Detective Fiction
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
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 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
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…
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…
Fantômas
Read by Alan Winterrowd
Marcel Allain
Fantômas is the first of 32 novels penned from 1911 to 1913 by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre. The title character is a ruthless t…
Mystery at Geneva
Read by Cate Barratt
Rose Macaulay
Henry Beechtree, a newspaper correspondent for the British Bolshevist, is covering the latest otherwise sleepy session of the League of Nati…
Mrs. Raffles
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John Kendrick Bangs
Mrs. Raffles, widow of the now deceased A. J. Raffles (who was the gentleman thief pursued at one time by Sherlock Holmes), continues the fa…
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
This final volume of detective stories was Doyle’s effort to put his most famous creation behind him at long last. It includes a variety of …
At the Time Appointed
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Anna Maynard Barbour
"Those who remember that excellent detective story, That Mainwaring Affair will expect to find plenty of mystery and exciting incidents…