Detective Fiction
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 …
The Maltese Falcon
Read by Mark Nelson
Dashiell Hammett
A beautiful client, a valuable artifact, fake identities, double-crosses and dead bodies. Hard-boiled San Francisco detective Sam Spade has …
The Kidnapping of President Lincoln, and Other War Detective Stories
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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 or, A Strange Bargain and Its Consequences
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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: Further Adventures of Chéri-Bibi
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…
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…
Killers Are My Meat
Read by Ben Tucker
Stephen Marlowe
Private Eye Chester Drum is thrust into a dark web of intrigue when he witnesses fellow detective Gil Sprayregan run down by a speeding car.…
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
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
Read by Jim Locke
Anatole France
Noted historian sets out to locate and research a rare manuscript: the French version of -- "The Golden Legend" -- and meets the d…
A Stolen Name
Read by Nancy Gorgen
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 Moving Finger
Read by James R. Hedrick
Natalie Sumner Lincoln
Bruce Brainerd becomes ill at the country house of his fiancee, Millicent Porter. He is put under the care of a trained nurse, Vera Deane, t…
The Starvel Hollow Tragedy
Read by Yoganandh T
Freeman Wills Crofts
An orphan girl goes on a surprise trip to meet her father's old acquaintance at York, very much relieved to be away albeit for a few days fr…
The Treasure-Train
Read by Howard Skyman
Arthur B. Reeve
There have been many novels written by Arthur B. Reeve that feature the character of Craig Kennedy.Kennedy is a detective that employs his k…
A Battle for the Right
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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 Valley of Fear (Version 4 Dramatic Reading)
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Valley of Fear is the fourth novel Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about private detective Sherlock Holmes. First published serially in The Str…
Angel Esquire
Read by Yoganandh T
Edgar Wallace
The unconventional Scotland Yard detective Angel Esquire is no fool to be hoodwinked by the murder of the old crook Reale as he anticipates …
The Perfect Frame
Read by Ben Tucker
William Ard
T.N.T. packed in satin!Lorena Dahl had her fingers on the straps of the halter and Dane knew she was going to rip them away. "Cut it o…
The Silk Stocking Murders
Read by James R. Hedrick
Anthony Berkeley
A ROGER SHERINGHAM MYSTERY. When the daughter of a country parson goes missing in London, Roger Sheringham receives a letter from her father…
The Club of Masks
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Allen Upward
It was far from a simple case of opium poisoning — the affair at the Domino Club. Zenobia Salome, the Leopardess, whichever of those silk ma…