Crime & Mystery Fiction

In the Mayor's Parlour

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


J. S. Fletcher


“Rotten borough” is a term that goes back to the 18th century, and it used to mean a parliamentary constituency in which a few property owne…

Short Mystery Story Collection 002

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Various


LibriVox’s Short Mystery Story Collection 002: a collection of 10 short works of mysterious fiction in the public domain read by a group of …

On Secret Service

Read by Roger Melin


William Nelson Taft


Detective-Mystery stories based on real cases solved by government agents. Created initially in 1865, the U.S. Secret Service continued to e…

Agatha Webb

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Anna Katharine Green


A universally beloved woman has been murdered. But who would have the heart to kill Agatha Webb? Would her husband do it for money matters? …

The Hermit of ---- Street

Read by Laura Victoria


Anna Katharine Green


Delight Hunter spends her days looking out of her window at her handsome but very mysterious and reclusive next door neighbor. She walks st…

Initials Only

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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…

Colonel Quaritch, V.C.: A Tale of Country Life

Read by Esther


H. Rider Haggard


This is not your typical H. Rider Haggard adventure book yet it is full of mystery and intrigue including a coerced marriage, bigotry, adult…

The Mystery of the Ravenspurs

Read by Roger Melin


Fred M. White


The Ravenspurs have for generations resided quietly in prosperity and comfort at their seaside castle. But the clan is suddenly besieged wit…

The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar (version 2)

Read by Leni


Maurice Leblanc


This collection of independent stories first published between 1905 and 1907 in the magazine Je Sais Tout recounts the tales of Arsèn…

The White Moll

Read by Rowdy Delaney


Frank L. Packard


Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 – February 17, 1942) born in Montreal, Quebec, was a Canadian novelist. Packard is credited with brid…

Hoofbeats on the Turnpike

Read by Cheryl Adam


Mildred A. Wirt Benson


Penny Parker is a teen-aged sleuth and amateur reporter with an uncanny knack for uncovering and solving unusual, sometimes bizarre mysterie…

The Eustace Diamonds

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Anthony Trollope


Lizzie Greystock, a fortune-hunter who ensnares the sickly, dissipated Sir Florian Eustace, is soon left a very wealthy widow and mother. Wh…

The Mill Mystery

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Anna Katharine Green


In the quiet New England village of S--, a young and beloved minister is found dead, ignominiously drowned in a dye vat in a dilapidated mil…

The Quest of the Sacred Slipper

Read by laineyben


Sax Rohmer


Cavanagh becomes involved in the adventurous search for a precious relic in the mysterious East. (Introduction by Laineyben)

Wyllard's Weird

Read by Lynne T


Mary Elizabeth Braddon


A novel written in three volumes. In the golden age of steam, the London train wends its way across the Tamar into the strange and mystic la…

The Bronze Hand

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Anna Katharine Green


A political society secretly operates in Baltimore. When he tries to help his beautiful neighbor Miss Calhoun recover a stolen ring which mi…

Hagar of the Pawn-Shop

Read by Grant Hurlock


Fergus Hume


Hagar Stanley, a beautiful young Gypsy, is driven by sexual harassment to leave her tribe and seek refuge with her uncle Jacob, a miserly Lo…

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…

The Girl Next Door

Read by Jennifer Dallman


Augusta Huiell Seaman


Marcia Brett has noticed unusual activity at the ramshackle and seemingly abandoned mansion next door: a mysterious, veiled lady is seen com…

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…

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