Mystery & Thriller Audiobooks

[Bengali] - Ek Dui Arai : MyStoryGenie Bengali Audiobook Album 29: The Giuoco Piano Plot

"Octogenarian retired bureaucrat and widower - Mr. Krishna Majumdar, suddenly passed away in his sleep, as the circumstances seem to suggest. But his son suspected foul play after scanning the death certificate report, which reported the time of demise to be much early than Majumdars' usual sleeping time. Majumdars' son had been living in the United States, and thus Mr. Majumdar was living all alone during the last many years. Majumdars' son further reported that his father was supposed to be expecting the weekly phone call from him that night but, Majumdar did not respond to multiple video calls, despite the calls coming well before his usual bedtime. Police stepped in to investigate the case and spoke to Mr. Probal Sengupta – who had been Majumdars' neighbor and companion in his chess games off late. Mr. Sengupta hinted at depression and suicidal tendencies in his chess buddy, attributing it to Mr. Majumdar's loneliness at such advanced age. His narratives seemed to be quite convincing to the investigating officer and generally to the detective department. However, Mr. Sengupta later was found to have deliberately underreported crucial facts about the case and his knowledge about similar incidents that seemed to have taken place in that same neighborhood in recent times. As the investigation headed for a stalemate with no apparent breakthrough in the offing, private investigator - Dharini Koyal, aka DK, was roped in to navigate the muddy waters. Tune in to this pulsating crime thriller to know whether DK succeeded in solving the maze crafted by an obsessive chess player in the veritable end game??"

Debatosh Das (Author), Agneev, Sayak Aman, Suryadip Mukhopadhyay, Swapan Kumar Gangopadhyay, Ujjyal Chattopadhyay (Narrator)

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[Bengali] - Locker Number 33 : MyStoryGenie Bengali Audiobook Album 30: The Missing Key of the Bank

"Bithika, a young bank officer on probation, has been managing operations in a public sector bank that faces long queues of pension holders at the beginning of every month. A heavy rush during banking hours puts enormous strain on limited resources at the bank counters, which sometimes forces officials to adopt shortcuts on matters related to scrutiny and verification routines. Bithika – although very capable, inadvertently overlooked a crucial verification involving client signature before allowing access to a secured vault. It so happened that an unauthorized person accessed the vault taking advantage of that moment of indiscretion from the officer. Within hours the bonafide client called up the bank and informed them that their vault key got stolen that very morning, and hence they requested the branch manager to deny any attempt of unauthorized access to their vault in the interim. Soon, the alarm bell started ringing in the minds of bank officials, who realized that the specific customer vault had already been breached, under the nose of their supervising official, who never realized that something was amiss. Police stepped in, and a sinister plot started unfolding most dramatically.  What was that plot, and will it offer an escape route to the young probationary officer?? Tune in to this pulsating crime suspense from one of the most promising and upcoming pens in Bengali literature - Author Debarati Mukhopadhyay, in yet another coveted collection from the 'MyStoryGenie' Bengali Audiobooks series."

Debarati Mukhopadhyay (Author), Agneev, Debjani Ghosh, Harmonica By Gourab Das, Nandini Sarkar, Sayak Aman, Ujjyal Chattopadhyay (Narrator)

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[German] - Tony Ballard, Folge 36: In den Fängen des Bösen

"Prof. Kulls Plan schien aufzugehen, Melissa besorgte ihm den Jadegott. Doch Malas, der Albtraum-Dämon, ließ sich nicht so einfach einnehmen, die Schamanin Carrasca folgte seinem Ruf und es kam zur großen Entscheidung. Zur gleichen Zeit waren Tony, Noel und Arnes gefangen in Kulls Versteck, bewacht von einem Rudel mörderischer Cyborgs und dazu auserkoren, Melissas Blutdurst zu stillen. Die drei hatten kaum noch eine Chance zu überleben, denn sie befanden sich ...in den Fängen des Bösen!"

