Audiobooks Like We Are All Guilty Here

Kathleen Early narrates this small-town procedural with a tight, measured control — her voice stays close to the investigation, letting the claustrophobia of a community turning inward do the atmospheric work over the book's 17-hour runtime. The pacing is deliberate rather than propulsive, giving the psychological weight of each buried secret room to settle. If that slow-burn, small-world dread is what you're after, nearly every recommendation here shares the same heavily rated, suspense-first DNA — long enough to sink into, quiet enough that the darkness lands hard.

10 audiobooks for fans of We Are All Guilty Here

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    Faithless in Death

    In Death • Book 52

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.80 ABR Score (32.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.49 Goodreads (26.4K) ★ 4.82 Audible (5.6K)
    13h 42m listening time • Released 2021
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    Portrait in Death

    In Death • Book 16

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.76 ABR Score (46.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (42.3K) ★ 4.83 Audible (4.0K)
    13h 58m listening time • Released 2013
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    Forgotten in Death

    In Death • Book 53

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.76 ABR Score (32.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.47 Goodreads (27.5K) ★ 4.79 Audible (4.9K)
    14h 7m listening time • Released 2021
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    Brotherhood in Death

    In Death • Book 42

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.71 ABR Score (37.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.41 Goodreads (30.5K) ★ 4.75 Audible (6.6K)
    13h 37m listening time • Released 2016
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    Abandoned in Death

    In Death • Book 54

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.67 ABR Score (32.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (27.4K) ★ 4.74 Audible (4.9K)
    13h 16m listening time • Released 2022
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    Echoes in Death

    In Death • Book 44

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.67 ABR Score (35.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (27.8K) ★ 4.7 Audible (7.4K)
    13h 43m listening time • Released 2017
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    Golden in Death

    In Death • Book 50

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.67 ABR Score (32.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (27.5K) ★ 4.75 Audible (4.8K)
    13h 50m listening time • Released 2020
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    Leverage in Death

    In Death • Book 47

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.65 ABR Score (30.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (24.2K) ★ 4.71 Audible (6.4K)
    13h 44m listening time • Released 2018
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    Payback in Death

    In Death • Book 57

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.61 ABR Score (27.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.46 Goodreads (26.0K) ★ 4.72 Audible (1.9K)
    13h 54m listening time • Released 2023
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    Kindred in Death

    In Death • Book 29

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.61 ABR Score (31.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (27.9K) ★ 4.71 Audible (3.4K)
    13h 56m listening time • Released 2009
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