Detective Fiction
The Continental Op
Read by Mark Nelson
Dashiell Hammett
The Continental Op - no hard-boiled private detective has ever been boiled harder. The nameless Pinkerton op from the Continental Detective …
The Eye Of Osiris
Read by Howard Skyman
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 Ponson Case
Read by Yoganandh T
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 Maxwell Mystery
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…
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…
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 Twenty-Six Clues
Read by Howard Skyman
Isabel Ostrander
While entertaining visitors to his private crime museum Mr. Calvin Norwood is shocked to find the body of a murdered woman has been left on …
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 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 …
The Secret of the Old Clock
Read by Amanda Leung
Mildred A. Wirt Benson
The first book in the Nancy Drew mystery series. Did old Josiah Crowley leave behind a second will? Nancy Drew is determined to find out bef…
The Speckled Band
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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…
The Shadow of the Wolf
Read by Yoganandh T
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 …
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
Red Harvest
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Dashiell Hammett
This novel from 1929 introduces Hammett's recurring and always unnamed character, the "Continental Op," who works for the Continen…
The Dark Eyes of London
Read by Yoganandh T
Edgar Wallace
Detective inspector Holt is recalled from his continetal holiday to investigate the mysterious death of a stranger found on the Thames emban…
The Just Men of Cordova
Read by Andy Sames
Edgar Wallace
Once again our vigilante heroes lend their great talents to serve against those outwith the law; The setting is the Spanish city of Cordova,…
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 …
The Mystery at Lilac Inn
Read by Louise Jaeschke
Mildred A. Wirt Benson
When the Crandall family jewels are stolen from the Lilac Inn, Nancy Drew is on the case! With multiple suspects, Nancy follows the clues w…
The Bungalow Mystery
Read by Amanda Leung
Mildred A. Wirt Benson
The third book in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories. Join Nancy on her most exciting adventure yet as she gets caught on a lake in a storm, rac…