Best David Colacci Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by David Colacci — 6 titles spanning Mystery, averaging 4.09 ABR stars.

David Colacci is an American audiobook narrator with a deep, resonant voice well suited to crime fiction and historical mystery. He has narrated titles across multiple established series, including Preston & Child's Relic and Anne Perry's William Monk series, having voiced Dark Assassin, Execution Dock, Blood on the Water, An Echo of Murder, and Dark Tide Rising. Colacci excels at the Victorian atmosphere of Perry's Monk books, conveying the fog-drenched moral weight of the series with careful attention to period detail and character distinction. His voice carries authority and gravity without becoming ponderous, a balance critical to long-form mystery narration. He handles Perry's extensive cast of recurring characters — Monk, Hester, Oliver Rathbone — with consistency across the series. Colacci's measured pacing and clear diction make complex procedural plots easy to follow in audio format, and his work has established him as a reliable presence in both British and American crime fiction.

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    The Heavens May Fall

    Detective Max Rupert • Book 3

    by Allen Eskens

    Narrated by David Colacci, Amy McFadden, R.C. Bray

    ★ 4.37 ABR Score (31.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (20.1K) ★ 4.5 Audible (10.9K)
    9h 32m listening time • Released 2016

    Three narrators bring razor-sharp tension to this legal thriller where a detective and defense attorney clash over guilt and innocence, forcing both to reckon with the ghosts they've buried. Colacci, McFadden, and Bray make you feel the weight of their opposing convictions.

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    Execution Dock

    William Monk • Book 16

    by Anne Perry

    Narrated by David Colacci

    ★ 4.09 ABR Score (4.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (3.8K) ★ 4.66 Audible (196)
    12h 51m listening time • Released 2016
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    Dark Assassin

    William Monk • Book 15

    by Anne Perry

    Narrated by David Colacci

    ★ 4.08 ABR Score (4.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (3.9K) ★ 4.61 Audible (299)
    13h 3m listening time • Released 2014
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    Dark Tide Rising

    William Monk • Book 24

    by Anne Perry

    Narrated by David Colacci

    ★ 4.06 ABR Score (3.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (2.7K) ★ 4.52 Audible (364)
    11h 55m listening time • Released 2018
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    Blood on the Water

    William Monk • Book 20

    by Anne Perry

    Narrated by David Colacci

    ★ 3.97 ABR Score (3.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.94 Goodreads (3.3K) ★ 4.47 Audible (359)
    11h 43m listening time • Released 2014
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    An Echo of Murder

    William Monk • Book 23

    by Anne Perry

    Narrated by David Colacci

    ★ 3.96 ABR Score (3.6K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (3.1K) ★ 4.39 Audible (574)
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