Crime & Mystery Fiction

Number Seventeen

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Louis Tracy


The number Seventeen refers (at first) to the London apartment of a young widow who is strangled (off-scene) at the beginning of the book. H…

Cradock Nowell Vol. 3

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore


Cradock Nowell: a Tale of the New Forest is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1866. Set in the New Forest and in London, …

An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay

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Grant Allen


"My name is Seymour Wilbraham Wentworth. I am brother-in-law and secretary to Sir Charles Vandrift, the South African millionaire and f…

The Smuggler of King's Cove

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Sylvanus Cobb, Jr and Sylvanus Cobb, Jr.


Young Percy Maitland is a naval pilot and guides his late father's brig to safety, thereby saving the ship, her crew and cargo despite being…

The House Opposite

Read by Sharon Kilmer


Elizabeth Kent


While trying to escape the heat, a doctor witnesses some strange behavior of his neighbors. Suddenly, everyone and no one become suspects in…

The Yellow Face

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Fred M. White


Who is Nostalgo ? Posters with his unsettlingly grinning face are appearing on scaffolds all over London. A murdered body, horribly disfigur…

The Fellowship of the Frog

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Edgar Wallace


In this story, a small village in rural England is the unlikely site of multiple mysterious goings-on. Dick Gordon, a young public prosecuto…

The Viaduct Murder

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Ronald Knox


A badly battered corpse is found on the golf links. The first verdict was suicide; but four leisurely gentlemen staying at the country club …

Short Mystery and Suspense Collection 011

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Various


We present you with our 11th collection of short mystery and suspense stories. Several are taken from the magazine Weird Tales and they are …

The Adventuress

Read by Anne Fletcher


Arthur B. Reeve


Another adventure in the series starring scientist/detective Craig Kennedy, a Sherlock Holmes type of character. This one features family fe…

Blotted Out

Read by Howard Skyman


Elisabeth Sanxay Holding


The story about a young man who immigrates to the US and is contacted by a mysterious woman. - Summary by Howard Skyman

The Man Who Knew

Read by Howard Skyman


Edgar Wallace


Saul Arthur Mann is a meticulous and eccentric individual. His life revolves around the gathering of every fact and statistic he can possibl…

No. 17 (Number Seventeen)

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J. Jefferson Farjeon


A thriller about a down-and-out sailor finding his way in London. The book followed a successful play that was filmed by Alfred Hitchcock, …

The Blind Man's Eyes

Read by Tom Penn


William Macharg


Five years before the story begins, a man convicted of murdering a powerful, corrupt financier escaped and disappeared. Now, five years late…

An American Tragedy, Volume 2

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Theodore Dreiser


The saga of Clyde, Roberta, and Sondra continues in volume 2 of 2. Social-climbing Clyde Griffiths wants nothing more than to marry the weal…

Weird Tales Presents: The Strange World of Harry Houdini

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Various


In 1924, the odd and wonderful Weird Tales Magazine published a series of stories written (or ghost-written in at least one instance) by not…

The Impossibles

Read by Paul Hampton


Laurence M. Janifer


FBI Agent Kenneth Malone is back with another case, this one involving a gang of car thieves that only steal Red 1972 Cadillacs. The only pr…

Night Fears and Other Stories

Read by Ben Tucker


L. P. Hartley


When one thinks of fear, terrors in the night creeping upon you may come to mind. L. P. Hartley does feature some of these kinds of fears. I…

The Motor Pirate

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George Sidney Paternoster


Of course every one has heard of the Motor Pirate. No one indeed could help doing so unless he or she, as the case may be, happened to be in…

The Weird Picture

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John R. Carling


Frank Willard is studying in Germany when he receives a letter summoning him home for Christmas and for his brother George's wedding. His br…

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