Detective Dan Riley: Audiobooks in Order

James Lailey narrates both volumes, and his measured, slightly weathered delivery is a natural fit for Riley: he lets the procedural detail tick along calmly, then tightens his pace whenever a suspect starts to unravel. Because so much of Weatherley’s storytelling happens inside damaged minds, a narrator who can shift register without theatrics matters, and Lailey manages it.Newcomers need not go back to book one. What Kind of Mother, the stronger rated of the pair at 4.5 stars, makes a confident entry point. At roughly eleven hours apiece these are ideal commuting thrillers, long enough to sink into yet short enough to finish inside a week, and they suit listeners who like their crime contemporary, twisty and emotionally murky rather than cosy.