Crime & Mystery Fiction
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (version 4)
Read by David Clarke
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 12 short stories that were originally illustrated by Sidney Paget. These are the first…
The Grey Woman
Read by Jane Greensmith
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
A "Bluebeard" story in which a young woman marries a man whom she discovers has killed his previous wives and is trying to kill he…
A Study In Scarlet (Version 6)
Read by David Clarke
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new characters, "consulting detectiv…
Crime and Punishment (version 2)
Read by Expatriate
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"Crime and Punishment" is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal "T…
The Breaking Point
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mary Roberts Rinehart -- "America's Agatha Christie," as she used to be called -- set this story in a New York suburban town, shor…
The Mystery of Mary
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Grace Livingston Hill
Handsome young Tryon Dunham has just returned home on the train from a business trip one evening when he's accosted by a beautiful young wom…
The Turn of the Screw (version 2)
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Henry James
Henry James' classic ghost story comprises the written testimony of a young governess, charged with looking after two small children at an i…
The Haunted Bookshop
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Christopher Morley
Roger Mifflin is the somewhat eccentric proprietor of The Haunted Bookshop, a second-hand bookstore in Brooklyn that is "haunted by the…
The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Anna Katharine Green
It is the noon hour at a museum in New York City. The date: May 23, 1913. The weekday, attendance is light; the attendees are scattered betw…
His Last Bow (version 3)
Read by David Clarke
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of previously published Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, i…
The Four Faces
Read by Tom Weiss
William Le Queux
Michael Berrington is a bachelor leading a quiet life in London. Overhearing a conversation at his club one day, he becomes interested in a …
The House of a Thousand Candles (version 2)
Read by Eric Leach
Meredith Nicholson
A reputedly wealthy and eccentric old man dies in Vermont. His home, the House of a Thousand Candles, so called for the owner's preference t…
I Say No
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Wilkie Collins
Emily Brown is an orphan girl that almost no one can help but love when they meet her. She is pursued by two worthy men: Mr. Alban Morris, t…
The Czar's Spy
Read by Tom Weiss
William Le Queux
William Le Queux was a British novelist and prolific writer of mysteries. Indeed, mystery surrounds the author himself as to whether he was …
The Vanishing Man
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
R. Austin Freeman
A young doctor, former student of the legal and medical expert Dr. John Thorndyke, finds himself almost accidentally drawn into a case in wh…
The Oakdale Affair
Read by Ralph Snelson
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Jack London / H.H. Knibbs-inspired, selfless, poetry-spouting, hobo character, Bridge, makes another appearance in the…
The Phantom of the Opera (version 2)
Read by Ralph Snelson
Gaston Leroux
Christine Daae was brought up in the Paris Opera house. Her musician father suddenly dies, telling her he will send her an angel of music to…
The Confessions of Arsene Lupin
Read by Cate Barratt
Maurice Leblanc
A collection of nine stories - or confessions - of the celebrated gentleman thief Arsene Lupin. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)
The Mysterious Key and What It Opened
Read by ashleighjane
Louisa May Alcott
In this delightful short story, we discover the secrets of the Trevlyn family. 'The Mysterious Key and What it Opened' is a mystery entwined…
The Law and the Lady
Read by Wiebke
Wilkie Collins
Valeria Brinton marries Eustace Woodville despite objections from Woodville's family leading to disquiet for Valeria's own family and friend…