Nathan Ripley has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4★ across 37 ratings. The most-rated is Find You in the Dark.
Find You in the Dark
Summary
In this chilling and disquieting debut thriller perfect for fans of Caroline Kepnes's Hidden Bodies and Jeff Lindsay's Dexter series, a family man with a habit of digging up the past catches the attention of a serial killer who wants anything but his secrets uncovered. For years, unbeknownst to his wife and teenage daughter, Martin Reese has been illegally buying police files on serial killers and obsessively studying them, using them as guides to find the missing bodies of victims. He doesn't take any souvenirs, just photos that he stores in an old laptop, and then he turns in the results anonymously. Martin sees his work as a public service, a righting of wrongs. Detective Sandra Whittal sees the situation differently. On a meteoric rise in police ranks due to her case-closing efficiency, Whittal is suspicious of the mysterious source she calls the Finder, especially since he keeps leading the police right to the bodies. Even if he isn't the one leaving bodies behind, how can she be sure he won't start soon? On his latest dig, Martin searches for the first kill of Jason Shurn, the early 1990s murderer who may have been responsible for the disappearance of his wife's sister. But when he arrives at the site, he finds more than just bones. There's a freshly killed body - a young and missing Seattle woman - lying among remains that were left there decades ago. Someone else knew where Jason Shurn left the corpses of his victims...and that someone isn't happy that Martin has been going around digging up his work. And when a crooked cop with a tenuous tie to Martin vanishes, Whittal begins to zero in on the Finder. Hunted by a real killer and by Whittal, Martin realizes that in order to escape, he may have to go deeper into the killer's dark world than he ever thought....
©2018 Nathan Ripley (P)2018 Simon & Schuster Audio
Your Life Is Mine
Summary
A psychological thriller - perfect for anyone fascinated by compelling true-crime stories such as Wild, Wild Country and The Road to Jonestown - about a young woman who thought she’d escaped the legacy of her mass-murderer father, until her estranged mother is killed by his so-called followers - and it’s clear this death is only the beginning. Blanche Potter never wanted to repeat the past - but she knows she can’t escape it. In 1996, when she was a small child, her father, Chuck Varner, went on a shooting spree before turning the gun on himself. To Blanche and her mother, Crissy, Chuck was not the crazed killer the media portrayed: He was a devoted leader, a man whose beliefs could’ve affected real change in the world. For years, in fact, they worked together to honor his memory. But after Crissy reveals the truth about the notorious mass murderer - and after she decides to carry on Chuck’s violent gospel herself - Blanche finally snaps out of the cult and flees. Now an adult, Blanche has completely distanced herself from the bloody legacy of her parents. But when she learns her mother has been murdered, she soon discovers there’s more to her death than police are willing to reveal. The detective handling the case knew her mother before she died, and so did a journalist who has been nosing around the case. Blanche begins to suspect these men - and others who may be following her every move - are new disciples in the cult her father started. Pulse-pounding and filled with shocking twists and turns, Your Life Is Mine explores the dangers of untrustworthy leaders, family secrets, and how the past can return to haunt you in the present.
©2019 Nathan Ripley (P)2019 Simon & Schuster
Find You in the Dark
Summary
In this chilling debut thriller, in the vein of Dexter and The Talented Mr. Ripley, a family man obsessed with digging up the undiscovered remains of serial killer victims catches the attention of a murderer prowling the streets of Seattle.
Martin Reese is obsessed with murder.
For years, he has been illegally buying police files on serial killers and studying them in depth, using them as guides to find missing bodies. He doesn’t take any souvenirs, just photos that he stores in an old laptop, and then he turns in the results to the police anonymously. Martin sees his work as a public service, a righting of wrongs that cops have continuously failed to do.
Detective Sandra Whittal sees it differently. On a meteoric rise in police ranks due to her case-closing efficiency, Whittal is suspicious of the mysterious caller - the Finder, she names him - leading the police to the bodies. Even if the Finder isn’t the one leaving bodies behind, who’s to say that he won’t start soon?
On his latest dig, Martin searches for the first kill of Jason Shurn, the early 1990s murderer who may have been responsible for the disappearance of his sister-in-law, whom he never met. But when he arrives at the site, he finds a freshly killed body - a young and recently disappeared Seattle woman - lying among remains that were left there decades ago. Someone else knew where Jason Shurn buried his victims...and that someone isn’t happy that Martin has been going around digging up his work.
When a crooked cop with a tenuous tie to Martin vanishes, Whittal begins to zero in on the Finder. Hunted by a real killer and by Whittal, Martin realizes that in order to escape the killer’s trap, he may have to go deeper into the world of murder than he ever thought.
©2018 Nathan Ripley (P)2019 Simon & Schuster Audio
Tiefes Grab
Summary
Familienvater Martin Reese pflegt ein ungewöhnliches Hobby. Er spürt die lang verschollenen Opfer von Serienkillern auf, gräbt ihre Überreste aus und meldet seinen Fund dann anonym der Polizei. Martin selbst sieht sich als aufrechter Kämpfer für die Gerechtigkeit, fast schon als Held. Bis er bei seinem nächsten Streifzug eine schockierende Entdeckung macht: Offenbar ist jemand bestens informiert über ihn und sein kleines Hobby. Martin muss erkennen, wie gefährlich es ist, einem Serienkiller ins Handwerk zu pfuschen...
©2019 Lübbe Audio. Übersetzung von Stefan Hohner (P)2019 Lübbe Audio