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Devil in a Blue Dress
Featured Article: Whodunit Whizzes—A Shortlist of the Best Mystery Authors
Who doesn't love a good mystery? Listening to mystery audiobooks is a great way to feel some semblance of order in an often chaotic world. The clues are there for you to solve along, and by the end, it will all come together in an incredibly satisfying manner. There’s a formula to the genre, sure, but the best mysteries still surprise you and often subvert expectations. These mystery writers take the genre to a new level. Here's our pick of their best listens.
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Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right
- A King Oliver Novel
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
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A family member’s terminal illness leads P.I. Joe King Oliver to the investigation of his life: tracking down his long-lost father, and meanwhile, a new case pits King’s professional responsibility against his own moral code.
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Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right
- A King Oliver Novel
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Series: King Oliver, Book 3
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 01-28-25
- Language: English
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The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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A masterful, moving novel about age, memory, and family from one of the literary icons of our time. Ptolemy Grey is 91 years old and has been all but forgotten - by his family, his friends, even himself - as he sinks into a lonely dementia....
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Old People Turn into Chores For The Young
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 02-02-13
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The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 11-11-10
- Language: English
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Farewell, Amethystine
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Easy Rawlins’ latest client sends him down a warren of memory and nostalgia, blinding him to reason and risk, from “master of the genre,” (Washington Post) Walter Mosley....
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Mosely never fails!
- By Shenelle Williams on 06-20-24
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Farewell, Amethystine
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Series: Easy Rawlins, Book 16
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 06-04-24
- Language: English
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The Awkward Black Man
- Stories
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
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Mosley presents distinct characters as they struggle to move through the world in each of these stories - heroes who are awkward, nerdy, self-defeating, self-involved, and, on the whole, odd....
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Don't just listen, think.
- By Alonzo on 04-13-21
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The Awkward Black Man
- Stories
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 11-10-20
- Language: English
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Violent Spring
- Ivan Monk Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Gary Phillips, Walter Mosley - introduction
- Narrated by: William DeMeritt
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
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Black private eye Ivan Monk investigates the murder of a Korean shop owner in the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles riots....
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Violent Spring
- Ivan Monk Mysteries, Book 1
- Narrated by: William DeMeritt
- Series: The Ivan Monk Mysteries, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 05-07-24
- Language: English
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47
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Ossie Davis
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
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In his first book for young adults, best-selling author Walter Mosley deftly weaves historical and speculative fiction into a powerful narrative about the nature of freedom....
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Poignant, powerful tale, richly narrated
- By Stef on 03-15-07
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47
- Narrated by: Ossie Davis
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 04-15-05
- Language: English
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The Tempest Tales
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Ty Jones
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
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i>The Tempest Tales, an Essence Book Club Recommended Read, features Tempest Landry, a black man shot down by an over-eager cop. But that's not the end of the line....
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Another Great Creation
- By Kristina on 03-06-09
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The Tempest Tales
- Narrated by: Ty Jones
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 11-24-08
- Language: English
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Six Easy Pieces
- Easy Rawlins Stories
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: M.E. Willis
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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This handsome collection contains six interconnected stories. Fans can now add these original stories in Six Easy Pieces to their Walter Mosley library: "Smoke," "Crimson Stain," "Silver Lining," "Lavender," "Gato Green," "Gray-Eyed Death," and "Amber Gate"....
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Before LIttle Scarlet and Cinnamon Kiss
- By Catriona on 01-03-06
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Six Easy Pieces
- Easy Rawlins Stories
- Narrated by: M.E. Willis
- Series: Easy Rawlins, Book 8
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 07-25-03
- Language: English
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The Right Mistake
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Ezra Knight
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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Organizing other troubled individuals, Socrates starts the Thursday Night Thinkers' Meeting, in which members discuss "the world and what would be the right thing to do"....
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Saving the best for last
- By Manifesta on 06-06-15
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The Right Mistake
- Narrated by: Ezra Knight
- Series: Socrates Fortlow, Book 3
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 03-25-09
- Language: English
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Known to Evil
- A Leonid McGill Mystery
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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The Walter Mosley and his new hero, Leonid McGill, are back in the new New York Times best-selling mystery series that's already being hailed as a classic of contemporary noir.....
