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David Thorn narrates *The Ice Princess* with a cool restraint that suits the genre — his delivery never oversells the dread, letting Läckberg's small-town darkness seep in the way cold does, gradually and from every direction. The fifteen-hour runtime works in the book's favor, giving the Fjällbacka setting time to feel genuinely inhabited rather than decorative. The listens here are cut from the same cloth: long enough to build real atmosphere, rated consistently high by readers who take their crime fiction seriously, and several have the awards to show for it.

10 books for fans of The Ice Princess

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    Only the Dead

    Terminal List • Book 6

    by Jack Carr

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    A 1980 political assassination connects to a present-day conspiracy threatening global stability, forcing Navy SEAL James Reece to confront enemies embedded in America's power structure.

    4.54 Goodreads (24.0K ratings)
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    Red Sky Mourning

    Terminal List • Book 7

    by Jack Carr

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    A rogue Chinese submarine navigates toward the US West Coast while a Silicon Valley mogul's quantum computing breakthrough threatens America's very existence.

    4.48 Goodreads (20.4K ratings)
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    New York to Dallas

    In Death • Book 33

    by J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen

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    The monster from Eve's first case as a rookie cop escapes prison and heads straight for her, forcing her to confront the childhood horrors that made her a cop. Robb digs deep into her protagonist's origin story.

    4.45 Goodreads (34.8K ratings)
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    Apprentice in Death

    In Death • Book 43

    by J.D. Robb

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    Three people die from sniper fire at an ice skating rink — apparently random victims until Dallas realizes she's hunting a killer learning the craft under expert guidance. The 43rd In Death novel explores how murder becomes a teachable skill.

    4.45 Goodreads (27.5K ratings)
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    Hellbent

    Orphan X • Book 3

    by Gregg Hurwitz

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    Hurwitz's third Orphan X novel puts Evan Smoak's surrogate father Jack in mortal danger from the same government program that created both mentor and lethal protégé.

    4.44 Goodreads (25.3K ratings)
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    Backlash

    Scot Harvath • Book 18

    by Brad Thor

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    After a mission goes catastrophically wrong, Scot Harvath finds himself alone in the brutal Russian wilderness, hunted by enemies while fighting hypothermia and starvation.

    4.43 Goodreads (17.2K ratings)
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    Consent to Kill

    Mitch Rapp • Book 8

    by Vince Flynn

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    Mitch Rapp's ruthless counterterrorism methods finally provoke retaliation when foreign agents target his personal life, testing whether America's deadliest operative can protect those closest to him.

    4.41 Goodreads (53.1K ratings)
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    Imitation in Death

    In Death • Book 17

    by J.D. Robb

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    Summer 2059: A caped figure murders a prostitute and leaves Lieutenant Eve Dallas a signed letter from 'Jack,' beginning a twisted game where the killer imitates famous serial murderers throughout history.

    4.39 Goodreads (32.8K ratings)
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    Purity in Death

    In Death • Book 15

    by J.D. Robb

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    Someone has weaponized a computer virus that drives victims into homicidal rage before killing them, forcing Lieutenant Eve Dallas to solve murders where the weapon is pure digital malice.

    4.38 Goodreads (33.1K ratings)
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    Obsession in Death

    In Death • Book 40

    by J.D. Robb

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    Eve faces her most disturbing case when a fan starts killing on her behalf, turning her into an unwilling muse for murder. Hero worship becomes deadly obsession in futuristic New York.

    4.38 Goodreads (27.0K ratings)