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]
[[The Hot Kid|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 Hot Kid|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 Mystery of Three Quarters|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]

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