Audie Award for Mystery explained

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	Ref.
1997	(1920)			The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.	Winner	^[1] ^[2]
	Cadillac Jukebox (1996)			Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist
	"M" Is for Malice (1996)			Random House Audio	Finalist
1998	Vintage Crime Stories (1859–1982)	, Ruth Rendell, Margery Allingham, Graham Greene, E. W. Hornung, and Frances Hegarty		Tangled Web Audio	Winner	^[3]
	Cimarron Rose (1998)			Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist
	Red Harvest (1929)			Isis Publishing	Finalist
1999	(1949)			The Audio Partners Publidhing	Winner	^[4]
	Black Coffee (1930)	(adapted by Charles Osborne)		HighBridge Audio	Finalist
	(1998)			Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist

2000s

Year	Title	Narrator	Narrator(s)	Publisher	Result	Ref.
2000	(1998)			Chivers North America	Winner	^[5]
	"O" Is for Outlaw (1999)			Random House Audio	Finalist
	Prayers for Rain (1999)			Brilliance Audio	Finalist
2001	(2000)			Recorded Books	Winner	^[6]
	Hugger Mugger (2000)			Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio	Finalist
	Moment of Truth (2000)			Recorded Books	Finalist
2002	Tell No One (2001)			Random House Audio	Winner	^[7]
	(2001)			Chivers North America	Finalist
	(2001)			Recorded Books	Finalist
2003	Jolie Blon's Bounce (2002)			Simon & Schuster Audio	Winner	^[8]
	(2002)			Bolinda Audio	Finalist
	"Q" Is for Quarry (2002)			Random House Audio	Finalist
	Rumpole's Return (1980)			BBC Audiobooks America	Finalist
	Tishomingo Blues (2002)			HarperAudio	Finalist
2004	Lost Light (2003)			Time Warner AudioBooks	Winner	^[9]
	A Fine Dark Line (2002)		Dick Hill	Brilliance Audio	Finalist
	Bangkok 8 (2004)		B. D. Wong	Random House Audio	Finalist
	Fear Itself (2003)		Don Cheadle	Time Warner AudioBooks	Finalist
	The Last Detective (2003)		James Daniels	Brilliance Audio	Finalist
2005	Twisted (2003)		, Michele Pawk, and Fredrick Weller	Simon & Schuster Audio	Winner	^[10]
	Brimstone (2004)	and Lincoln Child		Time Warner AudioBooks	Finalist
	Double Homicide (2005)	and Faye Kellerman	and Lou Diamond Phillips	Time Warner AudioBooks	Finalist
	Hark! (2004)			Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist
	(2004)			Time Warner AudioBooks	Finalist
2006	(2005)			HarperAudio	Winner
	Away with the Fairies (2001)			Bolinda Audio	Finalist
	Hidden River (2005)			Blacksone Audio	Finalist
	(2005)			HarperAudio	Finalist
	One Dangerous Lady (2005)			Blackstone Audio	Finalist
2007	Echo Park (2006)			Hachette Audio	Winner	^[11]
	(2006)			Blackstone Audio	Finalist
	Dark Tort (2007)			HarperAudio	Finalist
	Dead Center (2006)			Listen & Live Audio	Finalist
	Definitely Dead (2006)			Recorded Books	Finalist
	(2006)			BBC Audiobooks America	Finalist
2008	(2007)			Simon & Schuster Audio	Winner
	(2007)			Blackstone Audio	Finalist
	Hollywood Station (2006)			Hachette Audio	Finalist
	Thunder Bay (2007)			Brilliance Audio	Finalist
	Up in Honey's Room (2007)			HarperAudio	Finalist
2009	(1997)	(trans. Stephen Sartarelli)		Blackstone Audio	Winner	^[12]
	(2008)			Ulverscroft Group	Finalist
	Cross (2006)			Ulverscroft Group	Finalist
	Swan Peak (2008)			Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist
	(2007)			Macmillan Audio	Finalist