Thomas Birker (Author), Bernd Rumpf, Christian Weygand, Dietmar Wunder, Dorette Hugo, Gerrit Schmidt-Foss, Margit Wolff, Merete Brettschneider, Michael Lukas, Sabine Below, Sascha Rotermund, Thomas Plum, Tobias Kluckert, Torsten Böttcher, Torsten Sense, Wolfgang Bahro (Narrator)

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[German] - Dreamland Grusel, Folge 40: Mutter

"Die erfolgreiche Krimi-Autorin Susan Mycroft lernt den etwas schüchternen Edgar Sullivan in einer Bar kennen und verliebt sich in ihn. Doch irgendetwas scheint mit ihm nicht zu stimmen, immer wieder hat er Aussetzer und er scheint sich vor etwas zu fürchten. Als Susan Edgar in die Einöde des Bodmin-Moores in Cornwall begleitet, wo er allein mit seiner dominanten Mutter in einem düsteren und verfallenen Haus lebt, ahnt sie nicht, in welche Gefahr sie sich begibt. Mutter oder Sohn, von wem geht die Gefahr aus? Sie kommt dem schrecklichen Geheimnis auf die Spur ... Mutter."

Thomas Birker (Author), Alexandra Lange-Baehr, Andreas Fröhlich, Christian Weygand, Dagmar Bittner, Dirk Hardegen, Nadine Petry, Raimund Junker (Narrator)

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[German] - Midnight Sin, Folge 2: Die Unendlichkeit der Miss Winter - Extended Version

"Die animalische Miss Winter ist eine Sidhé, ein Feenwesen, das über die Jahrhunderte hinweg überlebt, indem sie sich von der Liebe und Leidenschaft der Männer ernährt. Um die auserkorenen Opfer in ihren Bann zu schlagen, verfügt sie über die Fähigkeit ihr Aussehen den Wunschvorstellungen der Männer bezüglich zu verändern. So betört und verführt sie ihre 'Beute' und erlebt erotische Abenteuer in unterschiedlichen Epochen. In einem Wechselspiel von Unterwerfung und Dominanz verschwimmen die Grenzen ihrer Beherrschtheit und sie droht die Kontrolle über sich zu verlieren ..."

Rona Walter (Author), Annika Strauß, Detlef Tams, Hayri Gökdemir, Katja Keßler, Martin Sabel, Sandra Grunwald, Stephanie Preis, Tina Zehetmaier (Narrator)

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The Tenth Girl

"A haunted Argentinian mansion. A family curse. A twist you'll never see coming. Welcome to Vaccaro School. Simmering in Patagonian myth, The Tenth Girl is a gothic psychological thriller with a haunting twist. At the very southern tip of South America looms an isolated finishing school. Legend has it that the land will curse those who settle there. But for Mavi—a bold Buenos Aires native fleeing the military regime that took her mother—it offers an escape to a new life as a young teacher to Argentina’s elite girls. Mavi tries to embrace the strangeness of the imposing house—despite warnings not to roam at night, threats from an enigmatic young man, and rumors of mysterious Others. But one of Mavi’s ten students is missing, and when students and teachers alike begin to behave as if possessed, the forces haunting this unholy cliff will no longer be ignored... and one of these spirits holds a secret that could unravel Mavi’s existence. An Imprint Book 'Faring's exquisite prose weaves a tale that is both seductively eerie and wildly original. I've never read anything like it.' —April Genevieve Tucholke, author of The Boneless Mercies 'A hauntingly good read, full of terror and mystery.' —Hypable"

Sara Faring (Author), Frankie Corzo, Mark Sanderlin (Narrator)

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His Hideous Heart: 13 of Edgar Allan Poe's Most Unsettling Tales Reimagined

