Detective Fiction
The Land of Mist
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Land of Mist is a novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1926.Although this is a Professor Challenger story, it centre…
Dastardly Criminals in Space (Ed Reads Short Sci-fi, vol. IV)
Read by Edmund Bloxam
Paul W. Fairman, Randall Garrett, Tom Godwin, Ivar Jorgensen, Stephen Marlowe, James V. McConnell, Frederik Pohl, James H. Schmitz, Robert Sheckley, Robert Silverberg and Manly Wade Wellman
Conspiracy on Callisto - Frederik PohlRevolt was flaring on Callisto, and Peter Duane held the secret that would make the uprising a success…
The Peril Finders
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George Manville Fenn
In California settlers are trying to make a living working as fruit-growers. Problems with blights and insects mean that the crops are faili…
File No. 113
Read by Celine Major
Émile Gaboriau
As the story opens the impregnable safe of the Fauvel bank is robbed of 350,000 francs. As the only keyholders are Andre Fauvel the owner an…
The Lonely House
Read by Andy Sames
Marie Belloc Lowndes
A mystery in the 'old fashioned' romantic genre, introducing characters that inspired another famous writer of detective mystery fiction.The…
Murder In The Maze
Read by Howard Skyman
Alfred Walter Stewart
This is another story written by Walter Stewart under the pseudonym of J.J. Connington. His character of Sir Clinton Driffield, the chief co…
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Version 6)
Read by Richard Reiman
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The baronet of Baskerville Hall is found dead, possibly a victim of a supernatural hound, the fulfillment of an old family legend. Holmes an…
The Maltese Falcon
Read by Mark Nelson
Dashiell Hammett
A beautiful client, a valuable artifact, fake identities, double-crosses and dead bodies. Hard-boiled San Francisco detective Sam Spade has …
For Fifteen Years
Read by Deanna Bovee
Louis Ulbach
For Fifteen Years by Louis Ulbach is the sequel to The Steel Hammer which tells the story of a poor upholsterer, Jean Mortier who is falsely…
A Sharper's Downfall; Or, Into the Net
Read by Paul Hampton
Nicholas Carter
Bigamy, blackmail, damsels in distress, gambling and kidnapping--this story has it all, plus Nick Carter and his crew in hot pursuit of the …
Signal in the Dark
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Mildred A. Wirt Benson
During a school break, Penny convinces her father to give her a job as a reporter at the Riverview Star. She deals with a jealous co-worker …
Killing Time
Read by Ben Tucker
Donald E. Westlake
From Donald Westlake, author of the hard-biting Parker novels (as Richard Stark), comes the story of Tim Smith, the local private eye of a s…
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
Read by Phil Chenevert
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"“Who is he?” I asked.“The worst man in London,” Holmes answered, as he sat down and stretched his legs before the fire." And so…
The Sea Mystery
Read by Steven Warner
Freeman Wills Crofts
During a seemingly innocent fishing trip, a sunken crate with an unidentified body is accidentally discovered. Inspector French must employ …