Mystery & Thriller Audiobooks

"Theo Reese is just like any other seventeen-year-old-with one small exception. This summer all he wants is to spend time with his boyfriend, Eddie, and work on his MIT research project. His parents have other plans. An old friend needs the help of Theo's family. Oliver Glenwood is an '80s music star who runs his own label. His wife and his daughter, Sofia, now a chart-topper herself, are the targets of kidnappers. Oliver hopes they can eliminate whoever is behind the threat. When Theo uncovers an even more insidious plot, the covert agency the Reeses work for, Tactical Operational Support, swoops into action. Song files have been modified to steal personal data from devices and emit a tone that drives listeners into a homicidal rage. Theo and his parents race against the clock to stop this mysterious enemy from releasing the music on an unsuspecting populace and causing worldwide chaos. Just when Theo thinks the mission couldn't be more complicated, Eddie shows up in New York looking to hang out with his boyfriend. No one ever said being a teenage secret agent would be easy."

Jeff Adams (Author), Kirt Graves (Narrator)

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[German] - Dreamland Grusel, Folge 48: Schattenlose Zeiten

"Alice Sutton hat immer wieder Albträume, in deren Mittelpunkt ein gewisser Leonardo steht. Ist es wirklich nur ein böser Traum? Als Alice auf ihre alte Freundin Anne trifft, mit der sie einst Psychiatrische Krankenpflege studierte, beginnt eine außergewöhnliche Geschichte, wie sie Alice auf so persönlicher, intimer und furchtbarer Ebene noch nicht erlebt hat. Im fernen Italien erwartet sie die ... SCHATTENLOSE ZEITEN!"

Raimund Junker (Author), Christian Weygand, Claudia Schermutzki, Claudio Maniscalco, Gerrit Schmidt-Foss, Joschi Hajek, Katja Brügger, Marc Schülert, Ren Kühn, Ulrike Stürzbecher (Narrator)

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Seance

"Enjoy this short story by Mace Styx: 'Still, despite my mother’s warnings and the strange feelings that her less specific warnings gave me. I didn’t want to look like a coward in front of Andy and Mike, so instead of protesting or sharing what my mom had said. I instead clambered up the iron ladder, plonked myself down cross legged on the roof and prepared myself for the process by cracking open a preparatory beer. Andy, as always, was marvelously melodramatic. He pulled out the board with an almost hushed reverence, clearing the space on the ground of the loose stones and bottle caps we had left on our previous visits. Laying a small black cloth onto the ground as a cushion, before placing the board gently on top of it. Mike and I shared a glance and a knowing smile as Andy produced the planchette and broke into an introductory speech that wouldn’t have been out of place in a Hammer horror movie. He warned us that the Ouija board was a strange and mysterious object, that the spirits could be both temperamental and deceptive. That we might not get any responses at all and that while speaking to the dead might offer us great insight, they might also terrify us with the naked truth of their answers. “Naked”? Mike echoed, his hormones jumping into action at the slightest suggestion of anything raunchy.'"

Mace Styx (Author), Katrina Medina (Narrator)

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Spindles

"Enjoy this short story by Mace Styx. When Tim one day made the mistake of wearing shorts at school, revealing how sticklike and sickly thin his legs were, one of the many vitriolic idiots referred to them as ‘spindle’ legs. The comparison wasn’t entirely accurate, but somehow the word had a particular connotation of legs that were twig thin, willowy and bone like. For whatever reason, the name stuck and for the next four years Tim was referred to by the majority of the school population as ‘Spindles’. While Tim hated this moniker it was preferable to the more obviously pejorative terms like ‘cripple’ that sometimes reared their ugly heads and certainly better than ‘six limbs’, which one imaginative pupil had christened him on account of his having arms, legs, and crutches. So often and with such little shame was this ‘nickname’ used, that it became common even for those not wishing to hurt his feelings to use it as if it were his birth name. When he received certificates in classes at the end of each year, some of his teachers, not recognizing that the name was a cruel label rather than an affectionate pet name. Actually used it on the document, presenting the award for best essay or highest test score not to Tim Overton but to ‘Spindles’. Tim had not even left the school grounds before he had torn them to shreds."

