Best Barrie Kreinik Audiobooks

Barrie Kreinik has quietly become the definitive narrator for domestic psychological suspense — if you've been hooked by a Sally Hepworth novel on audio, you've been hooked by Kreinik. Her work across The Good Sister, The Mother-in-Law, and The Soulmate showcases a cool, intimate delivery that keeps tension coiled just beneath the surface; she sounds like the most reasonable person in the room, which is exactly what these unreliable-narrator stories need. Her voice is clear and measured, with enough warmth to draw you in and enough restraint to unsettle you. She's equally at home in literary fiction — Migrations is a quiet standout — and she handles the mythological weight of Ariadne with surprising grace. Listeners who love character-driven suspense, especially stories centered on women's relationships and secrets, will find Kreinik an ideal companion. She doesn't perform — she inhabits.

Where to Start with Barrie Kreinik

New to Barrie Kreinik? Start here → The Good Sister
What fans keep coming back to → The Mother-in-Law
Short listen, big payoff → The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy
Highest rated by listeners → Code Name Hélène
Best narrator–author pairing → The Venice Sketchbook

171 audiobooks in collection

★ 3.88 avg ABR rating

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Best Barrie Kreinik Audiobooks

1

Code Name Hélène

by Ariel Lawhon

Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Peter Ganim

★ 4.69 ABR Score (90.3K ratings)

★ 4.41 Goodreads (82.5K) ★ 4.76 Audible (7.8K)

17h 17m listening time • Released 2020

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2

Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure

Constable Evan Mystery

by Rhys Bowen

Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

★ 4.61 ABR Score (27.8K ratings)

★ 4.46 Goodreads (25.5K) ★ 4.76 Audible (2.3K)

12h 2m listening time • Released 2025

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3

The Choice

The Dragon Heart Legacy • Book 3

by Nora Roberts

Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

★ 4.52 ABR Score (51.8K ratings)

★ 4.29 Goodreads (44.3K) ★ 4.81 Audible (7.5K)

15h 18m listening time • Released 2022

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4

The Becoming

The Dragon Heart Legacy • Book 2

by Nora Roberts

Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

★ 4.51 ABR Score (59.0K ratings)

★ 4.3 Goodreads (51.0K) ★ 4.79 Audible (8.0K)

15h 42m listening time • Released 2021

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5

The Good Sister

by Sally Hepworth

Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

★ 4.51 ABR Score (237.3K ratings)

★ 4.14 Goodreads (233.2K) ★ 4.61 Audible (4.1K)

8h 19m listening time • Released 2021

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6

The Venice Sketchbook

Constable Evan Mystery

by Rhys Bowen

Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

★ 4.46 ABR Score (86.0K ratings)

★ 4.25 Goodreads (82.8K) ★ 4.64 Audible (3.2K)

11h 55m listening time • Released 2021

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7

The Sunflower House

by Adriana Allegri

Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Dallin Bradford, Saskia Maarleveld

★ 4.34 ABR Score (20.0K ratings)

★ 4.34 Goodreads (19.6K) ★ 4.67 Audible (405)

11h 35m listening time • Released 2024

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8

The Paris Assignment

Constable Evan Mystery

by Rhys Bowen

Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

★ 4.33 ABR Score (24.8K ratings)

★ 4.32 Goodreads (24.3K) ★ 4.63 Audible (528)

11h 17m listening time • Released 2023

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9

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

by Brom

Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

★ 4.31 ABR Score (114.5K ratings)

★ 4.2 Goodreads (111.1K) ★ 4.62 Audible (3.4K)

14h 28m listening time • Released 2021

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10

The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy

by Elizabeth Kendall, Molly Kendall

Narrated by Elizabeth Kendall, Barrie Kreinik, Molly Kendall

★ 4.31 ABR Score (16.6K ratings)

★ 4.18 Goodreads (15.2K) ★ 4.71 Audible (1.4K)

6h 18m listening time • Released 2020

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11

The Last Night in London

by Karen White

Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Saskia Maarleveld

★ 4.30 ABR Score (10.2K ratings)

★ 4.22 Goodreads (9.3K) ★ 4.64 Audible (833)

16h 21m listening time • Released 2021

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12

The Riviera House

by Natasha Lester

Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

★ 4.29 ABR Score (15.7K ratings)

★ 4.32 Goodreads (14.6K) ★ 4.54 Audible (1.1K)

14h 35m listening time • Released 2021

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13

As a Man Thinketh

by James Allen

Narrated by Adelia Saunders, Barrie Kreinik, Carly Robins, Eleanor Hutchins, Emily Bauer, Emily Lawrence, Fiona Hardingham, Greer Morrison, Joel Fotinos, Natalie Naudus, Sophie Amoss, Thérèse Plummer, Vivienne Leheny, Xe Sands

★ 4.28 ABR Score (97.5K ratings)

★ 4.24 Goodreads (97.4K) ★ 4.65 Audible (130)