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Mirron Willis brings a book to life
- By Amazon Customer on 05-05-16
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Known to Evil
- A Leonid McGill Mystery
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Series: Leonid McGill, Book 2
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 03-23-10
- Language: English
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Fearless Jones
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
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Paris Minton is minding his own business when a beautiful woman named Elana Love walks into his bookstore...
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Mosley at Perfection
- By Gypsy Wife on 08-27-12
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Fearless Jones
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
- Series: Fearless Jones (abridged), Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 02-01-02
- Language: English
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Devil in a Blue Dress
- An Easy Rawlins Mystery
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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Los Angeles, 1948: Easy Rawlins is a black war veteran just fired from his job at a defense plant....
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Beware of Mysterious Sexy Women with Big Suitcases
- By Jefferson on 02-13-11
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Devil in a Blue Dress
- An Easy Rawlins Mystery
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Series: Easy Rawlins, Book 1
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 10-28-09
- Language: English
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Every Man a King
- A King Oliver Novel
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
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In this highly anticipated sequel to the Edgar award winner Down the River Unto the Sea, Joe King Oliver is entangled in a dangerous case when he's asked to investigate whether a white nationalist is being unjustly set up....
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Very difficult to follow
- By socca_dad on 03-03-23
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Every Man a King
- A King Oliver Novel
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Series: King Oliver, Book 2
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 02-21-23
- Language: English
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Stepping Stone & Love Machine
- Two Short Novels from Crosstown to Oblivion
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Sean Crisden
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
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Stepping Stone and Love Machine are but two of six fragments in the Crosstown to Oblivion short novels in which Walter Mosley entertainingly explores life’s cosmic questions....
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Twilught Zone
- By F V Alexander on 06-02-21
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Stepping Stone & Love Machine
- Two Short Novels from Crosstown to Oblivion
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Sean Crisden
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 05-01-13
- Language: English
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When the Thrill Is Gone
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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Leonid McGill is back, in the third - and most enthralling and ambitious - installment in Walter Mosley's latest New York Times best-selling series....
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No The Thrill is not Gone
- By Nicole on 04-09-11
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When the Thrill Is Gone
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Series: Leonid McGill, Book 3
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 03-08-11
- Language: English
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Blood Grove
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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Walter Mosley's infamous Detective Easy Rawlins is back, with a new mystery to solve on the sun-soaked streets of Southern California....
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Lots of stuff...nothing that really mattered
- By Lovie247 on 02-17-21
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Blood Grove
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Series: Easy Rawlins, Book 15
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 02-02-21
- Language: English
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Fear Itself
- A Fearless Jones Novel
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Don Cheadle
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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Paris Minton is a man who would just as soon walk away from trouble as stand up to it. But in 1950s Los Angeles...
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One of the best
- By Jody R. Nathan on 03-10-05
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Fear Itself
- A Fearless Jones Novel
- Narrated by: Don Cheadle
- Series: Fearless Jones, Book 2
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 07-25-03
- Language: English
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Killing Johnny Fry
- A Sexistential Novel
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Percy O'Hara
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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When Cordell Carmel catches his longtime girlfriend with another man, the act he witnesses seems to dissolve all the boundaries he knows....
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Really Dark and Raw!
- By Ebjaden on 04-20-15
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Killing Johnny Fry
- A Sexistential Novel
- Narrated by: Percy O'Hara
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 03-17-15
- Language: English
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Charcoal Joe
- An Easy Rawlins Mystery
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
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Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins finds his life in transition. He's ready to - finally - propose to his girlfriend, Bonnie Shay, and start a life together....
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Charcoal Joe is another excellent "Easy Rawlins" tale.
- By CA Woods on 12-17-16
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Charcoal Joe
- An Easy Rawlins Mystery
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Series: Easy Rawlins, Book 14
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 06-14-16
- Language: English
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Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned
- By: Walter Mosley
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
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Departing from his critically acclaimed Easy Rawlins mysteries, best-selling author Walter Mosley introduces Socrates Fortlow, an ex-con struggling to find his place in the world after 27 years in jail.
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Awesome
- By funblackeagle2 on 03-08-20
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Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
- Series: Socrates Fortlow, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 11-20-14
- Language: English
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