Who did it—and how’d they get away with it? It’s one of the elements that keep us hooked on true crime podcasts, along with the chance to explore the darker sides of human nature. This summer, press play and prepare to follow the clues in these thrillers that give the same pulse-pounding twists of a true crime podcast. Prepare to be gripped.

The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers

As a podcaster herself, Ashley Flowers knows how to unravel a chilling mystery. Now, she narrates her own telling of a haunting cold case where two sisters vanish years apart, leaving their families shattered. Nic and Jenna, the surviving siblings, must piece together their fragmented timelines and confront buried clues, even if it means confronting a past everyone else has forgotten.

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The Final Episode by Lori Roy

What happens when a cold case goes viral and the investigation turns deadly? P.J. Morgan narrates this chilling thriller where a true-crime TV series reopens the two-decade-old mystery of a young girl’s disappearance. As buried truths resurface from the Big Cypress Swamp, the lines between the broadcast and Jennifer Jones’ life dangerously blur, forcing her to confront the terrifying possibility that the final episode might be her own.

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Whispers of the Lake by Shanora Williams

A frantic call sends an investigative reporter to a remote town. There, she finds a community hiding dark secrets beneath the lake’s still surface. As her estranged best friend’s disappearance unspools like a chilling podcast, prepare for an ending where the truth is anything but safe. Dominique Franceschi and Jasmin Walker narrate this gripping mystery.

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Didn’t See It Coming by Shari Lapena

From the acclaimed voice of January LaVoy comes a chilling domestic thriller. When a perfect life shatters with a sudden disappearance—and a body is later found in a storage locker—the investigation pulls back the curtain on a seemingly idyllic marriage, revealing unsettling cracks and dangerous betrayals. Every perfect detail and trusted relationship becomes a clue. Was it the husband, the lover, or someone else entirely in their luxury condo building?

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The Rabbit Club by Christopher J. Yates

A secret society. A decades-old cover-up. When old friends reunite, they must confront a past that refuses to stay buried. Listen as Jeremy Arthur, Will Watt, and Imogen Church pull you into the dark side of academia. Eighteen-year-old Ali McCain gets into Oxford’s most selective secret society, inadvertently setting a layered puzzle of obsession, guilt, and betrayal in motion. Each revelation leads to the club’s deadly initiation.

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Sunburned by Katherine Wood

When a severed foot washes ashore, a vacation paradise becomes the epicenter of a deadly mystery. Follow Audrey Collet as she’s pulled back into her ex-lover’s lavish but dangerous world of blackmail and hidden secrets. With a killer on a yacht and a past that won’t stay buried, narrator Stephanie Németh-Parker guides you through this high-stakes story where betrayal runs deeper than the clear blue waters.

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Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke

Killer Kate? K.C.? Kit-Kat? Who is Katherine Cole, really? When a young waitress is accused of poisoning four elite club members, her identity becomes a chilling puzzle. This full-on cast narrates the story, piecing together a fragmented truth from the conflicting accounts of five men from her past. Every perspective holds a piece of this deadly puzzle, and the truth is a crime far more complex than it appears.

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Girl in the Creek by Wendy N. Wagner

Searching for her missing brother, Erin uncovers a string of unsolved disappearances tied to a mysterious creek in Oregon’s wilderness. With each clue, the story sinks deeper into unsettling territory. Jennifer Pickens narrates, taking reads on Erin’s investigation into the wilderness filled with dark secrets and even darker human Intentions.

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My Ex, the Antichrist by Craig DiLouie

A full-on cast, including Lisa Flanagan, Jesse Vilinsky, Alexander Cendese, and Pete Simonelli, narrates one of the most bizarre true crime stories you’ll ever hear. Meet The Shivers, a rock band whose 1999 Battle of the Bands ended in shocking death and a riot. Decades later, frontwoman Lily Lawlor confessed to the murder. Could the charismatic Drake Morgan truly be the Antichrist or just the catalyst of chaos? Only the truth, however strange, will reveal it.

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Stay Away From Him by Andrew DeYoung

Melissa’s love life featuring the charming small-town pediatrician seemed too good to be true—because it is. As the warning signs pile up about his exonerated past and his mysteriously vanished wife, so do the dark secrets. Anonymous threats become chillingly real, forcing Melissa to confront the question: is the man she loves a victim of circumstance or a killer who got away? Gail Shalan and Aaron Shedlock narrate this tense thriller.

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