2h 57m listening time • Released 2019

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14

Good Night, Irene

by Luis Alberto Urrea

Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Luis Alberto Urrea

★ 4.25 ABR Score (29.7K ratings)

★ 4.12 Goodreads (29.0K) ★ 4.62 Audible (705)

13h 26m listening time • Released 2023

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15

The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post

by Allison Pataki

Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

★ 4.25 ABR Score (93.9K ratings)

★ 4.14 Goodreads (90.6K) ★ 4.54 Audible (3.3K)

14h 35m listening time • Released 2022

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16

The Tribes

by Mari Howes

Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Piper Goodeve

★ 4.24 ABR Score (2.3K ratings)

★ 4.19 Goodreads (538) ★ 4.58 Audible (1.7K)

11h 48m listening time • Released 2020

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17

An Anonymous Girl

by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Julia Whelan

★ 4.19 ABR Score (201.2K ratings)

★ 3.79 Goodreads (182.5K) ★ 4.26 Audible (18.6K)

11h 40m listening time • Released 2019

The dual narration catches every twist of psychological manipulation, with Kreinik and Whelan perfectly embodying the predator-prey dynamic that makes this thriller impossible to pause.

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The Mother's Promise

by Sally Hepworth

Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

★ 4.16 ABR Score (27.8K ratings)

★ 4.15 Goodreads (27.3K) ★ 4.51 Audible (465)

9h 16m listening time • Released 2017

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19

The Paris Dressmaker

by Kristy Cambron

Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

★ 4.14 ABR Score (9.5K ratings)

★ 3.96 Goodreads (8.0K) ★ 4.55 Audible (1.5K)

12h 27m listening time • Released 2021

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Migrations

by Charlotte McConaghy

Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

★ 4.14 ABR Score (108.6K ratings)

★ 4.11 Goodreads (106.9K) ★ 4.33 Audible (1.7K)

8h 54m listening time • Released 2020

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All Barrie Kreinik Audiobooks (171)

Historical Fiction (31)

Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon

★4.41 17h 17m

Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure by Rhys Bowen

★4.46 12h 2m

The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen

★4.25 11h 55m

The Sunflower House by Adriana Allegri

★4.34 11h 35m

The Paris Assignment by Rhys Bowen

★4.32 11h 17m

The Last Night in London by Karen White

★4.22 16h 21m

The Riviera House by Natasha Lester

★4.32 14h 35m

The Paris Dressmaker by Kristy Cambron

★3.96 12h 27m

The Italian Ballerina by Kristy Cambron

★4.13 10h 18m

Finding Margaret Fuller by Allison Pataki

★4.09 13h 22m

A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler

★3.96 14h 19m

The Butterfly and the Violin by Kristy Cambron

★4.11 10h 4m

A Sparrow in Terezin by Kristy Cambron

★4.21 9h 54m

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

★3.78 12h 17m

The British Booksellers by Kristy Cambron

★4.09 11h 18m

The Sea Gate by Jane Johnson

★4.04 11h 49m

The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre by Natasha Lester

★4.00 12h 48m

The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard by Natasha Lester

★4.06 13h 8m

The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem by Sarit Yishai-Levi, Anthony Berris

★4.00 17h 4m

Heresy by Melissa Lenhardt

★4.01 14h 3m

It Girl by Allison Pataki

★4.13 13h 53m

The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe

★3.76 11h 39m

Ribbons of Scarlet by Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie, E. Knight, Sophie Perinot, Heather Webb, Allison Pataki

★3.87 16h 1m

The Two-Family House by Linda Cohen Loigman

8h 54m

Unsinkable by Jenni L. Walsh

★3.82 11h 2m

The Incorrigibles by Meredith Jaeger

★4.03 10h 4m

The English Wife by Lauren Willig

★3.73 14h 53m

The Dressmaker's Dowry by Meredith Jaeger

★3.70 9h 40m

The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova

★3.73 18h 36m

Between Two Fires by Mark Noce

★3.56 12h 27m

The Philadelphia Heiress by Anita Abriel

★3.71 8h 25m

Thriller (30)

The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth

★4.14 8h 19m

The Tribes by Mari Howes

★4.19 11h 48m

An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

★3.79 11h 40m

You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

★3.75 11h 1m

The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth

★3.96 9h 12m

The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth

★3.82

Wicked Wanted Widows by Kimberly Belle, Ariel Blake, Dina Pearlman, Karissa Vacker, Barrie Kreinik, Kevin T. Collins, Helen Laser, Neil Hellegers, Vanessa Lillie, Cate Holahan

★3.56 9h 3m

The Girl in the Castle by James Patterson, Emily Raymond

★3.85 8h 13m

The Mother’s Secret by Kathryn Croft

★3.92 9h 9m

Look Twice by Eva Hudson

★4.57 9h 48m

The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth

★3.78 9h 11m

The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth

★3.78 7h 44m

Code Dead: An International FBI Thriller (Ingrid Skyberg Book 9) by Eva Hudson

★4.55 8h 8m

Flight Risk by Eva Hudson

★4.49 7h 39m

The Stowaway by James S. Murray, Darren Wearmouth

★3.78 7h 54m

The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling

★3.61 13h 28m

Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

★3.55 7h 43m

Shoot First by Eva Hudson

★4.30 9h 5m

Everybody is a Liar by Liv Constantine, Barrie Kreinik, Saskia Maarleveld, Shayr Guthrie, Jennifer Jill Araya, Dallis Seeker, Danny Campbell

