Audiobooks Like The Escape

Ron McLarty narrates The Escape with a blue-collar steadiness that fits Baldacci's military thriller world — 15 hours of manhunt and conspiracy, delivered without flash, which keeps the emotional stakes of a brother hunting a brother from tipping into melodrama. Five picks feature McLarty again, and all ten return to Baldacci's catalog, making this a list for listeners already comfortable in that world who want to stay there.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Escape

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    The Target cover

    The Target

    Will Robie • Book 3

    by David Baldacci

    Narrated by Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy

    4.50 ABR Score (80.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (66.0K) ★ 4.53 Audible (14.3K)
    12h 51m listening time • Released 2014
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    Memory Man cover

    Memory Man

    Amos Decker • Book 1

    by David Baldacci

    Narrated by Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy

    4.47 ABR Score (191.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (160.2K) ★ 4.43 Audible (31.2K)
    13h 16m listening time • Released 2015
  3. 3
    Hell's Corner cover

    Hell's Corner

    The Camel Club • Book 5

    by David Baldacci

    Narrated by Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy

    4.38 ABR Score (49.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (44.8K) ★ 4.43 Audible (5.1K)
    14h 23m listening time • Released 2010
  4. 4
    The Innocent cover

    The Innocent

    Will Robie • Book 1

    by David Baldacci

    Narrated by Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy

    4.53 ABR Score (20.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.49 Audible (20.9K)
    12h 14m listening time • Released 2012
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    The Hit cover

    The Hit

    Will Robie • Book 2

    by David Baldacci

    Narrated by Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy

    4.50 ABR Score (92.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (79.7K) ★ 4.54 Audible (12.6K)
    11h 45m listening time • Released 2013
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    The Whole Truth cover

    The Whole Truth

    A. Shaw • Book 1

    by David Baldacci

    Narrated by Ron McLarty

    4.39 ABR Score (49.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (43.4K) ★ 4.51 Audible (5.8K)
    11h 22m listening time • Released 2008
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    A Minute to Midnight

    Atlee Pine • Book 2

    by David Baldacci

    Narrated by Brittany Pressley, Kyf Brewer

    4.56 ABR Score (65.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (56.9K) ★ 4.63 Audible (8.8K)
    12h 11m listening time • Released 2019
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    The Winner cover

    The Winner

    by David Baldacci

    Narrated by Francis Cassidy

    4.44 ABR Score (60.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (55.9K) ★ 4.55 Audible (4.7K)
    16h 17m listening time • Released 2012
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    Total Control cover

    Total Control

    by David Baldacci

    Narrated by Jonathan Marosz

    4.39 ABR Score (55.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (50.0K) ★ 4.47 Audible (5.4K)
    16h 58m listening time • Released 2013
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    Hour Game cover

    Hour Game

    Sean King & Michelle Maxwell • Book 2

    by David Baldacci

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    4.35 ABR Score (62.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (56.1K) ★ 4.45 Audible (6.8K)
    14h 30m listening time • Released 2004

    Scott Brick transforms this serial killer puzzle into a propulsive audiobook experience, matching his precise narration to the breakneck pacing of Baldacci's plot twists. If you loved the first King and Maxwell case, this sequel ratchets up the stakes with more layered mystery and twice the narrative momentum.

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