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 of Release Audiobook Author(s) Narrator(s) Audiobook Publisher
1997[1]
2nd
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) Agatha Christie David Suchet The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.
Cadillac Jukebox (1996) James Lee Burke Will Patton Simon & Schuster Audio
"M" Is for Malice (1996) Sue Grafton Judy Kaye Random House Audio
1998[2]
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
Cimarron Rose (1998) James Lee Burke Will Patton Simon & Schuster Audio
Red Harvest (1929) Dashiell Hammett William Dufris Isis Publishing
1999[3]
4th
The Third Man (1949) Graham Greene Martin Jarvis The Audio Partners Publidhing
Black Coffee (1930) Agatha Christie (adapted by Charles Osborne) Alexandra Thomas HighBridge Audio
The Job (1998) Douglas Kennedy John Slattery Simon & Schuster Audio

2000s

Year of Release Audiobook Narrator(s) Audiobook Publisher
2000[4]
5th
The Breaker (1998) Minette Walters Robert Powell Chivers North America
"O" Is for Outlaw (1999) Sue Grafton Kevin Hearne Random House Audio
Prayers for Rain (1999) Dennis Lehane Thomas J. S. Brown Brilliance Audio
2001[5]
6th
The Naked Detective (2000) Laurence Shames Ron McLarty Recorded Books
Hugger Mugger (2000) Robert B. Parker Joe Mantegna Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio
Moment of Truth (2000) Lisa Scottoline Barbara Rosenblat Recorded Books
2002[6]
7th
Tell No One (2001) Harlan Coben Steven Weber Random House Audio
The Blue Nowhere (2001) Jeffery Deaver William Dufris Chivers North America
The Vendetta Defense (2001) Lisa Scottoline Barbara Rosenblat Recorded Books
2003[7]
8th
Jolie Blon's Bounce (2002) James Lee Burke Will Patton Simon & Schuster Audio
The Diviner's Son (2002) Gary Crew Michael Veitch Bolinda Audio
"Q" Is for Quarry (2002) Sue Grafton Judy Kaye Random House Audio
Rumpole's Return (1980) John Mortimer Robert Hardy BBC Audiobooks America
Tishomingo Blues (2002) Elmore Leonard Paul Rudd HarperAudio
2004[8]
9th
Lost Light (2003) Michael Connelly Len Cariou Time Warner AudioBooks
A Fine Dark Line (2002) by Joe R. Lansdale Dick Hill Brilliance Audio
Bangkok 8 (2004) by John Burdett B. D. Wong Random House Audio
Fear Itself (2003) Walter Mosley Don Cheadle Time Warner AudioBooks
The Last Detective (2003) by Robert Crais James Daniels Brilliance Audio
2005[9]
10th
Twisted (2003) Jeffery Deaver Boyd Gaines, Michele Pawk, and Fredrick Weller Simon & Schuster Audio
Brimstone (2004) Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child René Auberjonois Time Warner AudioBooks
Double Homicide (2005) Jonathan Kellerman and Faye Kellerman John Rubinstein and Lou Diamond Phillips Time Warner AudioBooks
Hark! (2004) Ed McBain Ron McLarty Simon & Schuster Audio
The Man in My Basement (2004) Walter Mosley Ernie Hudson Time Warner AudioBooks
2006[10]
11th
The Serpent on the Crown (2005) Elizabeth Peters Barbara Peters HarperAudio
Away with the Fairies (2001) Kerry Greenwood Stephanie Daniel Bolinda Audio
Hidden River (2005) Adrian McKinty Gerard Doyle Blacksone Audio
The Hot Kid (2005) Elmore Leonard Arliss Howard HarperAudio
One Dangerous Lady (2005) Jane Stanton Hitchcock Barbara Rosenblat Blackstone Audio
2007[11]
12th
Echo Park (2006) Michael Connelly Len Cariou Hachette Audio
A Field of Darkness (2006) Cornelia Read Hilary Huber Blackstone Audio
Dark Tort (2007) Diane Mott Davidson Elizabeth Marvel HarperAudio
Dead Center (2006) David Rosenfelt Grover Gardner Listen & Live Audio
Definitely Dead (2006) Charlaine Harris Johanna Parker Recorded Books
The Crimes of Jordan Wise (2006) Bill Pronzini Richard Ferrone BBC Audiobooks America
2008[12][13]
13th
The Tin Roof Blowdown (2007) James Lee Burke Will Patton Simon & Schuster Audio
A Fatal Grace (2007) Louise Penny Ralph Cosham Blackstone Audio
Hollywood Station (2006) Joseph Wambaugh Adam Grupper Hachette Audio
Thunder Bay (2007) William Kent Krueger Buck Schirmer Brilliance Audio
Up in Honey's Room (2007) Elmore Leonard Arliss Howard HarperAudio
2009[14][15]
14th
The Voice of the Violin(1997) Andrea Camilleri (trans. Stephen Sartarelli) Grover Gardner Blackstone Audio
A Killing Frost (2008) R. D. Wingfield Stephen Thorne Ulverscroft Group
Cross (2006) Ken Bruen Gerry O'Brien Ulverscroft Group
Swan Peak (2008) James Lee Burke Will Patton Simon & Schuster Audio
The Silver Swan (2007) Benjamin Black Timothy Dalton Macmillan Audio

