Detective Fiction

Uncle Bernac: A Memory of the Empire

Read by Cate Barratt


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Looking for a replacement to Sherlock Holmes after the author had killed him off in 1894, Doyle wrote this murder mystery in the dying years…

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Read by Alan Chant


Charles Dickens


The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens. The novel was left unfinished at the time of Dickens' death, and readers h…

The Sheridan Road Mystery

Read by J. M. Smallheer


Paul Thorne and Paul Thorneandmabel Thorne


A shot rings out in the middle of the night in a quiet Chicago neighborhood. Patrolman Murphy is directed to an apartment where a man says …

Ashton-Kirk, Investigator

Read by Pete Milan


John Thomas Mcintyre


Ashton-Kirk, who has solved so many mysteries, is himself something of a problem even to those who know him best. Although young, wealthy, a…

The Talleyrand Maxim

Read by Kevin Green


J. S. Fletcher


John Mallathorpe, a wealthy Yorkshire industrialist and land owner dies in an accident, apparently without making a will. His estate goes t…

The House in the Mist

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Anna Katharine Green


It was a night to drive any man indoors. Not only was the darkness impenetrable, but the raw mist enveloping hill and valley made the open r…

A Double Barreled Detective Story

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


A Double Barrelled Detective Story is a novel by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), in which Sherlock Holmes finds himself in the American west.At…

The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar

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Maurice Leblanc


A contemporary of Arthur Conan Doyle, Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941) was the creator of the character of gentleman thief Arsène Lupin wh…

The Chestermarke Instinct

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J. S. Fletcher


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 Dead Secret

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Wilkie Collins


"Everything in life has a price. May be, telling a Secret has the highest. However, not telling may be worse. What will Sarah choose? w…

The Circular Staircase

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Mary Roberts Rinehart


Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) was a prolific American writer of popular mysteries. The Circular Staircase was originally published in 19…

Dark Hollow

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Anna Katharine Green


The small town of Shelby is shaken by a brutal murder. A man by the name of Etheridge was found beaten to death. A local inn-keeper, is conv…

The Paradise Mystery

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J. S. Fletcher


A quiet cathedral town in England, full of gossips and people who are not quite who they seem to be, is the setting for this murder mystery.…

Die Sängerin

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Wilhelm Hauff


Auf die Sängerin Giuseppa Fiametti wird ein Mordversuch verübt. Ganz B ... ist in Aufregung und man munkelt allerlei über die…

The Port of Missing Men

Read by MaryAnn


Meredith Nicholson


Shirley Claiborne is fascinated by the tall handsome man named John Armitage who seemed to follow her and her brother, Captain Claiborne, as…

The Crevice

Read by J. M. Smallheer


William J. Burns


The sudden death of wealthy and prominent financier, Pennington Lawton from an apparent heart attack, followed by the shocking revelation of…

One of My Sons

Read by Laura Victoria


Anna Katharine Green


A young girl frantically summons a gentleman walking by on the street to come in and help her grandfather. Arthur Outhwaite answers her cry …

The Gray Phantom

Read by Roger Melin


Herman Landon


A woman is apparently murdered in a New York auditorium under very suspicious circumstances one evening during a performance. Helen Hardwick…

Malcolm Sage, Detective

Read by Anna Simon


Herbert George Jenkins


A collection of short stories that chronicles the first year of the Malcolm Sage Detective Bureau.Sequel or companion story of John Dene of …

Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 3

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Various


In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious s…

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