Crime & Mystery Fiction
The Adventures of a Man of Science
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Clifford Halifax and L. T. Meade
"We have taken down these stories from time to time as our friend. Paul Gilchrist, has related them to us. He is a man whose life study…
The Cat's Eye
Read by Yoganandh T
R. Austin Freeman
The brother of a lawyer is murdered apparently in an attempted robbery and by a sheer accident Ms Blake happens to be there, her life is in …
The Crime at Black Dudley
Read by Terrance Callan
Margery Allingham
During a house party at Black Dudley, a country mansion, the host is murdered and an important item disappears. A criminal gang holds the gu…
The Box Office Murders
Read by Atul Sharma
Freeman Wills Crofts
Freeman Wills Crofts was part of the golden age of detective fiction, along with the likes of Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler. His most…
The House on the Marsh: A Romance
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Florence Warden
Violet Christie is just 18 years old as she heads towards her first position as a governess. She tries to be enthusiastic about the Norfolk …
Dark Hollow, Version 2
Read by Doreen Marcotte
Anna Katharine Green
Twelve years ago, the town of Shelby was in shock at the discovery of the murder of Algernon Etheridge, one of the town's most prominent cit…
The Black Candle
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy wrote about the Vancouver, BC Downtown Eastside and its various residents. This is one of her quotes from the book - "It …
The Grim Thirteen
Read by Ben Tucker
Various
"We began to call a roll of American story-tellers, and as name after name was mentioned, the question arose in our minds as to whether…
The Sturgis Wager
Read by Roger Melin
Edgar Morette
Subtitled "A Detective Story", Ralph Sturgis is a city newspaper reporter who specializes in, and has a keen knack for solving imp…
Twelve Times Zero
Read by Ben Tucker
Howard Carleton Browne
It was a love-triangle murder that made today's headlines but the answer lay hundreds of thousands of light years away! - Summary by If: Wor…
Blood on My Jets
Read by Ben Tucker
Algis Budrys
They were the hired gun-rabble of the System, engaged in the dirtiest, most thankless racket in all the worlds. But Ash Holcomb was doing al…
The Labyrinth
Read by Ashley Crossman
Francis Stevens
This story takes place in Marshall City, the fictional capital of an unnamed Midwestern state, where the cousin of millionaire Hildreth Wynd…
The Black House in Harley Street
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J. S. Fletcher
In the heart of London's prestigious Harley Street stands a foreboding mansion, shrouded in mystery and whispered tales of dark secrets. &qu…
The Danvers Jewels
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Cholmondeley
Colonel Middleton is entrusted by his critically ill military superior, Sir John Danvers, with carrying some valuable family jewels from Ind…
The Haunting of Low Fennel and Other Stories
Read by Ben Tucker
Sax Rohmer
Sax Rohmer, creator of legendary criminal mastermind Fu Manchu, brings together a collection of seven stories that are equal parts thrilling…
The Poet and the Lunatics
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G. K. Chesterton
The same pen that wrote the famous Father Brown stories here presents another volume of equally delightful mystery and murder stories with a…
Kate Plus Ten
Read by Howard Skyman
Edgar Wallace
In the era when this story was written it was unusual to have a woman portrayed as a criminal mastermind. However in this case Edgar Wallace…
Weird Tales Double Feature: The Skull and The Bodymaster
Read by Ben Tucker
Harold Ward
Horror author Harold Ward is perhaps most well-known for his Doctor Death series of stories published in the 1930s. Before that, Ward relea…
Savage Holiday
Read by Jim Locke
Richard Wright
Savage Holiday is an unforgettable story--a high tension drama that throbs with suspense and shows the reader what it's like to be Erskine F…
The Mystery of Black Rock Creek
Read by Ben Tucker
Jerome K. Jerome
A mysterious dying man! A hidden diamond! Conspiracy to murder! Ghostly visitations! All this in more in this intriguing and unique story wr…