Detective Fiction
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
Read by Michael Yard
Mark Twain
In one of his later novels, the master storyteller spins a tale of two children switched at infancy. A slave takes on the identity of master…
That Affair at Elizabeth
Read by Cate Barratt
Burton Egbert Stevenson
A detective novel set in turn-of-the-century New York City, in which a young lawyer plays the sleuth. Packed with plot twists (and the ubiqu…
The Case of Jennie Brice
Read by Wina Hathaway
Mary Roberts Rinehart
The flood brings in not only the muddy waters but a series of suspicious clues that convinced Mrs. Pitman, a boarding house keeper, that a m…
Scarhaven Keep
Read by Cate Barratt
J. S. Fletcher
The northern English sea coast provides a compelling backdrop for this genre of writing; a mysterious disappearance, a love interest, and pl…
Whose Body? (Version 2)
Read by Kirsten Wever
Dorothy L. Sayers
Whose Body? is the first of Dorothy Sayers’s famous Lord Peter Wimsey novels, introducing that nobleman, as well as his manservant and fello…
Uncle Bernac: A Memory of the Empire
Read by Cate Barratt
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Looking for a replacement to Sherlock Holmes after the author had killed him off in 1894, Doyle wrote this murder mystery in the dying years…
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Read by Alan Chant
Charles Dickens
The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens. The novel was left unfinished at the time of Dickens' death, and readers h…
The Sheridan Road Mystery
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Paul Thorne and Paul Thorneandmabel Thorne
A shot rings out in the middle of the night in a quiet Chicago neighborhood. Patrolman Murphy is directed to an apartment where a man says …
Ashton-Kirk, Investigator
Read by Pete Milan
John Thomas Mcintyre
Ashton-Kirk, who has solved so many mysteries, is himself something of a problem even to those who know him best. Although young, wealthy, a…
The Talleyrand Maxim
Read by Kevin Green
J. S. Fletcher
John Mallathorpe, a wealthy Yorkshire industrialist and land owner dies in an accident, apparently without making a will. His estate goes t…
The House in the Mist
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Anna Katharine Green
It was a night to drive any man indoors. Not only was the darkness impenetrable, but the raw mist enveloping hill and valley made the open r…
A Double Barreled Detective Story
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
A Double Barrelled Detective Story is a novel by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), in which Sherlock Holmes finds himself in the American west.At…
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar
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Maurice Leblanc
A contemporary of Arthur Conan Doyle, Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941) was the creator of the character of gentleman thief Arsène Lupin wh…
The Chestermarke Instinct
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J. S. Fletcher
Bank manager John Hornbury is missing, as are securities and jewels from the bank’s vault. Gabriel Chestermarke and his nephew Joseph have u…
The Dead Secret
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Wilkie Collins
"Everything in life has a price. May be, telling a Secret has the highest. However, not telling may be worse. What will Sarah choose? w…
The Circular Staircase
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) was a prolific American writer of popular mysteries. The Circular Staircase was originally published in 19…
Dark Hollow
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Anna Katharine Green
The small town of Shelby is shaken by a brutal murder. A man by the name of Etheridge was found beaten to death. A local inn-keeper, is conv…
The Paradise Mystery
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J. S. Fletcher
A quiet cathedral town in England, full of gossips and people who are not quite who they seem to be, is the setting for this murder mystery.…
The Crevice
Read by J. M. Smallheer
William J. Burns
The sudden death of wealthy and prominent financier, Pennington Lawton from an apparent heart attack, followed by the shocking revelation of…
Die Sängerin
Read by Hokuspokus
Wilhelm Hauff
Auf die Sängerin Giuseppa Fiametti wird ein Mordversuch verübt. Ganz B ... ist in Aufregung und man munkelt allerlei über die…