Detective Fiction

The Mystery of the Fires (version 2)

Read by Mary Escano

Edith Lavell

Mary Louise Gay decided to spend the summer holiday in her family's cottage at Shady Nook. But an unknown arsonist has been setting the cot…

Under the Tiger's Claws; or, A Struggle for the Right (Version 2)

Read by Paul Hampton

Nicholas Carter

A prominent banker calls Nick Carter in to investigate $90,000 in missing funds—and a trusted clerk who has disappeared. [Summary by Paul H…

Clara Vaughan, Vol. III

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore

CLARA VAUGHAN, the young heroine, narrator, and namesake for R. D. Blackmore’s early detective novel, is determined to solve the mystery of …

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes is involved in a simple case of finding the owner of a battered hat and a dead goose. Or so he thinks. All too soon this hat…

The Smuggler of King's Cove

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Sylvanus Cobb, Jr and Sylvanus Cobb, Jr.

Young Percy Maitland is a naval pilot and guides his late father's brig to safety, thereby saving the ship, her crew and cargo despite being…

A Fatal Message

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Nicholas Carter

Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom …

Gold of the Gods

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Arthur B. Reeve

Mansiche, the ruler of ancient Northern Peru was believed to have buried a huge treasure. But he cast a curse on, whoever, divulged the wher…

Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist

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George Munro

At a time when the detective story was gaining in popularity, the hero was almost always male. In this story, Dudie Dunne is assisted by his…

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