The Coldest Case
Homicide Detective Billy Harney sends his new partner, Kate, deep undercover into a notorious Chicago drug ring. When members of the ring start turning up dead, Billy abruptly pulls Kate out, blowing her cover. She disappears, as does the ring’s black book.
* Co-Created, Written and Executive Produced by Aaron Tracy
* Executive Produced by James Patterson & Broadway Video
* Starring Aaron Paul, Krysten Ritter, Nathalie Emmanuel, Alexis Bledel
* Ranked in the Global Top 10 of all Audible downloads in 2021 (out of 800,000 titles)
* Released Spring 2021 on Audible
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Accolades
* Winner: Best Drama, Lovie Awards, 2021
* Winner: Best Drama, AudioFile Magazine Awards, 2022
* Winner: Best Scripted Audio, Signal Awards, 2022
* Honoree: Best Writing, Webby Awards, 2022
Press
Aaron Paul Promotes The Coldest Case, an Audible Original Podcast
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“The Coldest Case,” a new detective drama out Thursday on Audible. The story is roughly four hours long and structured in nine chapters, like an audiobook. But it has the sound design and effects of a “movie without pictures,” a storytelling format that has been gaining in popularity. The cast includes “Breaking Bad” stars Aaron Paul and Krysten Ritter as Billy and Patti Harney, brother-sister detectives in Chicago. “Game of Thrones’ Nathalie Emmanuel is Billy’s partner, Kate. Beau Bridges and Mark-Paul Gosselaar (“Saved by the Bell”) also appear.
Krysten Ritter Talks 'The Coldest Case' Podcast & Looks Back On Her Career
Aaron Paul on Reuniting With 'Breaking Bad' Co-star For Thriller on Audible
Aaron Paul is ready for the pandemic to be over. "I'm finally seeing a light at the end of this long, dark tunnel," he tells Newsweek in an exclusive phone interview,"hopefully things will get back to some normalcy soon."
Hear Aaron Paul and Krysten Ritter reunite in clip from James Patterson's new audio drama
The former Breaking Bad costars both voice characters in Audible's new drama The Coldest Case. It's a Breaking Bad reunion fit for the social distancing era: Aaron Paul and Krysten Ritter may not have physically reunited for their latest project, but technology still brought them together again.
Aaron Paul On His Immersive Audible Project ‘The Coldest Case’
You can take the crime drama out of the man, but you can’t take the man out of the crime drama. Breaking Bad vet Aaron Paul returns to the seedy underworld of felonious acts in The Coldest Case, an immersive audio experience from Audible.
Aaron Paul’s latest gig, starring in James Patterson's audio drama The Coldest Case for Audible
It was serendipitous in a couple of ways. For one thing, it brought him back to the world of crime drama — a genre the Breaking Bad star loves — but it also united him with a company whose work he's enjoyed for some time.