Best George Baker Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by George Baker — 6 titles spanning Mystery, averaging 3.65 ABR stars.

George Baker was a distinguished British actor and audiobook narrator whose voice work brings particular authority to classic British crime fiction. He is best remembered for his television portrayal of Inspector Wexford in the long-running Ruth Rendell Mysteries series, and it is his narration of Ruth Rendell's own Inspector Wexford novels that stands as his most significant audio legacy. Baker voiced A New Lease of Death, Wolf to the Slaughter, A Guilty Thing Surprised, Murder Being Once Done, A Sleeping Life, and Put on by Cunning, among others — narrating the very character he made famous on screen with a familiarity and depth that few narrator-character pairings can match. His voice carries the weathered authority and quiet moral seriousness that define Wexford, and his narration of Rendell's richly atmospheric Sussex settings is deeply evocative. Baker's recordings are considered essential listening for Rendell fans and a model of how actor-narrator and literary character can become one.

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    A Guilty Thing Surprised

    Inspector Wexford • Book 5

    by Ruth Rendell

    Narrated by George Baker

    ★ 3.76 ABR Score (3.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (3.7K)
    2h 53m listening time • Released 2011
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    A Sleeping Life

    Inspector Wexford • Book 10

    by Ruth Rendell

    Narrated by George Baker

    ★ 3.72 ABR Score (3.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.82 Goodreads (3.4K)
    2h 44m listening time • Released 2010
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    Murder Being Once Done

    Inspector Wexford • Book 7

    by Ruth Rendell

    Narrated by George Baker

    ★ 3.67 ABR Score (3.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.87 Goodreads (3.8K) ★ 5 Audible (1)
    2h 49m listening time • Released 2010
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    Put on by Cunning

    Inspector Wexford • Book 11

    by Ruth Rendell

    Narrated by George Baker

    ★ 3.65 ABR Score (2.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.76 Goodreads (2.8K)
    2h 35m listening time • Released 2011
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    Wolf to the Slaughter

    Inspector Wexford • Book 3

    by Ruth Rendell

    Narrated by George Baker

    ★ 3.55 ABR Score (3.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.65 Goodreads (3.7K)
    2h 52m listening time • Released 2010
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    A New Lease of Death

    Inspector Wexford • Book 2

    by Ruth Rendell

    Narrated by George Baker

    ★ 3.52 ABR Score (3.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.63 Goodreads (3.6K)
    2h 59m listening time • Released 2010
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