Detective Fiction
Dastardly Criminals in Space
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 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…
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 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…
File
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 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…
The Hound of the Baskervilles
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 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…
Signal in the Dark
Read by Amanda Leung
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 …
A Sharper's Downfall
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 …
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 …
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…
Cut by the County
Read by Adrienne Prevost
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Darnel Park is situated in a county that thrives on gossip and secrets, and the Darnel family, as it turns out, has many of them. An attempt…
The Kidnapping of President Lincoln
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Joel Chandler Harris
While detective work always makes for exciting stories, the circumstances under which the detective works play a huge role in the thrill. Th…
Old Broadbrim into the Heart of Australia
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St. George Henry Rathborne
Old Broadbrim, the famous Quaker detective listened as one of the richest men in New York continued "......I want you to guard my perso…
The Dark Road
Read by Adrian Wilson
Gaston Leroux
One of a series of exciting adventure stories featuring Leroux's criminal mastermind Chéri-Bibi. When the story starts the "asto…
The Adventure of the Red Circle
Read by Phil Chenevert
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes uses his amazing brain to unravel another strange occurrence. A mysterious lodger in his own building who remains locked awa…
The Scorched Face
Read by Winston Tharp
Dashiell Hammett
Hammett's Continental Op searches for two missing young women and finds more than he bargained for. - Summary by Winston Tharp
I Spy
Read by James R. Hedrick
Natalie Sumner Lincoln
Here is a novel whose pregnant caption suits these parlous times. . . . It's all about a German spy plot to steal two American inventions de…