Detective Fiction
The Middle of Things
Read by Nathalie J.
J. S. Fletcher
A habitual late night stroll down Markendale Square plunges Viner into the middle of things most mysterious and most perplexing. A murder, a…
The Gloved Hand
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Burton Egbert Stevenson
Mr. Lester, a private investigator, and his friend Godfrey are caught up in a strange case that takes them to a large estate in the country …
No Clue! A Mystery Story
Read by Roger Melin
James Hay
“No Clue! A Mystery Story” finds detective Jefferson Hastings at the home of wealthy but eccentric Arthur Sloane one hot summer night, when …
A Strange Disappearance
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Anna Katharine Green
Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective f…
Hushed Up! A Mystery of London
Read by Tom Weiss
William Le Queux
A young man, Owen Biddulph, is drawn to a beautiful young woman with a mysterious past... a past that seems to have returned to cause her di…
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Read by Phil Chenevert
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes and Watson are awoken early by a distraught woman desperately seeking their aid. Something is terribly wrong and she fears f…
The Shrieking Pit
Read by Kevin Green
Arthur J. Rees
The Shrieking Pit is one of Arthur Rees's earlier works, and is a good old fashioned murder mystery story. Grant Colwyn, a private detective…
A Mysterious Disappearance
Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
Louis Tracy
Lady Dyke disappears mysteriously, and barrister and hobby detective Claude Bruce appears to be one of the last persons to have seen her. A …
Miss Frances Baird, Detective
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Reginald Wright Kauffman
Frances Baird is a detective with the Watkins Agency of New York City. She and a colleague are sent undercover to "The Maples" to…
The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu
Read by FNH
Sax Rohmer
The first of the Fu-Manchu novels, this story follows the two characters who are set against the machinations of the insidious doctor.(Summa…
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
Read by Sibella Denton
Fergus Hume
“The following report appeared in the Argus newspaper of Saturday, the 28th July, 18-- “Truth is said to be stranger than fiction, and certa…
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 6
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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…
The Silent Bullet
Read by Elliott Miller
Arthur B. Reeve
The many adventures of Professor Craig Kennedy were chronicled by Arthur B. Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936). Reeve was an American…
The Silent Barrier
Read by Mary Herndon Bell
Louis Tracy
Charles K. Spencer is a well-to-do young American mining engineer. Drinking his water in a hotel in London one day, he overhears a conversat…
The Mayor's Wife
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Anna Katharine Green
Miss Saunders is out for an adventure. One, which is full of secrets, hints, and half-lies. One, which will require all of her wits. She is …
The Red Seal
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Natalie Sumner Lincoln
Nothing is what it seems to be as events unfold in this entertaining mystery by Natalie Sumner Lincoln. Red seals and red herrings abound a…
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
It was published in 1893–1894 by Century Magazine in seven installments, and is a detective story with some racial themes. The plot of this …
The Middle Temple Murder
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J. S. Fletcher
The dead body of a man is found on the steps to some chambers of Middle Temple Lane, near London's law courts. A journalist and a young lawy…
The Eye of Osiris
Read by J. M. Smallheer
R. Austin Freeman
The Eye of Osiris is an early example from the Dr. Thorndyke series of detective stories written by R. Austin Freeman. In these stories, th…
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 1
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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…