The Commuter cover art

The Commuter

 Preview

Get this deal Try for $0.00
Offer ends April 30, 2025 at 11:59PM PT.
Prime logo Amazon Prime member exclusive: get any 2 titles with your free trial. Terms apply.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/month + applicable taxes after 3 months. Cancel anytime.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo + applicable taxes after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

The Commuter

Written by: James Patterson, Aaron Tracy
Narrated by: Lizzy Caplan, Richard Schiff, Thomas Lennon, James Urbaniak, Sarah Steele, Terrence Terrell, Nicolas Dromard, Wolf Williams, full cast
Get this deal Try for $0.00

$14.95/month + applicable taxes after 3 months. Offer ends April 30, 2025 11:59PM PT. Cancel anytime.

$14.95 per month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $18.74

Buy Now for $18.74

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Tax where applicable.
Cancel

About this listen

When a woman overhears a murder plot on her morning commute, she races to stop it—only to be pulled in deeper than she ever could have imagined.

Amy Nichols (Lizzy Caplan) was an FBI agent with a dogged need to protect everyone—until that instinct caused her to mishandle a crisis, lose innocent lives, and lose her job. Now a civilian working in private security, that mistake still haunts her.

One morning on the commuter train, she overhears a young couple plotting a murder. Ignoring warnings from her family and friends, Amy’s instinct to protect and serve compels her to investigate. But the further she goes, the more she finds her own life in danger.

Filled with mystery, suspense, and more twists and turns than a rail line, The Commuter is a gripping thriller by James Patterson, the world’s best-selling author.

Please note: This audio drama is for mature audiences only. It contains strong language, violence, and sexual content. Discretion is advised.

©2025 James Patterson Entertainment, Inc. (P)2025 Audible Originals, LLC. Crime Thrillers Mystery Thriller & Suspense Exciting
James Patterson
Aaron Tracy

Meet the Creators

James Patterson is the world’s bestselling author and most trusted storyteller. He has created many enduring fictional characters and series, including Alex Cross, the Women’s Murder Club, Michael Bennett, Maximum Ride, Middle School, and I Funny. Among his notable literary collaborations are The President Is Missing, with President Bill Clinton, and the Max Einstein series, produced in partnership with the Albert Einstein Estate. Patterson’s writing career is characterized by a single mission: to prove that there is no such thing as a person who "doesn’t like to read", only people who haven’t found the right book. He’s given over three million books to schoolkids and the military, donated more than seventy million dollars to support education, and endowed over five thousand college scholarships for teachers. For his prodigious imagination and championship of literacy in America, Patterson was awarded the 2019 National Humanities Medal. The National Book Foundation presented him with the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community, and he is also the recipient of an Edgar Award and nine Emmy Awards. He lives in Florida with his family.

Meet the Creators

Aaron Tracy is a writer, producer, and the founder of the award-winning audio company Parallax. Tracy has created many original audio dramas for iHeart and Audible, most recently Supreme: The Battle for Roe, starring Maya Hawke and William H. Macy, which won the 2024 Best Fiction (Scripted) Webby Award. His audio series also include an underdog NBA story with Steve Nash and Glen Powell, a legal mystery with Mary-Louise Parker, a comedic revenge tale with Kelly Ripa, and several thrillers with James Patterson. Tracy’s first show, the Webby-winning The Coldest Case with Aaron Paul, ranked in the global Top 10 of all Audible downloads in its first year of release. Tracy’s TV credits include Law & Order: SVU (NBC), The Tap (USA), and Sequestered (Sony’s Crackle), which he created and ran for two seasons. Tracy is on faculty at Yale.

What listeners say about The Commuter

Average Customer Ratings
Overall
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    13
  • 4 Stars
    2
  • 3 Stars
    1
  • 2 Stars
    3
  • 1 Stars
    1
Performance
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    13
  • 4 Stars
    3
  • 3 Stars
    1
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    2
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    15
  • 4 Stars
    2
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    2

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.ca reviews

Amazon Reviews
Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Anonymous User

Fiction or top secrets? 🤔

I love the audio narration! Somehow, the plane event crash is very reminiscent of the real life incident in Washington, DC and that makes me wonder if this is what happened behind the scenes. The book is also filled with some interesting unexpected outcomes which makes it more enticing.

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Rebeckah Hassam

Fast paced work of art

Hold on to your seats! Once you start listening you won't be able to stop! Dont listen to this if you're trying to relax. Great short story. Performed with a great cast!

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for leslieyip0911

Un-pausable

This is beyond an audible book, it's an audio movie. Lovely performance, editing and storyline.

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Ex Libris

great story

did like the sound track, was like a movie without the screen. not my kind of audio book

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Gigi

Excellent narration

Was a great short thriller - fast pace and great narration and great sound effects - overall a great listen for commuters

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for elizabeth doyle

unlikeable character

I'm not sure why they made the main character thoroughly unpleasant. She's a bull in a china shop the whole time, hostile, needlessly aggressive, rude and mean, a jerk. And then her mother is sweet, and her French billionaire lover too, which is just illogical. And she's wrong most of the time, and not shy about attacking anyone in her way. She literally gets people needlessly killed with her stupid plans, and the level of hate she inspires in the people she knows is demented. Overall, this story makes very little sense.

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for marie-josee

The Commuter by James Patterson

The main character Amy, is crazy and unlikeable. Though the story was somewhat interesting.

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Langer MD

Disappointingly Rushed

This Patterson presentation - scripted by prolific Television/Podcast writer Aaron Tracy - is a little scattershot. It jumps across timelines and event to event at breakneck speed.. with revelations so abrupt that it would take five listens to contemplate them properly and put a plot together in your head.
The action is cinematic and the dialogue is reasonably realistic, but I found myself rolling my eyes at the implausibility at times (discussing personal growing-up experiences with a terrorist during a hostage negotiation, for example).

As to presentation: the full cast - featuring Lizzy Caplan as former FBI Agent 'Amy Nichols' is capable at delivering the script and Audible Originals sound engineers add effective sound effects and judicious incidental music. The sound quality is solidly above-average.

Altogether, 'The Commuter' rates 4.5 stars out of 10. It's not a terrible couple of hours for "free", but there are better ways to spend your time.

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!