2010s

Year of Release Audiobook Author(s) Narrator(s) Audiobook Publisher
2010[16]
15th
Devil in a Blue Dress (1990) Walter Mosley Michael Boatman Audible
Black Money (1966) Ross Macdonald Grover Gardner Blackstone Audio
The Dying Breed (2008) Declan Hughes Stanley Townsend Isis Publishing
Revelation (2008) C. J. Sansom Steven Crossley Recorded Books
The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes, Volume I (1887–1927) Arthur Conan Doyle Charlton Griffin Audio Connoisseur
2011[17]
16th
The Reversal (2010) Michael Connelly Peter Giles Hachette Audio
Her Royal Spyness (2008) Rhys Bowen Katherine Kellgren Audible
This Body of Death (2010) Elizabeth George John Lee HarperAudio
Dog Tags (2010) David Rosenfelt Grover Gardner Listen & Live Audio
Our Kind of Traitor (2010) John le Carré Robin Sachs Penguin Audio
The Dead Room (2009) Chris Mooney Regina Reagan Isis Publishing
2012[18][19]
17th
Feast Day of Fools (2011) James Lee Burke Will Patton Simon & Schuster Audio
Naughty in Nice (2011) Rhys Bowen Katherine Kellgren Audible
One Dog Night (2011) David Rosenfelt Grover Gardner Listen & Live Audio
Return to Marshall's Bayou (2010) S. H. Baker Full cast Siren Audio Studios
Rogue Island (2010) Bruce DeSilva Jeff Woodman Audible
2013[20]
18th
The Beautiful Mystery (2012) Louise Penny Ralph Cosham Macmillan Audio
And When She Was Good (2012) Laura Lippman Linda Emond HarperAudio
The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas (2010) Chris Ewan Simon Vance AudioGo
Hush Money (2012) Chuck Greaves Dan Butler AudioGo
The Nightmare (2010) Lars Kepler Mark Bramhall Macmillan Audio
2014[21]
19th
Unleashed (2013) David Rosenfelt Grover Gardner Listen & Live Audio
Death and the Lit Chick (2009) G. M. Malliet Davina Porter Dreamscape
The Enemy of My Enemy (2011) Richard Bard R. C. Bray Richard Bard
Heirs and Graces (2013) Rhys Bowen Katherine Kellgren Audible
He's Gone (2013) Deb Caletti Cassandra Campbell Tantor Audio
Rage Against the Dying (2012) Becky Masterman Judy Kaye Macmillan Audio
2015[22]
20th
The Silkworm (2014) Robert Galbraith Robert Glenister Hachette Audio
The Dead Will Tell (2014) Linda Castillo Kathleen McInerney Macmillan Audio
Hounded (2014) David Rosenfelt Grover Gardner Listen & Live Audio
Malice (2014) Keigo Higashino Jeff Woodman Macmillan Audio
Missing You (2014) Harlan Coben January LaVoy Brilliance Audio
Providence Rag (2014) Bruce DeSilva Jeff Woodman Audible
2016[23] Career of Evil (2015) Robert Galbraith Robert Glenister Hachette Audio
All the Old Knives (2015) Olen Steinhauer Ari Fliakos and Juliana Francis Kelly Macmillan Audio
Corrupted (2013) Lisa Scottoline Kate Burton Macmillan Audio
Gun Street Girl (2015) Adrian McKinty Gerard Doyle Blackstone Audio
Malice at the Palace (2015) Rhys Bowen Katherine Kellgren Audible
The Nature of the Beast (2015) Louise Penny Robert Bathurst Macmillan Audio
2017[24]
22nd
The Crossing (2015) Michael Connelly Titus Welliver Hachette Audio
Crimson Shore (2015) Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child René Auberjonois Hachette Audio
A Great Reckoning (2016) Louise Penny Robert Bathurst Macmillan Audio
The Heavens May Fall (2016) Allen Eskens R. C. Bray, David Colacci, and Amy McFadden Tantor Audio
IQ (2016) Joe Ide Sullivan Jones Hachette Audio
2018[25]
23rd
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye (2017) David Lagercrantz Simon Vance Random House Audio
Glass Houses (2017) Louise Penny Robert Bathurst Macmillan Audio
Magpie Murders (2016) Anthony Horowitz Samantha Bond HarperAudio
On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service (2017) Rhys Bowen Katherine Kellgren Audible
Telling Tales (2005) Ann Cleeves Julia Franklin Macmillan Audio
2019[26]
24th
The Punishment She Deserves (2018) Elizabeth George Simon Vance Penguin Random House Audio
Lethal White (2018) Robert Galbraith Robert Glenister Hachette Audio
The Mystery of Three Quarters (2018) Sophie Hannah Julian Rhind-Tutt HarperAudio
The Tuscan Child (2018) Rhys Bowen Jonathan Keeble and Katy Sobey Audible
Wild Fire (2018) Ann Cleeves Kenny Blyth Macmillan Audio

