Detective Fiction
The Other Side of the Door
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Lucia Chamberlain
It's 1865 in the city of San Francisco. Pretty, young Ellie Fenwick is walking to the market early one morning to surprise her father with s…
The Mikado Jewel
Read by VfkaBT
Fergus Hume
A widow has been murdered in the home of a relative on a foggy night in London town when all residents were off on to the theatre, and one t…
The Black Bag
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Louis Joseph Vance
Mr. Philip Kirkwood, a not so successful painter, receives a visitor from his home town in America, who wants him to do him an unspecified f…
The False Faces
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Louis Joseph Vance
This is the second book in the Lone Wolf series. Michael Lanyard had turned his back on his career as gentleman-thief and started a respecta…
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 …
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…
The Middle Temple Murder
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 Golden Slipper
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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…
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…
Murder at Bridge
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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…
Clouds of Witness
Read by Kirsten Wever
Dorothy L. Sayers
While Lord Peter Wimsey is on holiday in the wilds of Corsica, his brother Gerald, Duke of Denver, is charged with the murder of their siste…
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…
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 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, …
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 …
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 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…
The Man with the Black Cord
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Auguste Groner
A baffling disappearance. A bedroom door locked from the inside. A housekeeper with something to hide. Will retired policeman turned privat…
The Clue of the Twisted Candle
Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
Edgar Wallace
Detective mystery story set in London, with some romance, and intriguing plot. - Summary by Peter Thomlinson
Christopher Quarles
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…