Mystery & Thriller

Lost Man's Lane

by Anna Katharine Green Read by Mary Bard 4.6
After several people apparently vanish into thin air while walking along the same country road, New York detective Mr Gryce calls on the ski…

The Scarlet Pimpernel

by Baroness Emma Orczy Read by Karen Savage 4.8
Set against the tumultuous backdrop of the French Revolution, The Scarlet Pimpernel follows the daring exploits of Sir Percy Blakeney, a see…

The Chestermarke Instinct

by J. S. Fletcher Read by MaryAnn 4.6
Bank manager John Hornbury is missing, as are securities and jewels from the bank’s vault. Gabriel Chestermarke and his nephew Joseph have u…

The Lady from Nowhere

by Fergus Hume Read by MaryAnn 4.5
In the heart of Victorian London, a woman is discovered dead in a lavish yellow boudoir, her identity shrouded in mystery. As whispers of he…

Murder On The Orient Express

by Agatha Christie 4.9
Murder on the Orient Express is a five-part dramatisation of Agatha Christie’s 1934 murder mystery, adapted by Michael Bakewell. An all-star…

Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood

by George MacDonald Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
This delightful story begins in a little town called Marshmallows, where a young man, the new vicar, Harry Walton, has just arrived. As he b…

The Borough Treasurer

by J. S. Fletcher Read by MaryAnn 4.6
Messrs. Mallalieu and Cotherstone were outsiders who had built a prosperous business in Highmarket and even been elected as Mayor and Treasu…

The Master of the World

by Jules Verne Read by Mark F. Smith 4.4
Chief Inspector Strock gets the tough cases. When a volcano suddenly appears to threaten mountain towns of North Carolina amid the non-volca…

The Gloved Hand

by Burton Egbert Stevenson Read by Don W. Jenkins 4.5
Mr. Lester, a private investigator, and his friend Godfrey are caught up in a strange case that takes them to a large estate in the country …

The Fortieth Door

by Mary Hastings Bradley Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.5
A young American archeologist, a masked ball in Cairo, an illusive young woman and the unexplained disappearance of a Frenchman fifteen year…

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by David Clarke 4.8
The book was first published in February 1905 by McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) then on March 7, 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd. (Londo…

Anthony Trent, Master Criminal

by Wyndham Martyn Read by Anna Simon 4.8
In 1918, Anthony Trent, a well-educated young man in his late twenties, lives an unsatisfactory life in a New York boarding house. He writes…

The Red Seal

by Natalie Sumner Lincoln Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.4
The Red Seal invites listeners into a world where appearances can be deceiving. In this engaging mystery by Natalie Sumner Lincoln, a series…

Behind a Mask, or a Woman's Power

by Louisa May Alcott Read by Elizabeth Klett 4.6
Fans of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women will remember that her heroine Jo wrote racy novels before turning her hand to more "serious&q…

At the Villa Rose

by A. E. W. Mason Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) 4.6
Harry Wethermill, the brilliant young scientist, a graduate of Oxford and Munich, has made a fortune from his inventions, and is taking a va…

The Leavenworth Case

by Anna Katharine Green Read by Kirsten Ferreri 4.6
The Leavenworth Case is a pioneering work in the detective fiction genre, crafted by Anna Katharine Green, one of the first female authors t…

That Mainwaring Affair

by Anna Maynard Barbour Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.6
As wealthy financier, Hugh Mainwaring dictates his last will and testament to his private secretary, it would be impossible for him to imagi…

The Great Impersonation

by E. Phillips Oppenheim Read by Tom Weiss 4.7
E. Phillips Oppenheim, an English novelist created well in excess of 100 novels and 30 plus collections of short stories. Most of his tales …

The Club of Queer Trades

by G. K. Chesterton Read by David Barnes 4.5
A collection of six wonderfully quirky detective stories, featuring the 'mystic' former judge Basil Grant. Each story reveals a practitioner…

The Innocence of Father Brown

by G. K. Chesterton Read by Brian Roberg 4.5
The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) is the first of five collections of mystery stories by G. K. Chesterton starring an unimposing but surp…

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