True crime podcasts 🤝 mystery novels

If your favorite part of a mystery is the investigation, these books put a microphone right in the middle of it.

🎙️ Listen for the Lie

🎙️ The Night Swim

🎙️ This Story Might Save Your Life

🎙️ None of This Is True

🎙️ I Have Some Questions for You

🎙️ Conviction

Which one are you reading first?

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