Detective Fiction
The Crooked Cross
Read by Yoganandh T
Charles J. Dutton
Bartley is to visit his friend Carter for the summer but sends his friend Pelt ahead to a town in New York. Pelt, Carter and Carter's friend…
The White Alley
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Carolyn Wells
The White Alley is the sixth installment in Carolyn Well's famous detective series featuring Fleming Stone. The story begins during a weeken…
Sin In Their Blood
Read by Ben Tucker
Ed Lacy
He Never Looked for Trouble - It Came to Him Naturally! MATT ISN'T LOOKING FOR TROUBLE in spite of his reputation as the toughest private ey…
Strip, Wench...or Die!
Read by Ben Tucker
Arthur Jean Cox
Rip Austin knew that curvaceous Sally Vaughn had been murdered for her insurance money, but how could he prove it when the local vice lords …
The Whispering Lane
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Fergus Hume
Following the death of her beloved fiancé Roderick, Miss Danby is hounded relentlessly by Dr. Slanton who wants to marry her to acces…
Death Below the Dam
Read by Mark Nelson
Esther Haven Fonseca
The body was found at five-thirty of a dark March morning, hanging head down in a tree, ten feet from the ground. There was a small, clean b…
The Maxwell Mystery (Version 2)
Read by Celine Major
Carolyn Wells
Phillip Maxwell is well known for his lavish dinner parties and all who are privileged to be invited to Maxwell Chimneys always look forward…
Great Detective Stories
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Allan Pinkerton
Allan Pinkerton, founder of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, wrote a number of "great detective stories", which he claimed were &qu…
The Dorrington Deed-Box
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Arthur Morrison
Six stories of cases involving the dishonest Horace Dorrington, a cheerfully unrepentant detective who is willing to stoop to theft, blackma…
Gold-Killer
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Prosper Buranelli and John Farrar
The 1920's are off to a R.I.P. Roaring start as a serial strangler dubbed Gold-Killer is squeezing the life out of New York's wealthiest men…
The Ponson Case (Version 2)
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Freeman Wills Crofts
Sir William Ponson is found dead. His son and his nephew look uneasy to the eyes of Inspector Tanner of Scotland Yard and naturally the dili…
The Female Detective
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Andrew Forrester
This 1864 collection of stories is one of the first books featuring a female detective character. Andrew Forrester (pseudonym of James Reddi…
The Eye Of Osiris (Version 2)
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R. Austin Freeman
This is one of many famous novels written by R. Austin Freeman that includes the character of Dr. John Thorndyke. Dr. Thorndyke is a legal e…
The Mark of Cain
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Carolyn Wells
Murder mystery #8 by the prolific American author Carolyn Wells, featuring her famous detective, Fleming Stone (though that detective isn’t …
Red Hot Ice
Read by Ben Tucker
Frank Kane
A Case of Corpses... They piled up so fast that private-eye Johnny Liddell figured he was ahead if he found them still warm. It started when…
The Speckled Band: An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Speckled Band: An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes is a three-act play adapted by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle from his similarly title…
Tracks in the Snow
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Godfrey R. Benson
A rector in rural England solves the murder of a diplomat. - Summary by Brian Fullen
Dead Run
Read by Ben Tucker
Robert Sheckley
THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES OF THE ENTIRE WESTERN WORLD WERE BAFFLED, HELPLESS. THE WORD WENT OUT: "CALL STEPHEN DAIN!" In broad day…
The Shadow of the Wolf (version 2)
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R. Austin Freeman
Can a detective novel succeed in riveting your attention if you know the crime beforehand and the perpetrator? Austin Freeman proves he can …
Homicide Hussy
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Atha Mcguire
In that bedlam of mad-women - in that nightmare world of twisted souls - Johanna knew she was sane.... Some of them tried to kill her, some …