Political & Thrillers

The Devil's Garden

Read by Tom Weiss


William Babington Maxwell


Risque for its time, but tame by today's standards, The Devil's Garden is a story of passion and mystery. William Dale, the main character o…

Michael Strogoff, de Koerier van den Czaar

Read by Bart de Leeuw


Jules Verne


Michael Strogoff wordt door de tsaar gevraagd een boodschap naar diens broer, de grootvorst van het veraf gelegen Irkoetsk, te brengen. Hij …

The Return of Clubfoot

Read by Mark Nelson


Valentine Williams


Whilst spending a holiday in a small Central American Republic, Desmond Okewood, of the Secret Service, learns from a dying beachcomber of a…

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 7: Part 2: Countess de Saint-Geran

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


This story details the crimes and trial surrounding the unexpected pregnancy and subsequent childbirth of the Countess de Saint-Geran in 164…

The House of Whispers

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William Le Queux


This is a story about a young lady and her blind father who live in a House of Whispers. "There is a legend that those who hear the whi…

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 1: Joan of Naples

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Alexandre Dumas


The celebrated crimes committed during the life of Joan (Joanna I) of Naples span from personal misdeeds (adulteries and mariticide) to regi…

Elusive Isabel

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Jacques Futrelle


Elusive Isabel is a novel by Jacques Futrelle (April 9, 1875 - April 15, 1912) first published in 1909. Set in Washington, D.C., it is a spy…

The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 1: Balsamo, The Magician

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


This is the first volume of Dumas' Marie Antoinette Romances (also called "The Memoirs of a Physician"). This historical fiction c…

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 2: The Man in the Iron Mask

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


In the late 1600s a man was doubly-imprisoned: his body in an iron cell and his face in an iron mask. Who the “man in the iron mask” was, wh…

Strangers And Pilgrims

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon


Strangers and Pilgrims follows the journey of Elizabeth Lutterell from a vain, beautiful and self-centred although good-hearted 19 year old …

The Golden Bough

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George Gibbs


The eyes of the Légionnaire, now grown accustomed to the glow of the light, made sure that the figure had not moved, nor was aware of…

The Yellow Dove

Read by Tony Oliva


George Gibbs


A World War 1 spy vs spy novel. Oh! And perhaps I should also mention, a bit of romance? "I am sorry,” he said coolly, "awfully so…

The Wife of the Secretary of State

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Ella Middleton Tybout


In this political thriller set at the turn of the 20th century, several lives, both of Washington insiders and those on the periphery, inter…

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 8: Part 1: The Marquise de Brinvilliers

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Alexandre Dumas


The crimes of the Marquise of Brinvilliers, a French aristocrat during the reign of Louis XIV, included some of the most famous murders, sca…

A Cabinet Secret

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Guy Boothby


Witty spy adventure set during the Boer Wars of the late 19th Century. - Summary by BellonaTimes

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Karl-Ludwig Sand (version 2)

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


This is the fourth volume of Alexandre Dumas' studies of celebrated crimes and their perpetrators. This volume is concerned with the story o…

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 3: Mary Stuart (version 2)

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


The contents of these volumes of 'Celebrated Crimes', as well as the motives which led to their inception, are unique. They are a series of …

Faraon (tom 1)

Read by Piotr Nater


Bolesław Prus


Młody następca tronu, Ramzes, oczekuje dnia, kiedy ojciec powierzy mu nowe stanowisko dowódcy części armii. Jednak z upływem czasu, w…

Short Mystery and Suspense Collection 010

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Various


There's nothing better than curling up with a good mystery and suspense story on a cold, dark night. Here we give you fifteen in the 10th Sh…

The Masquerader (Version 2)

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Katherine Cecil Thurston


In the London fog, two men bump into each other one night. They are immediately unnerved by their exact resemblance to each other. Jack Chil…

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