"'His Hideous Heart is an audiobook dream. Half of the stories are read by their authors and the other half are read by professional narrators; all are delightful and, of course, haunting.' -- Paste Thirteen of YA’s most celebrated names reimagine Edgar Allan Poe’s most surprising, unsettling, and popular tales for a new generation. Edgar Allan Poe may be a hundred and fifty years beyond this world, but the themes of his beloved works have much in common with modern young adult fiction. Whether the stories are familiar or discovered for the first time, listeners will revel in both Edgar Allan Poe's classic tales, and in the 13 unique and unforgettable ways that they've been brought to life. Contributors include Dahlia Adler (reimagining “Ligeia”), Kendare Blake (“Metzengerstein”), Rin Chupeco (“The Murders in the Rue Morgue”), Lamar Giles (“The Oval Portrait”), Tessa Gratton (“Annabel Lee”), Tiffany D. Jackson (“The Cask of Amontillado”), Stephanie Kuehn (“The Tell-Tale Heart”), Emily Lloyd-Jones (“The Purloined Letter”), amanda lovelace (“The Raven”), Hillary Monahan (“The Masque of the Red Death”), Marieke Nijkamp (“Hop-Frog”), Caleb Roehrig (“The Pit and the Pendulum”), and Fran Wilde (“The Fall of the House of Usher”). This program is read by Dahlia Adler, Kendare Blake, JorJa Brown, Caitlin Davies, James Fouhey, Tessa Gratton, Jeanette Illidge, Emily Lloyd-Jones, Robin Miles, Natalie Naudus, amanda lovelace, Hillary Monahan, Caleb Roehrig, and Fran Wilde. Praise for His Hideous Heart: 'Narrated by a dizzying array of exceptional storytellers, these short stories have something for every listener...Recommended for listeners who can’t get enough Edgar Allan Poe or just need more thrilling audios in their listening queue.' -- Booklist 'Poe's ghost happily haunts this fresh, delightfully dark collection.' -- Kirkus, starred review 'Adler’s anthology brims over with fierce delight and uncanny invention...if you haven’t read Poe before, 'His Hideous Heart' works equally well as an introduction, a tribute and a loving critique.' -- The New York Times Book Review"

Dahlia Adler (ed.) (Author), Caitlin Davies, Caleb Roehrig, Dahlia Adler, Emily Lloyd-Jones, Fran Wilde, Hillary Monahan, James Fouhey, Jeanette Illidge, JorJa Brown, Kendare Blake, Natalie Naudus, Robin Miles, Tessa Gratton, amanda lovelace (Narrator)

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The Starlight Claim

"Fast-paced, evocative, and intensely suspenseful, Tim Wynne-Jones’s latest psychological thriller finds a teenager setting his wits against the frigid wilderness and a menacing crew of escapees. Four months after his best friend, Dodge, disappeared near their families’ camp in a boat accident, Nate is still haunted by nightmares. He’d been planning to make the treacherous trek to the remote campsite with a friend — his first time in winter without his survival-savvy father, Burt. But when his friend gets grounded, Nate secretly decides to brave the trip solo in a journey that’s half pilgrimage, half desperate hope he will find his missing friend when no one else could. What he doesn’t expect to find is the door to the cabin flung open and the camp occupied by strangers: three men he’s horrified to realize have escaped from a maximum-security prison. Snowed in by a blizzard and with no cell signal, Nate is confronted with troubling memories of Dodge and a stunning family secret, and realizes that his survival now depends on his wits as much as his wilderness skills. As things spiral out of control, Nate finds himself dealing with questions even bigger than who gets to leave the camp alive."

Tim Wynne-Jones (Author), Tim Wynne-Jones (Narrator)

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American Royals

"Brought to you by Penguin. Romance, glamour, ambition and power . . . meet the Washingtons - the most scandalous royal family ever! HRH Princess Samantha has always been a royal rebel. She's the spare not the heir, so no one minds too much who she dates or how hard she parties. It helps that her sister, Princess Beatrice, is literally perfect. She's demure, sweet and beautiful, and she knows that the crown always comes first - no matter what her heart might really want. But they're not the only ones with their eye on the throne. Daphne Deighton might be 'newly noble' but she won Prince Jefferson's heart once, and she'll do anything to get back into the court's favour - and his bed. If only she knew that her competition was a common nobody - plain little Nina Gonzalez, the daughter of the king's secretary. Together these four young women must navigate the drama, gossip, scheming and sizzling romance of the most glorious court in the world. They'll either be crowned in glory - or end up as shockingly royal disasters."

