Audie Award for Mystery

The Audie Award for Mystery is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for a mystery audiobook released in a given year. It has been awarded since 1997.

Winners and finalists

1990s

Year	Title	Author(s)	Narrator(s)	Publisher	Result	Ref.
1997 2nd	The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)	Agatha Christie	David Suchet	The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.	Winner	[1] [2]
	Cadillac Jukebox (1996)	James Lee Burke	Will Patton	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	[2]
	"M" Is for Malice (1996)	Sue Grafton	Judy Kaye	Random House Audio	Finalist	[2]
1998 3rd	Vintage Crime Stories (1859–1982)	Charles Dickens , Ruth Rendell, Margery Allingham, Graham Greene, E. W. Hornung, and Frances Hegarty	Patrick Malahide	Tangled Web Audio	Winner	[1] [3]
	Cimarron Rose (1998)	James Lee Burke	Will Patton	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	[3]
	Red Harvest (1929)	Dashiell Hammett	William Dufris	Isis Publishing	Finalist	[3]
1999 4th	The Third Man (1949)	Graham Greene	Martin Jarvis	The Audio Partners Publidhing	Winner	[1] [4]
	Black Coffee (1930)	Agatha Christie (adapted by Charles Osborne)	Alexandra Thomas	HighBridge Audio	Finalist	[4]
	The Job (1998)	Douglas Kennedy	John Slattery	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	[4]

2000s

Year	Title	Narrator	Narrator(s)	Publisher	Result	Ref.
2000 5th	The Breaker (1998)	Minette Walters	Robert Powell	Chivers North America	Winner	[1] [5]
	"O" Is for Outlaw (1999)	Sue Grafton	Kevin Hearne	Random House Audio	Finalist	[5]
	Prayers for Rain (1999)	Dennis Lehane	Thomas J. S. Brown	Brilliance Audio	Finalist	[5]
2001 6th	The Naked Detective (2000)	Laurence Shames	Ron McLarty	Recorded Books	Winner	[1] [6]
	Hugger Mugger (2000)	Robert B. Parker	Joe Mantegna	Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio	Finalist	[6]
	Moment of Truth (2000)	Lisa Scottoline	Barbara Rosenblat	Recorded Books	Finalist	[6]
2002 7th	Tell No One (2001)	Harlan Coben	Steven Weber	Random House Audio	Winner	[1] [7]
	The Blue Nowhere (2001)	Jeffery Deaver	William Dufris	Chivers North America	Finalist	[7]
	The Vendetta Defense (2001)	Lisa Scottoline	Barbara Rosenblat	Recorded Books	Finalist	[7]
2003 8th	Jolie Blon's Bounce (2002)	James Lee Burke	Will Patton	Simon & Schuster Audio	Winner	[1] [8]
	The Diviner's Son (2002)	Gary Crew	Michael Veitch	Bolinda Audio	Finalist	[8]
	"Q" Is for Quarry (2002)	Sue Grafton	Judy Kaye	Random House Audio	Finalist	[8]
	Rumpole's Return (1980)	John Mortimer	Robert Hardy	BBC Audiobooks America	Finalist	[8]
	Tishomingo Blues (2002)	Elmore Leonard	Paul Rudd	HarperAudio	Finalist	[8]
2004 9th	Lost Light (2003)	Michael Connelly	Len Cariou	Time Warner AudioBooks	Winner	[1] [9]
