Detective Fiction
Malcolm Sage, Detective
Read by Anna Simon
Herbert George Jenkins
A collection of short stories that chronicles the first year of the Malcolm Sage Detective Bureau.Sequel or companion story of John Dene of …
The Gray Phantom
Read by Roger Melin
Herman Landon
A woman is apparently murdered in a New York auditorium under very suspicious circumstances one evening during a performance. Helen Hardwick…
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 3
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Various
In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious s…
The Black Star
Read by Roger Melin
Johnston McCulley and Johnston Mcculley
The Black Star was a master criminal who took great care to never be identifiable, always wore a mask so nobody knew what he looked like, ra…
The Flaming Forest
Read by Roger Melin
James Oliver Curwood
A tale of mystery, romance, and honor, as David Carrigan must choose between his duty as an officer of the law and a girl who holds him capt…
The Mystery of 31 New Inn
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R. Austin Freeman
Jeffrey Blackmore suspiciously made two wills, both deceptively alike, but still, in a cunning way, completely different. John Thorndyke, eq…
His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (version 2 Dramatic Reading)
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The last collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories contains some of the most dramatic moments of the entire Sherlock Holmes canon. "T…
The Stretton Street Affair
Read by Tom Weiss
William Le Queux
Hugh Gabriel has recently been repatriated from the war and has rejoined his old firm as an electrical engineer. On the way to visit his unc…
The Middle of Things
Read by Nathalie J.
J. S. Fletcher
A habitual late night stroll down Markendale Square plunges Viner into the middle of things most mysterious and most perplexing. A murder, a…
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Version 2)
Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)
Robert Louis Stevenson
After hearing Mr. Enfield's account of a distressing event involving Edward Hyde, the heir of his friend, Henry Jekyll, John Utterson is con…
The Gloved Hand
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Burton Egbert Stevenson
Mr. Lester, a private investigator, and his friend Godfrey are caught up in a strange case that takes them to a large estate in the country …
No Clue! A Mystery Story
Read by Roger Melin
James Hay
“No Clue! A Mystery Story” finds detective Jefferson Hastings at the home of wealthy but eccentric Arthur Sloane one hot summer night, when …
A Strange Disappearance
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Anna Katharine Green
Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective f…
Hushed Up! A Mystery of London
Read by Tom Weiss
William Le Queux
A young man, Owen Biddulph, is drawn to a beautiful young woman with a mysterious past... a past that seems to have returned to cause her di…
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Read by Phil Chenevert
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes and Watson are awoken early by a distraught woman desperately seeking their aid. Something is terribly wrong and she fears f…
The Shrieking Pit
Read by Kevin Green
Arthur J. Rees
The Shrieking Pit is one of Arthur Rees's earlier works, and is a good old fashioned murder mystery story. Grant Colwyn, a private detective…
A Mysterious Disappearance
Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
Louis Tracy
Lady Dyke disappears mysteriously, and barrister and hobby detective Claude Bruce appears to be one of the last persons to have seen her. A …
Miss Frances Baird, Detective
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Reginald Wright Kauffman
Frances Baird is a detective with the Watkins Agency of New York City. She and a colleague are sent undercover to "The Maples" to…
The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu
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Sax Rohmer
The first of the Fu-Manchu novels, this story follows the two characters who are set against the machinations of the insidious doctor.(Summa…
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
Read by Sibella Denton
Fergus Hume
“The following report appeared in the Argus newspaper of Saturday, the 28th July, 18-- “Truth is said to be stranger than fiction, and certa…