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Chapter V
Read by Anne Fletcher
Edgar Wallace
In The Square Emerald
What appears to be a straightforward case of blackmail develops into an exciting, complex web for our heroine, a feisty girl detective attac…
Chapter I - The Beginning of the Mystery
Read by Anna Simon
R. Austin Freeman
In A Silent Witness
In this detective novel, the young doctor Humphrey Jardine stumbles upon a corpse during a walk near Hampstead Heath in the middle of the ni…
Chapter XLIII. The Story of the Crime
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Sax Rohmer
In Dope
A minor lord is killed and a rich socialite is missing, and they are both tied to the enigmatic Kazmah the Dream Reader, who has also disapp…
The Mystery Explained
Read by James R. Hedrick
Franklin W. Dixon
In The House on the Cliff
The second of The Hardy Boys' series, The House on the Cliff involves Frank and Joe, along with their father, the famous detective, in the i…
Ken's Mystery
Read by Ben Tucker
Julian Hawthorne
In David Poindexter's Disappearance and Other Tales
Julian Hawthorne, son of famed author Nathaniel Hawthorne, brings together a collection of stories of tragedy, lost love and occasionally of…
Short Mystery and Suspense Collection 011
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Various
We present you with our 11th collection of short mystery and suspense stories. Several are taken from the magazine Weird Tales and they are …
Explanations
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Mary Hastings Bradley
In The Fortieth Door
A young American archeologist, a masked ball in Cairo, an illusive young woman and the unexplained disappearance of a Frenchman fifteen year…
Bk. 3, Chapter 5
Read by Sam U
E. Phillips Oppenheim
In The Cinema Murder
Phillip Romilly is a poor art teacher in London. He finds out that his wealthy cousin Douglas has been seeing his girl friend Beatrice behin…
CHAPTER 1. THE BEGINNING OF A MYSTERY
Read by maggiew123
Fergus Hume
In The Amethyst Cross
Things look bleak for Lesbia Hales. Her father does not let her marry the man she loves. Her mother is dead. She has to keep secrets in orde…
Chapter XV, Put to the Question
Read by Jacquerie
Richard Marsh
In The Datchet Diamonds
Oh dear! The Duchess of Datchet's diamonds, worth a quarter of a million pounds, have been stolen. Just as Mr. Paxton, a ne'er do well gambl…
Chapter Twenty-Two
Read by Ben Tucker
John Farris
In Baby Moll
MY NAME IS PETE MALLORY and I used to play smart gun for a big-time operator named Macy Barr. But I quit. Now Macy's empire was crumbling an…
THE BARGAIN
Read by Leni
Maurice Leblanc
In Arsène Lupin
This work was originally a four-act play written by Maurice Leblanc and Francis de Croisset, later novelized by Leblanc himself, translated …
CrimeWAV Seasons 1 and 2
Read by Seth Harwood
Seth Harwood
CrimeWAV.com is a new podcast series of crime short stories by some of today's best contemporary writers in the genre. Call it detective fic…
Book Two - Chapter IX
Read by Jacquerie
E. Phillips Oppenheim
In Stolen Idols
Two temple statues, one with the most beautiful of features, the other a hideous sight, are at the core of this tale of adventure and the su…
The Crime: Chapter II
Read by realisticspeakers
Robert W. Chambers
In The Maker of Moons, and Other Short Stories
An eclectic collection of 8 stories by one of the early masters of the weird tale, Robert W. Chambers. The stories include a range of topics…
28 - Part 3 chapter 7 part 2
Read by Madeleine Brook
Wilkie Collins
In Basil
Basil, son of a father who values the family pedigree and who would not let him marry below his station, falls in love at first sight with a…
Chapter Two
Read by Ben Tucker
Lionel White
In Clean Break
Johnny Clay has a masterful plan to rob a racetrack on the busiest day of the year. To pull it off, he will recruit not hardened profession…
1:01 P.M.
Read by Ben Tucker
Fredric Brown
In Knock Three-One-Two
A serial killer is on the loose and is thirsting for another kill. Meanwhile sad sack loser Ray Fleck, compulsive gambler, has racked up a …
Chapter I. Alexander Roth
Read by Ben Tucker
Martin M. Goldsmith
In Detour
Alexander Roth is a jazz fiddle player who can't quite seem to catch a break after losing his job and having his best girl Sue leave him to …