Katharine McGee (Author), Brittany Pressley (Narrator)

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Cuckoo Song

"Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge, the Costa Award-winning author of The Lie Tree, is a fantastically eerie and beautifully written novel, and was shortlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Medal. The first things to shift were the doll's eyes, the beautiful grey-green glass eyes. Slowly they swivelled, until their gaze was resting on Triss's face. Then the tiny mouth moved, opened to speak. 'What are you doing here?' It was uttered in tones of outrage and surprise, and in a voice as cold and musical as the clinking of cups. 'Who do you think you are? This is my family.' When Triss wakes up after an accident, she knows that something is very wrong. She is insatiably hungry; her sister seems scared of her and her parents whisper behind closed doors. She looks through her diary to try to remember, but the pages have been ripped out. Soon Triss discovers that what happened to her is more strange and terrible than she could ever have imagined, and that she is quite literally not herself. In a quest to find the truth she must travel into the terrifying Underbelly of the city to meet a twisted architect who has dark designs on her family - before it's too late . . . 'Everyone should read Frances Hardinge. Everyone. Right now' - Patrick Ness, author of A Monster Calls."

Frances Hardinge (Author), Katherine Press (Narrator)

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Dreams Come to Life: An AFK Book (Bendy #1)

"An all-new official, original novel from the twisted world of the hit horror video game, Bendy and the Ink Machine! Seventeen-year-old Buddy has spent most of his life trying to escape the Lower East Side slums of New York City. Working as a delivery boy to support his family, Buddy wants to become an artist, a dream he's sure will never be realized. But that all changes when a delivery job puts him face-to-face with Mister Joey Drew, the eccentric owner of an animation studio.Mister Drew takes Buddy under his wing as an apprentice, thrusting him into a world unlike anything Buddy has ever seen before. There's the colorful cast of the studio, from the cranky, yet driven composer Sammy Lawrence to Dot, the writing intern and Buddy's counterpart. Working for Mister Drew, Buddy starts to think that maybe it's really as simple as Mister Drew says: Dreams do come true. But not everything at the studio is as picture-perfect as it seems . . .Something is going bump in the night at Joey Drew Studios, something that leaves behind trails of thick, dark ink. While the studio frantically works toward their latest deadline, Buddy and Dot team up to find out just what is tormenting the studio after-hours, even if it means tracking the trail to Mister Drew himself.Don't miss this official, original, pulse-pounding story from award-winning author Adrienne Kress, developed with theMeatly, Mike Mood, and Bookpast!"

Adrienne Kress (Author), Christopher Carley (Narrator)

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The Mortician's Daughter: Three Heartbeats Away

"The dead carry their secrets with them . . . At least until they end up at Riley Smith’s door. Her latest spectral visitor is a murdered bride with a need for revenge, and not necessarily for the person who killed her. Never mind that killer is about to strike again. Riley's determined to help, but is missing Hayden, the hot, ghostly boy who's always had her back. Living, breathing Hayden is awake, which means his spirit isn't around to flirt with Riley anymore. Worse yet, the 'real' Hayden doesn't remember her. Their connection had been so strong. Did his feelings for Riley just disappear into the ether? As Riley gets closer to finding the bride's killer, other secrets are revealed: secrets that changes everything Riley thought she knew about her parents. But before she can completely unravel the mystery of her past, Riley will need to escape the murderer that threatens her future."

C. C. Hunter (Author), Amy Mcfadden (Narrator)

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