Detective Fiction
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 5: Part 2: La Constantin
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
Dumas chronicles the court intrigues that led to the execution of Marie La Roux Constantin. La dame Constantin was known by French nobility …
The Door with Seven Locks
Read by Ben Tucker
Edgar Wallace
Dick Martin is on his last day on the job at Scotland Yard, having planned to retire early due to an inheritance windfall, when he becomes e…
A Prince of Swindlers
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Guy Boothby
The year 18-- was a momentous one in Great Britain. Not only did the nation receive most of the world's royalty for months on end, but the …
The Secret of Casa Grande
Read by Mary Escano
Helen Randolph
While visiting their friend, Florence, at her home in Mexico, Jo Ann and Peggy noticed a barred window which has no opening into any of the …
The Photographer's Evidence
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Nicholas Carter
Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom …
The Gutting of Couffignal
Read by Winston Tharp
Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett’s hardboiled detective is assigned by his agency to guard a stash of wedding presents on an exclusive Bay Area island. Jus…
Amusement Only
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Richard Marsh
This is a collection of 12 short stories of mystery and humor, which are, as the title says, for amusement only. (Summary by Carolin)
Kastle Krags: A Story of Mystery
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Absalom Martin
A series of murders occur at the remote seaside mansion of a millionaire in Florida. The mystery is heightened via local lore of pirates an…
Silver Blaze
Read by Phil Chenevert
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A famous race horse disappears a week before an important race; the trainer is found dead on the desolate moor and the police are completely…
The Exploits of Juve (version 2)
Read by Alan Winterrowd
Marcel Allain
The second book in the Fantômas series by the prolific authors Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre (they published 32 Fantômas no…
With Links of Steel
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Nicholas Carter
Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom …
The Cat's Paw
Read by James R. Hedrick
Natalie Sumner Lincoln
Susan Baird is found dead at her tea-table and all the evidence points to murder. She is supposed to have been penniless but when her will i…
The Last Drive
Read by Ben Tucker
Rex Stout
From celebrated crime author Rex Stout, creator of the long-running Nero Wolfe detective stories, comes this early mystery, that served as …
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
Read by Phil Chenevert
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A governess comes to Sherlock Holmes for advice on an offer of a excellent position with a new employer. But the conditions are odd and exp…
The Tower Treasure (Version 2)
Read by James R. Hedrick
Franklin W. Dixon
The Hardy boys were sons of a celebrated American dectective and from their father learned the particulars of a number of unusual crimes. Th…
Captain Ted
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Mary T. Waggaman
When tragedy hits his family, in the form of a sudden illness to his father, young Teddy Thornton is forced to leave school and find work to…
The Ghost Beyond the Gate
Read by Cheryl Adam
Mildred A. Wirt Benson
PENNY PARKER is a teen-aged sleuth and amateur reporter with an uncanny knack for solving unusual, sometimes bizarre mysteries. The only da…
Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery
Read by Atul Sharma
Freeman Wills Crofts
A railway engineer by training, Freeman Wills Crofts often relied on railway themes for his plots, with careful attention to details and sch…
The Carved Lions
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Mary Louisa Molesworth
When two life sized carved lions from the east are given as a gift to an English household, the children of the house are enchanted, especia…
The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons
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James Francis Thierry
The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons: Being one of the Exciting Episodes in the Career of the Famous Detective Hemlock Holmes as Record…