Books Like What Have You Done?

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January LaVoy anchors What Have You Done? with a steady, community-level intimacy — she shifts between the three narrators without losing the small-town texture that makes the mystery feel personal rather than procedural, across a tight nine hours. Eight of the ten recommendations share her voice, all of them thrillers and mysteries where that same sense of controlled unease and character texture carries the listen.

10 books for fans of What Have You Done?

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    The Deep, Deep Snow

    Shelby Lake • Book 1

    by Brian Freeman

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    Abandoned as a baby and saved from freezing, Deputy Shelby Lake now faces another missing child case. Freeman explores how past trauma shapes present investigations in this decade-spanning mystery.

    4.21 Goodreads (11.3K ratings)
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    15th Affair

    Women's Murder Club • Book 15

    by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

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    A dead man in a luxury hotel room pulls detective Lindsay Boxer into a case that could destroy everything she's built—her marriage, career, and life.

    4.14 Goodreads (44.2K ratings)
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    12th of Never

    Women's Murder Club • Book 12

    by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

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    New mother Lindsay Boxer juggles a newborn and two killers when a football star becomes a murder suspect and her own life faces deadly threat.

    4.09 Goodreads (51.1K ratings)
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    Identity Unknown

    Kay Scarpetta • Book 28

    by Patricia Cornwell

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    When forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta discovers her murder victim is a former lover from her teaching days in Rome, the case becomes devastatingly personal. An abandoned theme park setting adds gothic eeriness to this 28th series entry.

    4.07 Goodreads (22.4K ratings)
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    Badlands

    The Highway Quartet • Book 3

    by C.J. Box

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    January LaVoy's compelling narration captures the same tense, morally complex atmosphere in both audiobooks, where ordinary people become entangled in dangerous situations they can't easily escape. Both mysteries unfold with deliberate pacing and psychological depth, rewarding listeners who appreciate character-driven crime stories over straightforward whodunits.

    4.07 Goodreads (18.8K ratings)
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    Photograph

    by Brian Freeman

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    Private investigator Shannon Wells takes a case helping a woman uncover her real identity, but when her client turns up dead, the investigation becomes far more dangerous.

    4.12 Goodreads (2.3K ratings)
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    Best of "The Strand Magazine": 25 Years of Twists, Turns, and Tales from the Modern Masters of Mystery and Fiction

    by Andrew F. Gulli - editor, Lamia J. Gulli - editor

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    Twenty-five years of The Strand Magazine's finest short fiction distills masters like Jo Nesbø's Nordic noir and Ray Bradbury's imagination into bite-sized revelations. Each story represents a different flavor of literary excellence.

    4.67 Goodreads (3 ratings)
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    The Longmire Defense

    Walt Longmire • Book 19

    by Craig Johnson

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    After his last case forced him to confront ghosts and question the nature of justice, Sheriff Longmire encounters a crime scene unlike any he's seen in Wyoming.

    4.54 Goodreads (11.0K ratings)
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    Resurrection Walk

    The Lincoln Lawyer • Book 7

    by Michael Connelly

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    Defense attorney Mickey Haller specializes in million-to-one cases, enlisting half-brother Harry Bosch to find the genuine innocence claims among desperate prison letters.

    4.53 Goodreads (77.5K ratings)
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    Desert Star

    Renée Ballard • Book 5

    by Michael Connelly

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    Connelly reunites Ballard and Bosch to hunt Harry's ultimate cold case—a family massacre that's driven him for years. Their partnership deepens while tackling Connelly's most personal storytelling yet.

    4.47 Goodreads (86.3K ratings)