Mace Styx (Author), Katrina Medina (Narrator)

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Phylaxis

"Enjoy short stories by Mace Styx. So it was with a great wave of relief that we approached the scene and found blue flashing lights already throwing their ominous glow on the road when we arrived. Somewhere to the left of where the ambulance was parked, two paramedics were hunched over a figure that had been covered with several of those tinfoil like sheets stopping people from going into shock as a result of exposure to the cold. I remember seeing that small silver mass, a hunched lump like a giant jacket potato and seeing from the bottom left of the mass one perfectly formed female foot. Complete with painted blue toenails and pale ivory skin, protruding from the bottom. It rested, limp against the tarmac as the paramedics, leaning over the mass, spoke in that slow, over pronounced shout that they always use when trying to reassure someone who has been the victim of an accident. “You just stay there love, we’ll get you onto the trolley soon enough and then we can have a look at you and the baby. okay? You just keep squeezing my hand and hang in there okay?” one of the paramedics boomed, his large hairy hand engulfing the poor woman’s as he spoke. No answer came from the mass, but I thought I saw the tiny hand clasped within his squeeze a little tighter."

Mace Styx (Author), Katrina Medina (Narrator)

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The Ritual

"Enjoy short stories by Mace Styx: Curiosity got mixed with raw fear and it made me speak, although all I could say was, ''Hello?'' I swear to God if anyone had responded, I would have died of a heart attack. Luckily for me, no one did. That calmed me down a bit, but my camera was still on, and, well, that was a problem to me. I had no idea who turned it on, and what was even scarier, who was watching me? I moved a cursor across the screen, and there wasn't an option to turn it off. It was seemed like whoever created this site wanted to see its visitors faces. Probably because of the bone-chilling camera turning on thing, I didn't realize on the right side of the screen was a list of contacts. Well, not exactly contacts, more like a list of options you have. I went through them and finally made my biggest mistake. I chose the one which sounded the most interesting to me. It was titled ''the ritual''. If you ask me now, why did I do that instead of just leaving, I will not be able to answer you, because I don't frikin’ know. It felt almost like I was drawn to it. What happened next was pretty disturbing. Some sort of video presentation started. A dark figure of a man covered in, what seemed like an ancient priest garment turned up. And it spoke with a very unsettling, deep, nonhuman voice. It took me a moment, but then I realized that his voice was edited to sound like that. It didn't feel like he was talking to me in particular, and that gave me some kind of inner peace."

Mace Styx (Author), Katrina Medina (Narrator)

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Curse of the Specter Queen

"'This lush, high-stakes, adventure tale has it all—a rollicking plot, a sweet slow burn of a romance, and a heroine on an epic journey filled with ciphers, curses, and twists that kept me guessing at every turn. A delightful read from start to finish, Curse of the Specter Queen is one of my new favorites.' – Alyson Noël, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Immortals MAY THE HAZEL BRING YOU WISDOM AND THE ASPEN GUIDE AND PROTECT YOU... Samantha Knox put away her childish fantasies of archaeological adventure the day her father didn't return home from the Great War, retreating to the safety of the antique bookshop where she works. But when a mysterious package arrives with a damaged diary inside, Sam's peaceful life is obliterated. Ruthless men intent on reclaiming the diary are after Sam, setting her and her best friend, along with her childhood crush, on a high-stakes adventure that lands them in the green hills outside Dublin, Ireland. Here they discover an ancient order with a dark purpose - to perform an occult ritual that will raise the Specter Queen, the Celtic goddess of vengeance and death, to bring about a war unlike any the world has ever seen. To stop them, Sam must solve a deviously complex cipher - one that will lead her on a treasure hunt to discover the ancient relic at the heart of the ritual: a bowl carved from the tree of life. Will she find the bowl and stop the curse of the Specter Queen, or will the ancient order bring about the end of the world? Indiana Jones gets a refresh with this female-driven mystery adventure, set in the 1920s, full of ciphers, ancient relics, and heart-stopping action - the first in a brand-new series!"

