Crime & Mystery Fiction
Weird Tales Presents: The Strange World of Harry Houdini
Read by Ben Tucker
Various
In 1924, the odd and wonderful Weird Tales Magazine published a series of stories written (or ghost-written in at least one instance) by not…
No. 17 (Number Seventeen)
Read by czandra
J. Jefferson Farjeon
A thriller about a down-and-out sailor finding his way in London. The book followed a successful play that was filmed by Alfred Hitchcock, …
An American Tragedy, Volume 2
Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Theodore Dreiser
The saga of Clyde, Roberta, and Sondra continues in volume 2 of 2. Social-climbing Clyde Griffiths wants nothing more than to marry the weal…
Night Fears and Other Stories
Read by Ben Tucker
L. P. Hartley
When one thinks of fear, terrors in the night creeping upon you may come to mind. L. P. Hartley does feature some of these kinds of fears. I…
Tales of Terror
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Various
A thrilling collection of spooky and sinister stories of murder, mayhem and mystery awaits within! This anthology collects classics of horr…
A Strange Disappearance (Version 2)
Read by Mark Leder
Anna Katharine Green
Housekeeper Mrs. Daniels brings to Detective Ebenezer Gryce and his assistant Q the case of a serving girl who has vanished from the househo…
O mysterio da estrada de Cintra
Read by L.S.B.Seabra
José Maria De Eça De Queirós
A história começa com o sequestro de um médico – Dr.*** – e de seu amigo escritor – F... O rapto, realizado por quatro …
The Impossibles
Read by Paul Hampton
Laurence M. Janifer
FBI Agent Kenneth Malone is back with another case, this one involving a gang of car thieves that only steal Red 1972 Cadillacs. The only pr…
El clavo
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Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza and Pedro Antonio De Alarcón Y Ariza
Considerado el antecedente de la novela policiaca en España, El clavo se centra en los intentos de un juez por resolver un delito. Es…
The Yellow Holly
Read by Celine Major
Fergus Hume
Fergus Hume, one of the most prolific authors of the 19th century serves up a spellbinding mystery quite equal to that of his most famous bo…
The Trevor Case
Read by Roger Melin
Natalie Sumner Lincoln
The nation's capital was astir at the untimely and curious death of the young wife of the Attorney General, Edmund Trevor. She had obviously…
The Motor Pirate
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George Sidney Paternoster
Of course every one has heard of the Motor Pirate. No one indeed could help doing so unless he or she, as the case may be, happened to be in…
Noodlot
Read by Marcel Coenders
Louis Couperus
Een hollandsche jonge man, Bertie, een liederlijke vagabond, die te Londen door eenen vriend in huis genomen een wereldsche fat wordt van de…
The Weird Picture
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John R. Carling
Frank Willard is studying in Germany when he receives a letter summoning him home for Christmas and for his brother George's wedding. His br…
Sight Unseen
Read by Zach Hoyt
Mary Roberts Rinehart
A medium is brought to a neighborhood social club gathering as the evening's entertainment and describes someone who had been shot, and some…
The Late Tenant
Read by Kirsten Wever
Louis Tracy
This is primarily a romance. It is one of the earliest works of the British journalist and prolific author, Louis Tracy, publishing under th…
Nothing More Than Murder
Read by Ben Tucker
Jim Thompson
Joe Wilmot is a big fish in a small pond, running the premiere movie house in town with a wife who hates him and a housemaid who wants to ge…
The Green Mummy
Read by Yoganandh T
Fergus Hume
An eccentric Professor's quest for a green mummy leads him and his acquaintances to a murder and a bizarre adventure - Summary by Yoganandh …
The Shooting Party
Read by Bryn Roberts
Anton Chekhov
"The Shooting Party" is a mystery, set in the Russian countryside. The story revolves around the murder of a beautiful young woman…
The Quest for the Rose of Sharon
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Burton Egbert Stevenson
This tale of mystery and its solution contains all the elements which go to make a fascinating story, in which one’s sympathies are awakened…