Bailey Carr made her mark narrating Holly Jackson's A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and its sequel Good Girl, Bad Blood — two of the most beloved YA mysteries of the last decade — and she nails the genre's specific demands: clear-headed pacing, a voice that sounds young without sounding lightweight, and the ability to hold tension through slow-burn investigative beats. Her delivery is crisp and direct, which suits Pip Fitz-Amobi's methodical, notebook-and-podcast approach to murder. Carr also appears in the ensemble cast of A Killer in the Low Country, where holding your own among a dozen narrators requires real presence. If you're a fan of smart, character-driven mysteries with a contemporary feel and you haven't heard Carr work through the AGGGTM series, that's the place to start.
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder • Book 1
by Holly Jackson
Narrated by Bailey Carr, Marisa Calin, Michael Crouch, Gopal Divan, Robert Fass, Kevin R. Free, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Carol Monda, Patricia Santomasso, Shezi Sardar, Amanda Thickpenny, Various
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder • Book 2
by Holly Jackson
Narrated by Bailey Carr, MacLeod Andrews, Donte Bonner, James Fouhey, Neil Hellegers, Cary Hite, Amy Landon, Raymond J. Lee, Keylor Leigh, Maggi-Meg Reed, Shezi Sardar
by Candice Fox, Uzo Aduba, Chrissy Metz, Jessica Almasy, Dan Bittner, Nile Bullock, Bailey Carr, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Merissa Czyz, Janina Edwards, L.J. Ganser, Piper Goodeve, Allison Hiroto, Josh Hurley, J.D. Jackson, Chris Kipiniak
Narrated by Uzo Aduba, Chrissy Metz, Jessica Almasy, Dan Bittner, Nile Bullock, Bailey Carr, Chris Ciulla, Merissa Czyz, Janina Edwards, L.J. Ganser, Piper Goodeve, Allison Hiroto, Josh Hurley, JD Jackson, full cast
by Melissa Lenhardt
Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Bailey Carr, Ella Turenne, Nikki Massoud, Natalie Naudus, Imani Jade Powers, James Fouhey
by Lisa Peers
Narrated by Bailey Carr, Barrie Kreinik, Lisa Peers
Music and Murder Mystery • Book 2
by Don Bruns, Heather Graham, Jeffery Deaver, William Kent Krueger, Dahlia Rose, David R. Slayton
Narrated by Jesse Vilinsky, Bahni Turpin, Bailey Carr, Andrew Eiden, Kevin Kenerly, Patrick Lawlor, Keith Szarabajka, Eva Kaminsky, Pun Bandhu, Vikas Adam, Michael David Axtell, Johnny Heller, Gary Tiedemann
A rotating cast of narrators brings real punch to each story, making this anthology feel less like a collection and more like a curated night of master storytellers at their sharpest.