	A Fine Dark Line (2002)	Joe R. Lansdale	Dick Hill	Brilliance Audio	Finalist	[9]
	Bangkok 8 (2004)	John Burdett	B. D. Wong	Random House Audio	Finalist	[9]
	Fear Itself (2003)	Walter Mosley	Don Cheadle	Time Warner AudioBooks	Finalist	[9]
	The Last Detective (2003)	Robert Crais	James Daniels	Brilliance Audio	Finalist	[9]
2005 10th	Twisted (2003)	Jeffery Deaver	Boyd Gaines , Michele Pawk, and Fredrick Weller	Simon & Schuster Audio	Winner	[1] [10]
	Brimstone (2004)	Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child	René Auberjonois	Time Warner AudioBooks	Finalist	[10]
	Double Homicide (2005)	Jonathan Kellerman and Faye Kellerman	John Rubinstein and Lou Diamond Phillips	Time Warner AudioBooks	Finalist	[10]
	Hark! (2004)	Ed McBain	Ron McLarty	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	[10]
	The Man in My Basement (2004)	Walter Mosley	Ernie Hudson	Time Warner AudioBooks	Finalist	[10]
2006 11th	The Serpent on the Crown (2005)	Elizabeth Peters	Barbara Peters	HarperAudio	Winner	[1]
	Away with the Fairies (2001)	Kerry Greenwood	Stephanie Daniel	Bolinda Audio	Finalist
	Hidden River (2005)	Adrian McKinty	Gerard Doyle	Blacksone Audio	Finalist
	The Hot Kid (2005)	Elmore Leonard	Arliss Howard	HarperAudio	Finalist
	One Dangerous Lady (2005)	Jane Stanton Hitchcock	Barbara Rosenblat	Blackstone Audio	Finalist
2007 12th	Echo Park (2006)	Michael Connelly	Len Cariou	Hachette Audio	Winner	[1] [11]
	A Field of Darkness (2006)	Cornelia Read	Hilary Huber	Blackstone Audio	Finalist
	Dark Tort (2007)	Diane Mott Davidson	Elizabeth Marvel	HarperAudio	Finalist
	Dead Center (2006)	David Rosenfelt	Grover Gardner	Listen & Live Audio	Finalist
	Definitely Dead (2006)	Charlaine Harris	Johanna Parker	Recorded Books	Finalist
	The Crimes of Jordan Wise (2006)	Bill Pronzini	Richard Ferrone	BBC Audiobooks America	Finalist
2008 13th	The Tin Roof Blowdown (2007)	James Lee Burke	Will Patton	Simon & Schuster Audio	Winner	[1]
	A Fatal Grace (2007)	Louise Penny	Ralph Cosham	Blackstone Audio	Finalist
	Hollywood Station (2006)	Joseph Wambaugh	Adam Grupper	Hachette Audio	Finalist
	Thunder Bay (2007)	William Kent Krueger	Buck Schirmer	Brilliance Audio	Finalist
	Up in Honey's Room (2007)	Elmore Leonard	Arliss Howard	HarperAudio	Finalist
2009 14th	The Voice of the Violin (1997)	Andrea Camilleri (trans. Stephen Sartarelli)	Grover Gardner	Blackstone Audio	Winner	[1] [12]
	A Killing Frost (2008)	R. D. Wingfield	Stephen Thorne	Ulverscroft Group	Finalist
	Cross (2006)	Ken Bruen	Gerry O'Brien	Ulverscroft Group	Finalist
	Swan Peak (2008)	James Lee Burke	Will Patton	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist
	The Silver Swan (2007)	Benjamin Black	Timothy Dalton	Macmillan Audio	Finalist

