Up North -- love CJ Box and Joe Pickett. Sadly I am current on that author, Several of us in this thread have many authors/series that you will probably also like but you have about 20 or so books ahead of you -- lucky you!
DebbieJJ -- I've got nothing against laughing out loud, even in the middle of the night. I also listen while doing other things like when I'm cooking or quilting even or car driving sometimes. Sadly, that author is not available to me in audio form.
Speaking of listening while driving, husband and I are going to visit his mom this weekend it is about a 4-5 hour drive (each way) and we will be finishing the second half of The Golden Spoon by Jessica Maxwell. We did the first half last weekend as we did a day trip/dog walk about 2 hours away. It is about a cooking show (like the British Bake Off) in rural Vermont where bad things are happening... mostly I prefer a single narrator but with the way this is set up it makes sense to have a different voices for each character. I am enjoying it but have some big "but what about???".
Don't know what we will listen to on the way back -- probably a hubby suggestion.