★3.60 3h 23m

Deep Hurt: An International FBI Thriller (Ingrid Skyberg Book 3) by Eva Hudson

★4.14 8h 36m

Kill Plan by Eva Hudson

★4.07 7h 9m

Final Offer by Eva Hudson

★4.31 11h 25m

Below Zero: An International FBI Thriller (Ingrid Skyberg Book 5) by Eva Hudson

★4.10 7h 50m

Fresh Doubt by Eva Hudson

★3.68 8h 15m

You Better Watch Out by James S. Murray, Darren Wearmouth

★3.58 6h 35m

We Do What We Do in the Dark by Michelle Hart

★3.51 4h 58m

Until Alison by Kate Russo

★3.18 8h 6m

The Secret Guests by Benjamin Black, John Banville

★3.13 8h 46m

The Ends of Things by Sandra Chwialkowska

★2.97 7h 25m

Tangerine by Christine Mangan

★3.21 9h 28m

Literature & Fiction (24)

Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea

★4.12 13h 26m

The Mother's Promise by Sally Hepworth

★4.15 9h 16m

Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

★4.11 8h 54m

The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth

★3.94 9h 49m

Before I Forget by Tory Henwood Hoen

★4.25 9h 11m

No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister

★4.04 8h 54m

The Last Migration by Charlotte McConaghy

★4.11 8h 48m

The Sirens by Emilia Hart

★3.72 10h 56m

We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange

★3.80 9h 53m

Fan Fiction by Brent Spiner, Jeanne Darst

★3.52 6h 53m

The Connellys of County Down by Tracey Lange

★3.81 9h 21m

Forward by Natalie Keller Reinert

★4.48 8h 45m

Crossings by Alex Landragin

★3.84 24h 24m

Sun House by David James Duncan

★3.90 42h 7m

The Old Place by Bobby Finger

★3.56 8h 46m

A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself by William Boyle

★3.57 9h 55m

Charming Billy by Alice McDermott

★3.48 8h 52m

Waiting for the Night Song by Julie Carrick Dalton

★3.45 11h 27m

It All Comes Down to This by Therese Anne Fowler

★3.36 11h 37m

Wildalone by Krassi Zourkova

★3.37 14h 6m

The Singer Sisters by Sarah Marian Seltzer

★3.44 9h 22m

The World After Alice by Lauren Aliza Green

★3.33 9h 10m

The Care and Feeding of Exotic Pets by Diana Wagman

★3.26 9h 8m

Other People We Married by Emma Straub

★3.32 5h 39m

Fantasy (23)

The Choice by Nora Roberts

★4.29 15h 18m

The Becoming by Nora Roberts

★4.30 15h 42m

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

★4.20 14h 28m

The Awakening by Nora Roberts

★4.17 15h 27m

Turning Darkness Into Light by Marie Brennan

★4.17 11h 35m

Chaos by C. Gockel

★4.23 9h 7m

Warriors by C. Gockel

★4.36 10h 9m

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire

★4.01 4h 8m

Monsters by C. Gockel

★4.14 7h 17m

The Glass Slide World (The Naturalist Society Book 2) by Carrie Vaughn

★4.23 9h 3m

The Otherwhere Post by Emily J. Taylor

★3.96 11h 22m

We Lie With Death by Devin Madson

★4.07 17h 33m

The Salt-Black Tree by Lilith Saintcrow

★4.01 7h 44m

Wolves by C. Gockel

★3.77 7h 24m

Spring's Arcana by Lilith Saintcrow

★3.65 11h 24m

We Ride the Storm by Devin Madson

★3.81 17h 4m

The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains by Reena McCarty

★4.07 11h 20m

The Seventh Perfection by Daniel Polansky

★3.62 3h 8m

The Fox and the Devil by Kiersten White

★3.71 12h 1m

Seven Faceless Saints by M.K. Lobb

★3.48 11h 11m

Knaves: A Blackguards Anthology (3) by Melanie R. Meadors, Alana Joli Abbott, Maurice Broaddus, Cullen Bunn, Toiya Kristen Finley, Shanna Germain, Lian Hearn, Walidah Imarisha, Mercedes Lackey, Dennis Lee, Cat Rambo, Linda Robertson, Clay Sanger, Anna Smith Spark, Kenny Soward, Anton Strout, Sabrina Vourvoulias, Howard Tayler, Linda Robertson Reinhardt

★3.50 9h 5m

The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel by Alyssa Palombo

★3.65 13h 34m

The Café of Infinite Doors by Zara Marielle

★4.48 10h 59m