Jenny Elder Moke (Author), Rebecca Gibel (Narrator)

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[German] - Die schwarze Serie, Folge 18: Glamis Castle

"Glamis Castle. Ein Ort voller Geister und rätselhafter Erscheinungen, so sagen die Legenden. Tatsächlich fühlt sich Robert Stratmore in diesem Gemäuer nicht mehr wohl und beauftragt den Parapsychologen Alexander Ford mit der Untersuchung des Schlosses. Gleich mehrere Frauen sind in den vergangenen Monaten spurlos verschwunden. Bereits bei der Ankunft in Glamis Castle ereignen sich rätselhafte Dinge. Als Ford und seine Mitarbeiter die Arbeit aufnehmen, bringen sie sich damit in höchste Gefahr. Je weiter sie in das alte Gemäuer eindringen, desto geringer scheinen ihre Chancen, es jemals wieder verlassen zu können."

Marc Freund (Author), Douglas Welbat, Ilona Otto, Janis Zaurins, Jörg Pintsch, Stefan Krause, Tammo Kaulbarsch, Ulrike Möckel, Ulrike Sophie Kapfer, Uschi Hugo, Uwe Büschken (Narrator)

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[German] - 2 Detektive: James K. und Billy Bücherwurm - und der Piratenengel

Michael Mike Brandt (Author), Michael Mike Brandt (Narrator)

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Things to do Before the End of the World

"Brought to you by Penguin. Timely and powerful; the new coming-of-age thriller from the bestselling author of The One Memory of Flora Banks. 1. Live your best life. 2. Uncover family secrets. 3. Trust no one What would you do when you hear the news that humans have done such damage to the earth that there might only be a limited amount of safe air left - a year's worth at most? You'd work through your bucket list, heal rifts, do everything you've never been brave enough to do before? Olivia is struggling to do any of this. What it is she truly wants to do? Who do she wants to be? Then out of the blue comes contact from a long-lost cousin Olivia didn't even know existed. Natasha is everything Olivia wants to be and more. And as the girls meet up for a long, hot last summer, Olivia finds Natasha's ease and self-confidence having an effect on her. But Natasha definitely isn't everything she first appears to be . . . I walked home. I kept hearing footsteps behind me, but every time I turned around, no one was there. © Emily Barr 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021"

Emily Barr (Author), Rosie Day (Narrator)

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Prom House

"It's the season to scream . . . Prom turns deadly in this unputdownable thriller for fans of Halloween Kills and Fear Street. A KILLER AFTERPARTY . . . When Kylie walks into the gorgeous beach house, it's a dream come true. She still can't believe she talked her parents into letting her spend the weekend down the shore with her boyfriend, Liam, after prom. Kylie, Liam, and their friends have rented the most amazing party house-and it's all theirs. Prom was awesome, but this is going to be even better. Except there's a little problem. A violent storm hits the beach and the power goes out-with no sign that it's coming back anytime soon. Roughing it with candles and camping lanterns isn't the vibe they were going for, but everyone wants to make the most of it. Until people start disappearing . . . and turning up dead. Kylie is terrified. Is somebody's prom date a killer?"

Chelsea Mueller (Author), Emily Lawrence (Narrator)

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The Ivies

"Enroll in this boarding school thriller about a group of prep school elites who would kill to get into the college of their dreams...literally. 'The Plastics meet the Heathers in this murder mystery about ruthless Ivy League ambition.' -Kirkus Reviews 'Twisty and thrilling...boarding school murder has never been so much fun!' -Kara Thomas, author of That Weekend Everyone knows the Ivies: the most coveted universities in the United States. Far more important are the Ivies. The Ivies at Claflin Academy, that is. Five girls with the same mission: to get into the Ivy League by any means necessary. I would know. I'm one of them. We disrupt class ranks, club leaderships, and academic competitions...among other things. We improve our own odds by decreasing the fortunes of others. Because hyper-elite competitive college admissions is serious business. And in some cases, it's deadly. Alexa Donne delivers a nail-biting and timely thriller about teens who will stop at nothing to get into the college of their dreams. Too bad no one told them murder isn't an extracurricular. "

Alexa Donne (Author), Phoebe Strole (Narrator)

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