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

### 2000s

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

### 2010s

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

### 2020s

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