Detective Fiction
Blindfolded
Read by Roger Melin
Earle Ashley Walcott
Giles Dudley is called upon by his cousin Henry Wilton to assist him in San Francisco, but the reason for the summons is not at all clear. D…
The Secret Sharer
Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)
Joseph Conrad
A young untested ship captain finds a man named Leggatt clinging to the side of his ship. The Captain makes the unusual decision to hide Leg…
Mary Louise Solves a Mystery
Read by Sibella Denton
L. Frank Baum
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his …
The Stolen White Elephant (Version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
"The Stolen White Elephant" was written by Mark Twain and published in 1882. In it, an Indian elephant, en route from India to Bri…
The Mystery at Number Six
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Augusta Huiell Seaman
A mysterious girl, a mysterious pool, and a mysterious businessman combine to send two Florida teens to adventureland in this pre-Nancy Drew…
John Thorndyke's Cases
Read by Sandra Cullum
R. Austin Freeman
Detective John Thorndyke never disappoints when solving crime in this collection of Freeman's works. - Summary by A. K. Morton
The Boarded Up House
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Augusta Huiell Seaman
What is the secret of the old boarded up house? And what is the answer to the mystery of the long lost letter that is found in it? Best frie…
The Shadow of the Rope
Read by Jacquerie
E. W. Hornung
Rachel Minchin stands in the dock, accused of murdering the dissolute husband she was preparing to leave. The trial is sensational, and publ…
The Cinema Murder
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E. Phillips Oppenheim
Phillip Romilly is a poor art teacher in London. He finds out that his wealthy cousin Douglas has been seeing his girl friend Beatrice behin…
Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman
Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)
E. W. Hornung
Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman (also published as The Black Mask) is the second collection of stories in the Raffles s…
Roman Collar Detective
Read by Maria Therese
Grace Johnson, Grace Johnsonandharold Johnson and Grace Johnson And Harold Johnson
A shot penetrates the still night air and one of Galton's leading citizens is a victim of a desperate killer's gun. Murder becomes entangled…
The Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow
Read by Dawn Larsen
Grace Isabel Colbron and Auguste Groner
The account of some adventures in the professional experience of a member of the Imperial Austrian Police. (from the text)
Mary Louise in the Country
Read by Sibella Denton
L. Frank Baum
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his …
The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel
Read by David Wales
A. E. W. Mason
Inspector Hanaud is a member of the French Sûreté. He is said to have been the model for Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, as w…
The Secret of the Night
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux, perhaps best known as the author of The Phantom of the Opera in its novel form, was also the author of a popular series of my…
The Crimson Cryptogram
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Fergus Hume
Young Dr Ellis, a struggling new physician, is enjoying a quiet evening smoking and enjoying conversation with his journalist friend Cass, w…
Doctor Izard
Read by Lee Smalley
Anna Katharine Green
The opening scene takes place in a hospital ward where two patients lie, apparently dying, when a man enters and offers a proposition to one…
The Case of the Pool of Blood in the Pastor's Study
Read by Dawn Larsen
Grace Isabel Colbron and Auguste Groner
Joseph Muller, police detective, travels to a remote Hungarian village to discover the truth behind the murder of a beloved village Pastor. …
Caleb Williams or Things As They Are
Read by Bev J Stevens
William Godwin
The novel describes the downfall of Ferdinando Falkland, a British squire, and his attempts to ruin and destroy the life of Caleb Williams, …
The Master Mystery
Read by Roger Melin
Arthur B. Reeve
While Harry Houdini didn't rise to fame as a screen actor, silent film makers of the day sought to capitalize on his fame. The Master Myster…