Audiobooks discussion

I'm talking about best audiobook who-done-it mystery EVER! Not just this year, A must-hear, if you will.
A book must have at least good narration and a great story.
Any ideas?

I really love

It had me guessing to the end.

I am a big fan of Agatha Christie in general Celia. Jure - do you like straight suspense novels or cozy type mysteries??

Heidi I wrote: "I am a big fan of Agatha Christie in general Celia. Jure - do you like straight suspense novels or cozy type mysteries??"
I read/listened-to all Agatha Chriestie's & Conan Doyle's books and am now in the new hunt. But any audiobook in style of 'thinking who-done-it' should do.

Celia wrote: "I really love

It had me guessing to the end."
Been there, done that :)
Thanks anyway

@Jure have you ever done any P.D. James?

For cozies on audio I like the Agatha Raisin series is the first one as well as the Goldy Bear series - first one is . I also like the series and the Death on Demand series on audio. For straight suspense there is always James Patterson or John Sandford. I also really loved the Millennium triology on audio is the first book.

Michael wrote: "@Jure have you ever done any P.D. James?"

I have listened to most PDJ and I really like all of her characters and the British culture and the really good mysteries.

I really enjoyed Dark Places

I haven't listened to a lot of mysteries in audiobook format, but after Dark Places, I'll listen to more.

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by John Telfer, available for free at Project Gutenberg. If you haven't listened to any Sherlock Holmes, this is a great place to start.

Michael wrote: "@Jure have you ever done any P.D. James?"

Not yet... Tnx

Seth wrote: "The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by John Telfer, available for free at Project Gutenberg. If you haven't listened to any Sherlock Holmes, this is a great place to start."
Read this too.
But I do most like detective mysteries!

I don't read many mystery books. I went on a kick in middle school/early high school and once I was off that kick I've not really gone back. However I really like the idea of mystery audiobooks. I think I'll try some of these.

Cassi - Mysteries and YA books on audio are my two favorites because they are easy to listen to while driving.

Have you ever tried anything by Louise Penny her Chief Inspector Gamache reminded me alot of Poirot they are set in Canada and the first book is called Still Life

Jure wrote: "I'm talking about best audiobook who-done-it mystery EVER! Not just this year, A must-hear, if you will.
A book must have at least good narration and a great story.
Any ideas?"

Hi, June --
I do my best listening while walking. When I was listening to Shatter by Michael Robotham I was so engrossed that before I knew it I had walked 7 miles!

But I also agree with Heidi that the Millennium trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson) is one of the best!

Susie wrote: "Have you ever tried anything by Louise Penny her Chief Inspector Gamache reminded me alot of Poirot they are set in Canada and the first book is called Still Life"

Another good choice! Love that series.

I'm listening to the Millennium Trilogy but I never thought of it as a "who done it" somewhere in my head I filed it in the category "books about journalists." Blame majoring journalism during college.

I'm listening to the last one and it kind of rambles at times. I just want it to get to the juicy stuff! I don't really care how the Swedish government works.

The author does tend to ramble Cassi! I think since he (the author) passed away they were almost afraid to edit anything out, but they really could have :)

I know about his death. There have been times that its jumped to a new perspective for just one scene and it throws me (woman in woods--thats my hint if you've listened to all 3 & I think completely spoiler free b/c its so short). And I'm currently listening to a whole section where they're talking about the organization of the Swedish police & government. UGH!

Also it makes me laugh how they refer to everyone by last name, which is of course what you do in journalism. Occasionally I've gotten totally mixed up because there are so many old men either security officers/police officers.

I feel your pain Cassi. My mind wandered off more than once, but I blame the publisher for not editing more than the writer. I am a huge Lisbeth fan, so all I did was wait for more scenes with Lisbeth! That is why I loved book 2 so much, because it was ALL Lisbeth. I still love the series overall, but agree with you 100%.

I'm going to jump in and mention (yet again!) George Guidall's narration of Tony Hillerman's Chee/Leaphorn mystery series (set in Navajo country) as perhaps the best author-narrator fit I've run across since I started listening to audiobooks many years ago!

I should re-listen to some of the books myself! Robert Redford produced videos of three stories that were excellent - if your library has them, get one and see!

They are good John - I listened to a few years ago. I may need to return to the series soon.

I get my audiobooks through iTunes and there is a very limited range. Louise Penny, for example, isn't listed. I love those books, but I don't know how you would get them on audio.

I find there are specific authors/readers that really work on audio. My favourites are;
Grover Gardner reading Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan series
Hugh Fraser reading Agatha Christie
I have also enjoyed the Miss Silver books by
Patricia Wentworth, many of the Sherlock Holmes titles, both novels and short stories - though I recommend you review before you buy, because some of the renditions are awful.
I'm now going to download a P D James so I'll let you know what I think.

John wrote: "I'm going to jump in and mention (yet again!) George Guidall's narration of Tony Hillerman's Chee/Leaphorn mystery series (set in Navajo country) as perhaps the best author-narrator fit I've run ac..."

ooo I had no idea those were on audio! I'm so excited!!

Aileen, you really should try audible. You can buy their content without signing up for a plan and it easily imports into iTunes. (In fact, I think alot of the iTunes audio books are directly taken from audible content.)

I liked Richard North Patterson's "The Spire. I recruited another audiobook convert by lending this book to a friend who also loved it and asked me to recommend more books.

I agree with Aileen and others that Louise Penny's Three Pines Mysteries are excellent on audio. Inspector Gamache is great to follow. Starting with "Still Life" will give you the flavor of the 'snow globe' community of Three Pines and allow you to see the development of the characters.

Dacia wrote: "Aileen, you really should try audible. You can buy their content without signing up for a plan and it easily imports into iTunes. (In fact, I think alot of the iTunes audio books are directly tak..."

Yep, thanks to this discussion thread, I joined audible :).

I've noticed that Audible has become more aggressive about releasing books on which they have an audio monopoly (at least short term) under "Audible, Inc." as the producer, making joining worthwhile as they're not going to be available from libraries.