Crime & Mystery Fiction
The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 2: The Mesmerist's Victim
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
This 2nd volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances continues the intrigues of "Balsamo, The Magician" and adds to them the schemes o…
The Old Ladies
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
“Quite a number of years ago there was an old rickety building on the rock above Seatown in Polchester, and it was one of a number in an old…
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…
The Amethyst Cross
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Fergus Hume
Things look bleak for Lesbia Hales. Her father does not let her marry the man she loves. Her mother is dead. She has to keep secrets in orde…
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 8: Part 2: Vaninka
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
The story of Vaninka, generally regarded as the most fictionalized of Dumas’ Celebrated Crimes series, occurs during the short and eccentric…
The Fellowship of the Frog
Read by Howard Skyman
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 …
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 5: Derues, La Constantin
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Alexandre Dumas
Dumas, with the assistance of several friends, compiled Celebrated Crimes, an eight-volume collection of essays on famous criminals and crim…
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…
The Criminal from Lost Honour
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Friedrich Schiller
"In the whole history of man there is no chapter more instructive for the heart and mind than the annals of his errors. On the occasion…
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…
Stories in Black and White
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Various
This is a collection of short mystery stories, written in very different styles by eight different authors. - Summary by Carolin
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…
The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 3: The Queen's Necklace (Version 2)
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
This 3rd volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins a decade after the close of "The Mesmerist’s Victim” and is based on a real sca…
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 Stolen Singer
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Martha Bellinger
Agatha Redmond, a popular soprano, is kidnapped in New York City by thugs unknown, shortly after she learns of a hefty inheritance from a fr…
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…
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 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…
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, …