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
edit1990s
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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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