2010s

Year	Title	Author(s)	Narrator(s)	Publisher	Result	Ref.
2010 15th	Devil in a Blue Dress (1990)	Walter Mosley	Michael Boatman	Audible	Winner	[1] [13]
	Black Money (1966)	Ross Macdonald	Grover Gardner	Blackstone Audio	Finalist
	The Dying Breed (2008)	Declan Hughes	Stanley Townsend	Isis Publishing	Finalist
	Revelation (2008)	C. J. Sansom	Steven Crossley	Recorded Books	Finalist
	The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes , Volume I (1887–1927)	Arthur Conan Doyle	Charlton Griffin	Audio Connoisseur	Finalist
2011 16th	The Reversal (2010)	Michael Connelly	Peter Giles	Hachette Audio	Winner	[1] [14]
	Her Royal Spyness (2008)	Rhys Bowen	Katherine Kellgren	Audible	Finalist
	This Body of Death (2010)	Elizabeth George	John Lee	HarperAudio	Finalist
	Dog Tags (2010)	David Rosenfelt	Grover Gardner	Listen & Live Audio	Finalist
	Our Kind of Traitor (2010)	John le Carré	Robin Sachs	Penguin Audio	Finalist
	The Dead Room (2009)	Chris Mooney	Regina Reagan	Isis Publishing	Finalist
2012 17th	Feast Day of Fools (2011)	James Lee Burke	Will Patton	Simon & Schuster Audio	Winner	[1] [15]
	Naughty in Nice (2011)	Rhys Bowen	Katherine Kellgren	Audible	Finalist
	One Dog Night (2011)	David Rosenfelt	Grover Gardner	Listen & Live Audio	Finalist
	Return to Marshall's Bayou (2010)	S. H. Baker	Full cast	Siren Audio Studios	Finalist
	Rogue Island (2010)	Bruce DeSilva	Jeff Woodman	Audible	Finalist
2013 18th	The Beautiful Mystery (2012)	Louise Penny	Ralph Cosham	Macmillan Audio	Winner	[1] [16]
	And When She Was Good (2012)	Laura Lippman	Linda Emond	HarperAudio	Finalist	[16]
	The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas (2010)	Chris Ewan	Simon Vance	AudioGo	Finalist	[16]
	Hush Money (2012)	Chuck Greaves	Dan Butler	AudioGo	Finalist	[16]
	The Nightmare (2010)	Lars Kepler	Mark Bramhall	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[16]
2014 19th	Unleashed (2013)	David Rosenfelt	Grover Gardner	Listen & Live Audio	Winner	[1] [17]
	Death and the Lit Chick (2009)	G. M. Malliet	Davina Porter	Dreamscape	Finalist	[17]
	The Enemy of My Enemy (2011)	Richard Bard	R. C. Bray	Richard Bard	Finalist	[17]
	Heirs and Graces (2013)	Rhys Bowen	Katherine Kellgren	Audible	Finalist	[17]
	He's Gone (2013)	Deb Caletti	Cassandra Campbell	Tantor Audio	Finalist	[17]
	Rage Against the Dying (2012)	Becky Masterman	Judy Kaye	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[17]
2015 20th	The Silkworm (2014)	Robert Galbraith	Robert Glenister	Hachette Audio	Winner	[1] [18]
	The Dead Will Tell (2014)	Linda Castillo	Kathleen McInerney	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[18]
	Hounded (2014)	David Rosenfelt	Grover Gardner	Listen & Live Audio	Finalist	[18]
	Malice (2014)	Keigo Higashino	Jeff Woodman	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[18]
	Missing You (2014)	Harlan Coben	January LaVoy	Brilliance Audio	Finalist	[18]
	Providence Rag (2014)	Bruce DeSilva	Jeff Woodman	Audible	Finalist	[18]
2016	Career of Evil (2015)	Robert Galbraith	Robert Glenister	Hachette Audio	Winner	[1] [19]
	All the Old Knives (2015)	Olen Steinhauer	Ari Fliakos and Juliana Francis Kelly	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[19]
	Corrupted (2013)	Lisa Scottoline	Kate Burton	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[19]
	Gun Street Girl (2015)	Adrian McKinty	Gerard Doyle	Blackstone Audio	Finalist	[19]
	Malice at the Palace (2015)	Rhys Bowen	Katherine Kellgren	Audible	Finalist	[19]
	The Nature of the Beast (2015)	Louise Penny	Robert Bathurst	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[19]
2017 22nd	The Crossing (2015)	Michael Connelly	Titus Welliver	Hachette Audio	Winner	[1] [20]
	Crimson Shore (2015)	Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child	René Auberjonois	Hachette Audio	Finalist	[20]
	A Great Reckoning (2016)	Louise Penny	Robert Bathurst	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[20]
	The Heavens May Fall (2016)	Allen Eskens	R. C. Bray , David Colacci, and Amy McFadden	Tantor Audio	Finalist	[20]
	IQ (2016)	Joe Ide	Sullivan Jones	Hachette Audio	Finalist	[20]
2018 23rd	The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye (2017)	David Lagercrantz	Simon Vance	Random House Audio	Winner	[1] [21]
	Glass Houses (2017)	Louise Penny	Robert Bathurst	Macmillan Audio	Finalist
	Magpie Murders (2016)	Anthony Horowitz	Samantha Bond	HarperAudio	Finalist
	On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service (2017)	Rhys Bowen	Katherine Kellgren	Audible	Finalist
	Telling Tales (2005)	Ann Cleeves	Julia Franklin	Macmillan Audio	Finalist
2019 24th	The Punishment She Deserves (2018)	Elizabeth George	Simon Vance	Penguin Random House Audio	Winner	[1] [22]
	Lethal White (2018)	Robert Galbraith	Robert Glenister	Hachette Audio	Finalist
	The Mystery of Three Quarters (2018)	Sophie Hannah	Julian Rhind-Tutt	HarperAudio	Finalist
	The Tuscan Child (2018)	Rhys Bowen	Jonathan Keeble and Katy Sobey	Audible	Finalist
	Wild Fire (2018)	Ann Cleeves	Kenny Blyth	Macmillan Audio	Finalist

