Detective Fiction
The Secret of Lonesome Cove
Read by Roger Melin
Samuel Hopkins Adams
A body is found on the beach not far from a New England town one morning. Curiously, nobody recognizes the dead woman, and nobody in or near…
The Secret House
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Edgar Wallace
A stranger and foreigner arrives at the offices of a small publication in London only to be faced by the “editor” whose face is completely s…
The Leavenworth Case (Version 2)
Read by Kevin Green
Anna Katharine Green
The Leavenworth Case is a gripping detective novel set in New York, and is one of the first detective fiction novels to be written by a fema…
The Big Bow Mystery
Read by Adrian Praetzellis
Israel Zangwill
It's a cold and foggy night in London. A man is horribly murdered in his bedroom, the door locked and bolted on the inside. Scotland Yard is…
That Mainwaring Affair
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Anna Maynard Barbour
As wealthy financier, Hugh Mainwaring dictates his last will and testament to his private secretary, it would be impossible for him to imagi…
The American Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
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Various
To follow up on the heels of volumes 1 and 2 of "The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes" released on LibriVox, here is a collection of stor…
The Confession
Read by Wina Hathaway
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mary Roberts Rinehart is claimed to have invented the "Had I but known" mystery genre. When Agnes Blakiston rented the old parson…
The Hound of the Baskervilles (version 3)
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The desolate, treacherous Devon moors. A bloodcurdling legend of a ghastly hound from hell, haunting the Baskerville family for generations.…
Four Max Carrados Detective Stories
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
Ernest Bramah
Ernest Bramah is mainly known for his 'Kai Lung' books - Dorothy L Sayers often used quotes from them for her chapter headings. In his lifet…
Bobs, a Girl Detective
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Grace May North
This is a great short chapter mystery book for girls. It is similar to Nancy Drew. Bobs is one of the four sisters whose parents die, leavin…
The Riddle of the Frozen Flame
Read by Ruth Golding
Thomas W. Hanshew
Another full-length mystery story featuring Hamilton Cleek, whom we met first in Cleek: The Man of the Forty Faces. This time, Cleek investi…
The Albert Gate Mystery
Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
Louis Tracy
A new case for barrister and hobby detective Reginald Brett: The imperial diamonds were sent by the Sultan to London, to be cut in Albert Ga…
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu
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Sax Rohmer
Burmese Commisioner Nayland Smith and his faithful friend Dr Petrie continue their fight against the evil genius of Dr Fu-Manchu when they s…
Flower of the North
Read by Roger Melin
James Oliver Curwood
Flower of the North finds Philip Whittemore on an adventure which takes him up the Churchill River of northern Canada to a land which he tho…
The Sign of Silence
Read by Tom Weiss
William Le Queux
Edward Royle is the head of a well-known chemical manufacturer in England, which he has inherited. He is engaged to the daughter of his fath…
The Hand in the Dark
Read by Jacquerie
Arthur J. Rees
An ancient English country house with a storied and bloody history is the setting for this intriguing mystery. It is the autumn of 1918. The…
No Name
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Wilkie Collins
The story begins in 1846, at Combe-Raven in West Somersetshire, the country residence of the happy Vanstone family. When Andrew Vanstone is …
The Evil Guest
Read by Cate Barratt
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Le Fanu’s inimitable style continues with The Evil Guest, a murder mystery fraught with dark imagery and mysterious characters. An unwanted …
The Secret Pact
Read by Cheryl Adam
Mildred A. Wirt Benson
PENNY PARKER is a teen-aged sleuth and amateur reporter with an uncanny knack for uncovering and solving unusual, sometimes bizarre mysterie…
John Silence
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Algernon Blackwood
Six stories about Dr. John Silence if you want the shivers to run up your back, this is the right place to be (Summary by Fiddlesticks)