Best Donada Peters Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Donada Peters — 9 titles spanning Mystery, averaging 4.07 ABR stars.

Donada Peters is a British audiobook narrator whose work narrating Elizabeth George's Inspector Lynley series represents one of the sustained achievements in crime fiction audio. She has voiced A Great Deliverance, Well-Schooled in Murder, Missing Joseph, Playing for the Ashes, In the Presence of the Enemy, Deception on His Mind, In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner, A Traitor to Memory, and A Place of Hiding, among others. Peters navigates George's unusually complex, character-driven mysteries with impressive skill, maintaining consistent portrayals of Lynley, Barbara Havers, Simon and Deborah St. James, and the dozens of supporting characters who populate George's richly realized England. Her voice conveys both the class tensions at the heart of the series and the emotional depth George brings to crime fiction. Peters handles the American author's British settings with total authenticity, and her ability to sustain dramatic tension across George's lengthy novels makes her recordings a benchmark in the genre.

Where to Start with Donada Peters

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    In the Presence of the Enemy

    Inspector Lynley • Book 8

    by Elizabeth George

    Narrated by Donada Peters

    4.30 ABR Score (14.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (14.5K) ★ 4.73 Audible (369)
    20h 49m listening time • Released 2018
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    Well-Schooled in Murder

    Inspector Lynley • Book 3

    by Elizabeth George

    Narrated by Donada Peters

    4.21 ABR Score (29.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (28.5K) ★ 4.56 Audible (426)
    14h 38m listening time • Released 2018
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    Deception on His Mind

    Inspector Lynley • Book 9

    by Elizabeth George

    Narrated by Donada Peters

    4.20 ABR Score (14.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (13.8K) ★ 4.67 Audible (273)
    22h 54m listening time • Released 2018
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    In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner

    Inspector Lynley • Book 10

    by Elizabeth George

    Narrated by Donada Peters

    4.18 ABR Score (17.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (16.9K) ★ 4.6 Audible (281)
    22h 47m listening time • Released 2018
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    A Great Deliverance

    Inspector Lynley • Book 1

    by Elizabeth George

    Narrated by Donada Peters

    4.08 ABR Score (53.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.03 Goodreads (52.4K) ★ 4.38 Audible (860)
    11h 2m listening time • Released 2018
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    Playing for the Ashes

    Inspector Lynley • Book 7

    by Elizabeth George

    Narrated by Donada Peters

    4.05 ABR Score (18.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (18.5K) ★ 4.43 Audible (272)
    24h 18m listening time • Released 2018
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    Missing Joseph

    Inspector Lynley • Book 6

    by Elizabeth George

    Narrated by Donada Peters

    3.93 ABR Score (16.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (15.7K) ★ 4.32 Audible (287)
    17h 46m listening time • Released 2018
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    A Place of Hiding

    Inspector Lynley • Book 12

    by Elizabeth George

    Narrated by Donada Peters

    3.89 ABR Score (11.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.9 Goodreads (11.6K) ★ 4.31 Audible (203)
    22h 14m listening time • Released 2018
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    A Traitor to Memory

    Inspector Lynley • Book 11

    by Elizabeth George

    Narrated by Donada Peters

    3.83 ABR Score (13.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (12.8K) ★ 4.19 Audible (242)
    28h 54m listening time • Released 2018

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