Audiobooks Like Truly, Devious

Kate Rudd narrates Maureen Johnson's boarding-school cold-case opener with a clear, measured young-adult thriller voice — the 10-hour runtime suits the novel's dual timeline structure, and Rudd's delivery makes the true-crime obsession of the protagonist feel earnest rather than precocious. One pick shares her narration, and the rest draw from the award-winning mystery and procedural space where the mystery mechanism is as important as the atmosphere.

10 audiobooks for fans of Truly, Devious

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    Tunnel Vision

    by Aric Davis

    Narrated by Nick Podehl, Kate Rudd, Amy McFadden

    3.58 ABR Score (2.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.37 Goodreads (2.7K) ★ 4.26 Audible (86)
    8h 21m listening time • Released 2014

    Multiple narrators bring real tension to this mystery—Podehl's noir-hardboiled teenage detective contrasts perfectly with Rudd and McFadden's earnest amateur sleuths, making the unreliable truth feel genuinely unsettling.

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    Resurrection Walk

    The Lincoln Lawyer • Book 7

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Peter Giles, Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin

    4.86 ABR Score (84.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.53 Goodreads (77.5K) ★ 4.81 Audible (6.9K)
    10h 30m listening time • Released 2023
  3. 3
    The Man Who Died Twice cover

    The Man Who Died Twice

    Thursday Murder Club • Book 2

    by Richard Osman

    Narrated by Lesley Manville

    4.83 ABR Score (369.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (361.0K) ★ 4.82 Audible (8.6K)
    11h 49m listening time • Released 2021
  4. 4
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    Desert Star

    Renée Ballard • Book 5

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin, Peter Giles

    4.81 ABR Score (96.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.47 Goodreads (86.3K) ★ 4.77 Audible (10.4K)
    9h 43m listening time • Released 2022
  5. 5
    The Wrong Side of Goodbye cover

    The Wrong Side of Goodbye

    Harry Bosch • Book 19

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Titus Welliver

    4.73 ABR Score (101.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (80.3K) ★ 4.71 Audible (21.5K)
    10h 21m listening time • Released 2016
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    Origin in Death

    In Death • Book 21

    by J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.70 ABR Score (35.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (31.9K) ★ 4.79 Audible (3.4K)
    11h 30m listening time • Released 2008
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    Born in Death

    In Death • Book 23

    by J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.69 ABR Score (35.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (32.2K) ★ 4.79 Audible (3.2K)
    11h 50m listening time • Released 2008
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    Visions in Death

    In Death • Book 19

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.69 ABR Score (34.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (31.4K) ★ 4.78 Audible (3.4K)
    11h 18m listening time • Released 2008
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    Betrayal in Death

    In Death • Book 12

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    4.66 ABR Score (40.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (36.7K) ★ 4.76 Audible (3.7K)
    12h 8m listening time • Released 2008
  10. 10
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    The Dark Hours

    Renée Ballard • Book 4

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin

    4.65 ABR Score (94.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (83.6K) ★ 4.65 Audible (10.7K)
    11h 4m listening time • Released 2021

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