2010s

Year	Title	Author(s)	Narrator(s)	Publisher	Result	Ref.
2010	Devil in a Blue Dress (1990)			Audible	Winner	^[13]
	Black Money (1966)			Blackstone Audio	Finalist
	(2008)			Isis Publishing	Finalist
	Revelation (2008)			Recorded Books	Finalist
	, Volume I (1887–1927)			Audio Connoisseur	Finalist
2011	(2010)			Hachette Audio	Winner	^[14]
	Her Royal Spyness (2008)			Audible	Finalist
	This Body of Death (2010)			HarperAudio	Finalist
	Dog Tags (2010)			Listen & Live Audio	Finalist
	Our Kind of Traitor (2010)			Penguin Audio	Finalist
	(2009)		Regina Reagan	Isis Publishing	Finalist
2012	Feast Day of Fools (2011)			Simon & Schuster Audio	Winner	^[15]
	Naughty in Nice (2011)			Audible	Finalist
	One Dog Night (2011)			Listen & Live Audio	Finalist
	Return to Marshall's Bayou (2010)		Full cast	Siren Audio Studios	Finalist
	Rogue Island (2010)			Audible	Finalist
2013	(2012)			Macmillan Audio	Winner	^[16]
	And When She Was Good (2012)			HarperAudio	Finalist
	(2010)			AudioGo	Finalist
	Hush Money (2012)			AudioGo	Finalist
	(2010)			Macmillan Audio	Finalist
2014	Unleashed (2013)			Listen & Live Audio	Winner	^[17]
	Death and the Lit Chick (2009)			Dreamscape	Finalist
	(2011)			Richard Bard	Finalist
	Heirs and Graces (2013)			Audible	Finalist
	He's Gone (2013)			Tantor Audio	Finalist
	Rage Against the Dying (2012)			Macmillan Audio	Finalist
2015	(2014)			Hachette Audio	Winner	^[18]
	(2014)			Macmillan Audio	Finalist
	Hounded (2014)			Listen & Live Audio	Finalist
	Malice (2014)			Macmillan Audio	Finalist
	Missing You (2014)			Brilliance Audio	Finalist
	Providence Rag (2014)			Audible	Finalist
2016	Career of Evil (2015)			Hachette Audio	Winner	^[19]
	All the Old Knives (2015)		and Juliana Francis Kelly	Macmillan Audio	Finalist
	Corrupted (2013)			Macmillan Audio	Finalist
	Gun Street Girl (2015)			Blackstone Audio	Finalist
	Malice at the Palace (2015)			Audible	Finalist
	(2015)			Macmillan Audio	Finalist
2017	(2015)		Titus Welliver	Hachette Audio	Winner	^[20]
	Crimson Shore (2015)	and Lincoln Child		Hachette Audio	Finalist
	(2016)			Macmillan Audio	Finalist
	(2016)		, David Colacci, and Amy McFadden	Tantor Audio	Finalist
	IQ (2016)			Hachette Audio	Finalist
2018	(2017)			Random House Audio	Winner	^[21]
	Glass Houses (2017)			Macmillan Audio	Finalist
	Magpie Murders (2016)			HarperAudio	Finalist
	On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service (2017)			Audible	Finalist
	Telling Tales (2005)			Macmillan Audio	Finalist
2019	(2018)			Penguin Random House Audio	Winner	^[22]
	Lethal White (2018)			Hachette Audio	Finalist
	(2018)			HarperAudio	Finalist
	(2018)		and Katy Sobey	Audible	Finalist
	Wild Fire (2018)			Macmillan Audio	Finalist

2020s

Year	Title	Author(s)	Narrator(s)	Publisher	Result	Ref.
2020	(2018)			HarperAudio	Winner	^[23]
	Along Came a Spider 25th Anniversary Edition (1993)			Hachette Audio	Finalist
	(2018)			Brilliance Audio	Finalist
	(2019)			Macmillan Audio	Finalist
	(2019)			Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist
2021	Fair Warning (2020)		and Zach Villa	Hachette Audio	Winner	^[24]
	(2020)			Macmillan Audio	Finalist
	Confessions on the 7:45 (2020)			HarperAudio	Finalist
	(2020)		, Olivia Dowd, Sarah Ovens, Rich Keeble, Aoife McMahon, and Jot Davies	HarperAudio	Finalist
	Trouble Is What I Do (2020)			Hachette Audio	Finalist
2022	Later			Simon & Schuster Audio	Winner	^[25]
		and Peter Nystrom		Recorded Books	Finalist
	Murder in Old Bombay			Macmillan Audio	Finalist
			with John Lee	Blackstone Publishing and Skyboat Media	Finalist
			and Elliot Fitzpatrick	Embla Books	Finalist
2023				Audible Originals	Winner	^[26]
				Blackstone Audio	Finalist
				Penguin Random House Audio	Finalist
				Penguin Random House Audio	Finalist
	Suspect			Hachette Audio	Finalist
2024	Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers			Penguin Random House Audio	Winner	^[27]
			, Tim Campbell, and Suzanne Toren	Macmillan Audio	Finalist
				Hachette Audio	Finalist
	Murder Your Employer		and Simon Vance	Simon & Schuster Audio	Finalist
	(2022)			Macmillan Audio	Finalist

