Best Kathe Mazur Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Kathe Mazur — 6 titles spanning Thriller, Literature & Fiction, Mystery, averaging 3.85 ABR stars.

Kathe Mazur has a keen ear for psychological tension, making her a natural fit for the dark fiction of Jennifer McMahon and Shirley Jackson. Her reading of The Winter People is genuinely creepy — she builds atmosphere with a steady, slightly grave voice that never tips into hysteria. Jackson's The Lottery and Other Stories benefits from her controlled, understated delivery, which makes the horror land harder. Mazur brings the same precision to Tess Gerritsen's Body Double in the Rizzoli & Isles series, handling procedural detail and emotional stakes with equal facility. Her voice is mature and grounded, with a no-nonsense quality that suits smart protagonists. Listeners who love literary horror and mystery driven by atmosphere rather than jump scares will find Mazur an ideal narrator.

Where to Start with Kathe Mazur

  1. 1
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    Body Double

    Rizzoli & Isles • Book 4

    by Tess Gerritsen

    Narrated by Kathe Mazur

    ★ 4.32 ABR Score (65.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (63.9K) ★ 4.41 Audible (1.6K)
    11h 1m listening time • Released 2004
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    The Mephisto Club

    Rizzoli & Isles • Book 6

    by Tess Gerritsen

    Narrated by Kathe Mazur

    ★ 4.12 ABR Score (53.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.03 Goodreads (51.7K) ★ 4.21 Audible (1.6K)
    11h 15m listening time • Released 2006
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    The Lottery and Other Stories

    by Shirley Jackson, A.M. Homes

    Narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Gabrielle de Cuir, Kathe Mazur, Stefan Rudnicki

    ★ 3.84 ABR Score (86.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (85.1K) ★ 3.99 Audible (1.2K)
    9h 34m listening time • Released 2014
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    The Winter People

    by Jennifer McMahon

    Narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Kathe Mazur

    ★ 3.81 ABR Score (103.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.81 Goodreads (100.5K) ★ 4.14 Audible (3.0K)
    10h 45m listening time • Released 2014
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    The Evil Genius: A Domestic Story

    by Wilkie Collins

    Narrated by Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki, Kathe Mazur, Nan McNamara, Bahni Turpin, John Rubinstein

    ★ 3.62 ABR Score (532 ratings)
    ★ 3.58 Goodreads (524) ★ 4.88 Audible (8)
    16h 4m listening time • Released 2022

    A Victorian mystery where Collins' trademark plot twists collide with an all-star ensemble cast—each narrator becomes a suspect, making you question everyone's reliability at once.

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    The Divorce Papers

    by Susan Rieger

    Narrated by Rebecca Lowman, Arthur Morey, Kathe Mazur, Emily Rankin, Susan Denaker, Mark Bramhall, Fred Sanders, Mark Deakins, Kim Mai Guest, Marc Cashman, Kimberly Farr

    ★ 3.38 ABR Score (7.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.26 Goodreads (7.4K) ★ 3.54 Audible (145)
    13h 22m listening time • Released 2014
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