2020s

Year	Title	Author(s)	Narrator(s)	Publisher	Result	Ref.
2020 25th	The Chestnut Man (2018)	Søren Sveistrup	Peter Noble	HarperAudio	Winner	[23]
	Along Came a Spider: 25th Anniversary Edition (1993)	James Patterson	Taye Diggs	Hachette Audio	Finalist	[23]
	The Boy (2018)	Tami Hoag	Hillary Huber	Brilliance Audio	Finalist	[23]
	The Lost Man (2019)	Jane Harper	Stephen Shanahan	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[23]
	The New Iberia Blues (2019)	James Lee Burke	Will Patton	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	[23]
2021 26th	Fair Warning (2020)	Michael Connelly	Peter Giles and Zach Villa	Hachette Audio	Winner	[24]
	A Bad Day for Sunshine (2020)	Darynda Jones	Lorelei King	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[24]
	Confessions on the 7:45 (2020)	Lisa Unger	Vivienne Leheny	HarperAudio	Finalist	[24]
	The Guest List (2020)	Lucy Foley	Chloe Massey , Olivia Dowd, Sarah Ovens, Rich Keeble, Aoife McMahon, and Jot Davies	HarperAudio	Finalist	[24]
	Trouble Is What I Do (2020)	Walter Mosley	Dion Graham	Hachette Audio	Finalist	[24]
2022 27th	Later	Stephen King	Seth Numrich	Simon & Schuster Audio	Winner	[25]
	The Bucket List	Peter Mohlin and Peter Nystrom	Dion Graham	Recorded Books	Finalist	[25]
	Murder in Old Bombay	Nev March	Vikas Adam	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[25]
	The Man in the Brown Suit	Agatha Christie	Gabrielle de Cuir with John Lee	Blackstone Publishing and Skyboat Media	Finalist	[25]
	The Midnight Man	Caroline Mitchell	Emma Gregory and Elliot Fitzpatrick	Embla Books	Finalist	[25]
2023 28th	The Heron	Don Winslow	Ed Harris	Audible Originals	Winner	[26]
	The Bangalore Detectives Club	Harini Nagendra	Soneela Nankani	Blackstone Audio	Finalist	[26]
	The Maid	Nita Prose	Lauren Ambrose	Penguin Random House Audio	Finalist	[26]
	The Murder of Mr. Wickham	Claudia Gray	Billie Fulford-Brown	Penguin Random House Audio	Finalist	[26]
	Suspect	Scott Turow	Helen Laser	Hachette Audio	Finalist	[26]
2024 29th	Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers	Jesse Q. Sutanto	Eunice Wong	Penguin Random House Audio	Winner	[27]
	The Golden Gate	Amy Chua	Robb Moreira , Tim Campbell, and Suzanne Toren	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[27]
	A Line in the Sand	Kevin Powers	Christine Lakin	Hachette Audio	Finalist	[27]
	Murder Your Employer	Rupert Holmes	Neil Patrick Harris and Simon Vance	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist	[27]
	A World of Curiosities (2022)	Louise Penny	Robert Bathurst	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[27]
2025 30th	Listen for the Lie	Amy Tintera	Will Damron and January LaVoy	Macmillan Audio	Winner	[28]
	The Midnight Feast	Lucy Foley	Joe Eyre , Sarah Slimani, Roly Botha, Laurence Dobiesz, and Tuppence Middleton	HarperCollins Publishers	Finalist	[29]
	Rough Pages	Lev A. C. Rosen	Vikas Adam	Macmillan Audio	Finalist	[29]
	Still See You Everywhere	Lisa Gardner	Hillary Huber	Hachette Audio	Finalist	[29]
	This Is Why We Lied	Karin Slaughter	Kathleen Early	HarperCollins Publishers	Finalist	[29]

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External links

• Audie Award winners
• Audie Awards official website