External links

• Audie Award winners
• Audie Awards official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Audie Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191016094331/https://lincolnlibraries.org/bookguide/award-winners/audie-awards/ . 16 October 2019 . 23 May 2019 . LincolnLibraries.org . Lincoln City Libraries [NE].
2. Web site: 1997 Audie Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230228203648/https://www.audiopub.org/1997-audies . 2023-02-28 . 2023-05-08 . . en-US.
3. Web site: 1998 Audie Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230326031409/https://www.audiopub.org/1998-audies . 2023-03-26 . 2023-05-08 . . en-US.
4. Web site: 1999 Audie Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230227194034/https://www.audiopub.org/1999-audies . 2023-02-27 . 2023-05-08 . . en-US.
5. Web site: 2000 Audie Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230328024049/https://www.audiopub.org/2000-audies-award . 2023-03-28 . 2023-05-08 . . en-US.
6. Web site: 2001 Audie Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221129225349/https://www.audiopub.org/2001-audies . 2022-11-29 . 2023-05-08 . . en-US.
7. Web site: 2002 Audie Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230508010717/https://www.audiopub.org/2002-audies . 2023-05-08 . 2023-05-08 . . en-US.
8. Web site: 2003 Audie Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230227232550/https://www.audiopub.org/2003-audies . 2023-02-27 . 2023-05-08 . . en-US.
9. Web site: 2004 Audie Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230228174057/https://www.audiopub.org/2004-audies . 2023-02-28 . 2023-05-08 . . en-US.
10. Web site: 2005 Audie Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230114235616/https://www.audiopub.org/2005-audies . 2023-01-14 . 2023-05-08 . . en-US.
11. News: Best Audiobook Titles of the Year Honored in New York . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200726122926/http://independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1163 . 26 July 2020 . 22 May 2019 . IndependentPublisher.com . Jenkins Group, Inc..
12. News: Burkey . Mary . May 29, 2009 . 2009 Audies Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200604052900/https://www.booklistreader.com/2009/05/29/audiobooks/2009-audies-awards/ . 4 June 2020 . 21 May 2019 . Booklist Reader . American Library Association.
13. News: Burkey . Mary . May 25, 2010 . Audies Awards 2010 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200607185341/https://www.booklistreader.com/2010/05/25/audiobooks/audies-awards-2010/ . 7 June 2020 . 22 May 2019 . Booklist Reader . American Library Association.
14. News: Burkey . Mary . May 25, 2011 . 2011 Audies Award Winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200607142133/https://www.booklistreader.com/2011/05/25/audiobooks/2011-audies-award-winners/ . 7 June 2020 . 20 May 2019 . Booklist Reader . American Library Association.
15. News: Burkey . Mary . June 6, 2012 . #JIAM2012 Audies Awards announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190714172505/https://www.booklistreader.com/2012/06/06/book-news/jiam2012-audies-awards-announced/ . 14 July 2019 . 20 May 2019 . Booklist Reader . American Library Association.
16. News: Burkey . Mary . May 30, 2013 . #Audies 2013 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200603184651/https://www.booklistreader.com/2013/05/30/book-news/audies-2013/ . 3 June 2020 . 20 May 2019 . Booklist Reader . American Library Association.
17. Web site: Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2014 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190517041626/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/audies/2014/ . 17 May 2019 . 17 May 2019 . .
18. Web site: Audie Award Finalists and Winners 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190517023102/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/audies/2015/ . 17 May 2019 . 17 May 2019 . .
19. Web site: Audie Award Finalists and Winners 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190517023101/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/audies/2016/ . 17 May 2019 . 17 May 2019 . .
20. Web site: Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190517040120/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/audies/2017/ . 17 May 2019 . 17 May 2019 . .
21. Web site: Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200727002938/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/audies/2018/?category=&winners=true . 27 July 2020 . 17 May 2019 . .
22. News: Katz . Danielle . 5 March 2019 . Audies Press Release Winners Final (2019) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200727002936/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/content/uploaded/media/audies-press-release-winners-final.pdf . 27 July 2020 . 17 May 2019 . Audio Publishers Agency (APA) . AudioFileMagazine.com.
23. Web site: Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2020 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200203150625/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2020-audies . 3 February 2020 . 17 May 2019 . www.audiopub.org . Audio Publishers Association.
24. Web site: Audies Award Finalists and Winners 2021 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210323192809/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2021-audies . 23 March 2021 . 23 March 2021 . .
25. Web site: 2022 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221006112915/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2022-audies . 2022-10-06 . 2022-08-23 . Audio Publishers Association.
26. Web site: 2023 Audie Awards Winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230406233210/https://www.audiopub.org/2023audieawards-winners . 2023-04-06 . 2023-05-08 . . en-US.
27. Web site: 2024 Audie Award Winners . 2024-04-16 . . en-US . 2024-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240308015617/https://www.audiopub.org/2024audieawards-winners/ . live .