Crime & Mystery Fiction
Constance Dunlap
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Arthur B. Reeve
Constance Dunlap is a young woman who in Chapter 1 turns amateur criminal in order to to save her husband from disgrace and imminent arrest.…
The House of the White Shadows
Read by Roger Melin
B. J. Farjeon and B. L. Farjeon
Is a defense attorney bound to defend his client, or with his conscience, when he knows that the man he is defending is guilty of the charge…
Jacob's Ladder
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
E. Phillips Oppenheim
This is a story about Jacob Pratt who “stood bond” for his brother and then lost all his money and was unable to pay his debts. Two years la…
Doors of the Night
Read by Delmar H Dolbier
Frank L. Packard
New York City, 1922—Murder—half-million dollar robbery—false accusation—secret passage—the underworld—a mystery woman—a masked man—a crooked…
The Turnpike House
Read by Celine Major
Fergus Hume
A prolific writer of crime and detective stories Fergus Hume is known for his clever plots. The Turnpike House is another wonderful example …
An Amiable Charlatan (version 2)
Read by Cate Barratt
E. Phillips Oppenheim
A lively adventure of a father-daughter con team enjoying themselves in Edwardian London. - Summary by Cate Barratt
The Lost Parchment
Read by Sharon Kilmer
Fergus Hume
Murder and mayhem turn a quiet English village on its head. Complete with twists and turns that will keep you entertained til the very end. …
John Dene of Toronto; a Comedy of Whitehall
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Herbert George Jenkins
John Dene comes to England with a great invention, and the intention of gingering-up the Admiralty. His directness and unconventional method…
The Sign of the Four (version 4)
Read by ashleighjane
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Treasure, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, love, murder, and revenge. One of Arthur Conan Doyle's four novels featuring Sherlock Holmes. (Summa…
Seven Keys to Baldpate
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Earl Derr Biggers
Dime-store novelist William Magee has gone to Baldpate Inn to do a little soul-searching in an attempt to write a serious work. Thinking he …
Witching Hill
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
E. W. Hornung
The adventures of two young men, which may or may not have to do with the supernatural. - Summary by Nicholas Clifford
The Diamond Pin
Read by Celine Major
Carolyn Wells
Eccentric and wealthy New York widow Ursula Pell loves playing cruel jokes on her guests and particularly on her niece and nephew who are de…
The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 1: The Three Musketeers (version 3)
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
The d'Artagnan Romances are six volumes that intertwine exciting events (real and fictionalized) from 17th-century Europe and the life of th…
Who Did It?
Read by Phil Benson
Nat Gould
Following the dissolution of the New South Wales government, Henry Bryce is ready to take on the Labour Party for the seat of Balmain East. …
Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue
Read by Anna Simon
Frank L. Packard
Jimmie Dale, alias The Gray Seal, alias Smarlinghue, is back in the criminal underworld of New York. He is desperately trying to find the cr…
Historical Mysteries
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Andrew Lang
Edited by Andrew Lang, Historical Mysteries is a collection of infamous unsolved mysteries from various points in history.
Lady Jim of Curzon Street
Read by Jim Locke
Fergus Hume
Faced with bankruptcy and trapped in an unhappy marriage, Lady Jim Kaims has to solve her problems alone. After every decent way fails her, …
The Masquerader
Read by Tom Weiss
Katherine Cecil Thurston
The Masquerader is one of two Katherine Cecil Thurston’s books that appeared on the Publisher’s Weekly best-seekers list in 1905 (The other,…
The Datchet Diamonds
Read by Jacquerie
Richard Marsh
Oh dear! The Duchess of Datchet's diamonds, worth a quarter of a million pounds, have been stolen. Just as Mr. Paxton, a ne'er do well gambl…
The Lost Mr. Linthwaite
Read by Steven Seitel
J. S. Fletcher
A quest to track down his missing uncle (Mr. Linthwaite) leads investigative journalist Richard Brixey to the mysterious medieval town of Si…