2020s

Year of Release Audiobook Author(s) Narrator(s) Audiobook Publisher
2020[27]
25th
The Chestnut Man (2018) Søren Sveistrup Peter Noble HarperAudio
Along Came a Spider: 25th Anniversary Edition (1993) James Patterson Taye Diggs Hachette Audio
The Boy (2018) Tami Hoag Hillary Huber Brilliance Audio
The Lost Man (2019) Jane Harper Stephen Shanahan Macmillan Audio
The New Iberia Blues (2019) James Lee Burke Will Patton Simon & Schuster Audio
2021[28]
26th
Fair Warning (2020) Michael Connelly Peter Giles and Zach Villa Hachette Audio
A Bad Day for Sunshine (2020) Darynda Jones Lorelei King Macmillan Audio
Confessions on the 7:45 (2020) Lisa Unger Vivienne Leheny HarperAudio
The Guest List (2020) Lucy Foley Chloe Massey, Olivia Dowd, Sarah Ovens, Rich Keeble, Aoife McMahon, and Jot Davies HarperAudio
Trouble Is What I Do (2020) Walter Mosley Dion Graham Hachette Audio
2022[29]
27th
Later Stephen King Seth Numrich Simon & Schuster Audio
The Bucket List Peter Mohlin and Peter Nystrom Dion Graham Recorded Books
Murder in Old Bombay Nev March Vikas Adam Macmillan Audio
The Man in the Brown Suit Agatha Christie Gabrielle de Cuir with John Lee Blackstone Publishing and Skyboat Media
The Midnight Man Caroline Mitchell Emma Gregory and Elliot Fitzpatrick Embla Books
2023[30]
28th
The Heron Don Winslow Ed Harris Audible Originals
The Bangalore Detectives Club Harini Nagendra Soneela Nankani Blackstone Audio
The Maid Nita Pros Lauren Ambrose Penguin Random House Audio
The Murder of Mr. Wickham Claudia Gray Billie Fulford-Brown Penguin Random House Audio
Suspect Scott Turow Helen Laser Hachette Audio

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