The List of Suspicious Things
by Jennie Godfrey
Narrated by Joanne Froggatt, Mark Noble, Asif Khan, Gemma Whelan, Simon Harvey
★ 4.15 Goodreads (42.8K) ★ 4.65 Audible (66)
10h 50m
Released 2025 Mystery
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
Two girls in 1970s Yorkshire decide to catch the Ripper themselves — and somehow that premise becomes one of the most tender listens of the year.
- Great if you want: bittersweet coming-of-age with real historical menace underneath
- Listening experience: warm and nostalgic, with quiet dread building beneath the surface
- Narration: full British cast — Froggatt and Whelan especially — makes the Yorkshire community feel lived-in
- Skip if: you want a proper crime procedural, not a character-driven childhood story