Detective Fiction

The Singing Bone or The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke

Read by Edmund Bloxam


R. Austin Freeman


In its original form, this book was published with the title, "The Singing Bone." It was later republished as "The Adventures…

Tom Ossington's Ghost

Read by Patti Cunningham


Richard Marsh


Madge and Ella have lived at Clover Cottage for six weeks when a series of strange events begin to occur. A gentleman who arrives asking for…

Man Overboard

Read by Roger Melin


Francis Marion Crawford


Peculiar happenings aboard the schooner Helen B. Jackson when one night during a storm, the small crew found themselves diminished by one. S…

The Seen and the Unseen

Read by Sonia


Richard Marsh


Is it true that people can literally be scared to death ? Is it possible to photograph astral projections ? What happens if you play with a …

Murder at Bridge

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Anne Austin


Inhabitants of the small town of Hamilton joke that they are afraid of being the dummy when playing Bridge, for fear of being murdered. Mean…

The Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Anna Katharine Green


Miss Violet Strange is young, petite and attractive and has a wealthy father. She also has the knack for solving problems. This collection c…

The Middle Temple Murder (version 2)

Read by Lynne T


J. S. Fletcher


A classic English murder mystery story, set in the legal center of London draws the reluctant attention of a journalist as he makes his way …

The Exploits Of Elaine

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Arthur B. Reeve


The Exploits of Elaine It tells the story of a young woman named Elaine who, with the help of a detective, tries to find the man, known only…

Red Arrows in the Night

Read by Maria Therese


Daniel A. Lord


The Scarlet Archer of Agincourt is claimed by the Erkenwold’s as their family ghost. Tradition held that the death of an important Erkenwold…

The Thousandth Woman

Read by Lee Smalley


E. W. Hornung


E. W. Hornung was an English author and poet best known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th…

The Dark House

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


George Manville Fenn


An extremely wealthy but reclusive man has died, leaving an eccentric will which hints at great riches hidden somewhere in the house. Most …

The Expressman and the Detective

Read by Pete Williams, Pittsburgh, PA


Allan Pinkerton


Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884), a Scotsman by birth and a barrel-maker by trade, settled in Chicago in its infancy and founded the Pinkertons, …

Fantômas

Read by Alan Winterrowd


Marcel Allain


Fantômas is the first of 32 novels penned from 1911 to 1913 by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre. The title character is a ruthless t…

The Amateur

Read by Crln Yldz Ksr


Richard Harding Davis


On the steamer on his way to London, Austin Ford meets a young woman, who is going to London to find her missing husband. Being a specialist…

Christopher Quarles: College Professor and Master Detective

Read by Tony Posante


Percy James Brebner


Christopher Quarles is a professor of philosophy and a private consulting detective. Quarles, along with his granddaughter Zena, assists Pol…

Mrs. Raffles

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


John Kendrick Bangs


Mrs. Raffles, widow of the now deceased A. J. Raffles (who was the gentleman thief pursued at one time by Sherlock Holmes), continues the fa…

< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >