Girl
- Highest rated by listeners → You Are Not Alone
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The Wife Between Us
by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
Narrated by Julia Whelan
★ 4.27 ABR Score (485.1K ratings)★ 3.83 Goodreads (449.7K) ★ 4.28 Audible (35.4K)11h 30m listening time • Released 2018Julia Whelan's performance transforms this twist-heavy thriller into pure audio gold, shifting between unreliable perspectives so seamlessly you'll second-guess everything you thought you knew.
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An Anonymous Girl
by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Julia Whelan
★ 4.19 ABR Score (201.2K ratings)★ 3.79 Goodreads (182.5K) ★ 4.26 Audible (18.6K)11h 40m listening time • Released 2019The dual narration catches every twist of psychological manipulation, with Kreinik and Whelan perfectly embodying the predator-prey dynamic that makes this thriller impossible to pause.
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You Are Not Alone
by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Dylan Moore
★ 4.12 ABR Score (98.7K ratings)★ 3.75 Goodreads (92.9K) ★ 4.29 Audible (5.7K)11h 1m listening time • Released 2020 -
The Locked Ward
Narrated by January LaVoy
★ 3.97 ABR Score (23.0K ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (22.7K) ★ 4.36 Audible (281)9h 4m listening time • Released 2025January LaVoy's performance transforms this twisty family mystery into something genuinely unsettling—her ability to shift between unreliable perspectives makes you question everything, including your own instincts about who's lying.
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The Twisted Women's Book Club
by Karin Slaughter, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Sarah Pekkanen, Linwood Barclay, Naomi Hirahara, K.J. Howe, Robert Dugoni, Alison Gaylin, Heather Gudenkauf, Shari Lapena, Clare Mackintosh, Stacy Willingham, January LaVoy, Andi Arndt, Saskia Maarleveld, Kathleen Early, Lauren Ezzo, Stephanie Epstein, Jenn Lee, Brittany Pressley, Cindy Kay, Nancy Wu, Nicola F. Delgado, Emily Lawrence, Karen Murray, Adepero Oduye, Daniela Acitelli
Narrated by January LaVoy, Andi Arndt, Saskia Maarleveld, Kathleen Early, full cast
★ 3.94 ABR Score (13.2K ratings)★ 3.52 Goodreads (7.6K) ★ 4.24 Audible (5.6K)10h 49m listening time • Released 2025
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