Crime & Mystery Fiction
The Girl Next Door
Read by Jennifer Dallman
Augusta Huiell Seaman
Marcia Brett has noticed unusual activity at the ramshackle and seemingly abandoned mansion next door: a mysterious, veiled lady is seen com…
The Stolen White Elephant (Version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
"The Stolen White Elephant" was written by Mark Twain and published in 1882. In it, an Indian elephant, en route from India to Bri…
The Boarded Up House
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Augusta Huiell Seaman
What is the secret of the old boarded up house? And what is the answer to the mystery of the long lost letter that is found in it? Best frie…
The Silver Bullet
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
Fergus Hume
Dr. Jim Herrick and his friend Robin are on a walking tour in the English countryside when they come across a large house where all the ligh…
A Spinner in the Sun (version 2 dramatic reading)
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Myrtle Reed
Myrtle Reed may always be depended upon to write a story in which poetry, charm, tenderness and humor are combined into a clever and enterta…
Der Zweikampf
Read by Boris
Heinrich von Kleist
Im späten Mittelalter wird der Adlige Herzog Wilhelm von Breysach heimtückisch durch einen Pfeil ermordet. Die Nachforschungen erg…
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar (version 3)
Read by Cate Barratt
Maurice Leblanc
A series of loosely related short stories of the early adventures of France's famous gentleman burglar, Arsène Lupin, as told by an a…
The Mystery of the 'Ocean Star' - A Collection of Maritime Sketches
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William Clark Russell
This is a collection of short stories of mystery and romance, set at sea, in the times of the great sea voyages.
The Mystery of the Sycamore
Read by Sharon Kilmer
Carolyn Wells
Instead of prison time, former governor, Samuel Appleby, sentences his former rival, Daniel Wheeler to imprisonment on his homestead with a …
Das Grab des Herrn Schefbeck
Read by Ramona Deininger-Schnabel
Josef Ruederer
Herr Schefbeck ist tot, aber er findet keine Ruhe. Hat er um des reichen Scheines Willen doch allerlei Ausgaben gehabt und hinterlä&szl…
The Shadow of the Rope
Read by Jacquerie
E. W. Hornung
Rachel Minchin stands in the dock, accused of murdering the dissolute husband she was preparing to leave. The trial is sensational, and publ…
Jezebel's Daughter
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Wilkie Collins
A brilliant chemist and a shrewd businessman — die on the same day. The widow of the chemist, Mrs. Fontaine, is left with the poisons he was…
The Box with the Broken Seals
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
E. Phillips Oppenheim
A convoluted tale of espionage. This entertaining story is set in World War I. It has interesting characters. and I found my sympathies equa…
Caleb Williams or Things As They Are
Read by Bev J Stevens
William Godwin
The novel describes the downfall of Ferdinando Falkland, a British squire, and his attempts to ruin and destroy the life of Caleb Williams, …
The Whispering Man
Read by Kate Follis
Henry Kitchell Webster
New friends Drew and Jeffrey are drawn into the investigation of the mysterious death of Dr. Marshall. Romance and intrigue abound and you'l…
Red Money
Read by Sharon Kilmer
Fergus Hume
Greed and lost love collide to create dark secrets. Through twists and turns, corrupt aristocrats let family and honor overshadow love and t…
Boston Blackie
Read by Winston Tharp
Jack Boyle
Boston Blackie is the novelization of a group of pulp short stories by Jack Boyle (1881-1928). Blackie, an ex-con with a college education, …
The Charing Cross Mystery
Read by Kirsten Wever
J. S. Fletcher
Here's another intriguing mystery by J. S. Fletcher, centering on why a former high-level police official was murdered, and on whether - and…
The Dead Alive
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Wilkie Collins
Ill feelings exist between the Meadowcroft sons and John Jago, the foreman of the Meadowcroft estate. Then, John Jago disappears, and a body…
The Notting Hill Mystery
Read by Kevin Green
Charles Warren Adams
Charles Felix was the pseudonym of Charles Warren Adams, an English Lawyer and publisher and is now known to have been the author of "T…