Crime & Mystery Fiction
Dark Hollow
Read by Doreen Marcotte
Anna Katharine Green
Twelve years ago, the town of Shelby was in shock at the discovery of the murder of Algernon Etheridge, one of the town's most prominent cit…
The House on the Marsh
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Florence Warden
Violet Christie is just 18 years old as she heads towards her first position as a governess. She tries to be enthusiastic about the Norfolk …
The Sturgis Wager
Read by Roger Melin
Edgar Morette
Subtitled "A Detective Story", Ralph Sturgis is a city newspaper reporter who specializes in, and has a keen knack for solving imp…
The Danvers Jewels
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Cholmondeley
Colonel Middleton is entrusted by his critically ill military superior, Sir John Danvers, with carrying some valuable family jewels from Ind…
The Black Candle
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy wrote about the Vancouver, BC Downtown Eastside and its various residents. This is one of her quotes from the book - "It …
The Grim Thirteen
Read by Ben Tucker
Various
"We began to call a roll of American story-tellers, and as name after name was mentioned, the question arose in our minds as to whether…
Blood on My Jets
Read by Ben Tucker
Algis Budrys
They were the hired gun-rabble of the System, engaged in the dirtiest, most thankless racket in all the worlds. But Ash Holcomb was doing al…
The Haunting of Low Fennel
Read by Ben Tucker
Sax Rohmer
Sax Rohmer, creator of legendary criminal mastermind Fu Manchu, brings together a collection of seven stories that are equal parts thrilling…
Der Roman der XII
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Herbert Eulenberg and Gustav Falke
Der Roman der XII wurde von 12, zu ihrer Zeit, hervorragenden Autoren als spaßiges Experiment geschrieben. Das Buch hat 12 Hauptkapite…
Twelve Times Zero
Read by Ben Tucker
Howard Carleton Browne
It was a love-triangle murder that made today's headlines but the answer lay hundreds of thousands of light years away! - Summary by If: Wor…
The Black House in Harley Street
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J. S. Fletcher
In the heart of London's prestigious Harley Street stands a foreboding mansion, shrouded in mystery and whispered tales of dark secrets. &qu…
The Poet and the Lunatics
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G. K. Chesterton
The same pen that wrote the famous Father Brown stories here presents another volume of equally delightful mystery and murder stories with a…
The Labyrinth
Read by Ashley Crossman
Francis Stevens
This story takes place in Marshall City, the fictional capital of an unnamed Midwestern state, where the cousin of millionaire Hildreth Wynd…
Kate Plus Ten
Read by Howard Skyman
Edgar Wallace
In the era when this story was written it was unusual to have a woman portrayed as a criminal mastermind. However in this case Edgar Wallace…
Weird Tales Double Feature
Read by Ben Tucker
Harold Ward
Horror author Harold Ward is perhaps most well-known for his Doctor Death series of stories published in the 1930s. Before that, Ward relea…
Savage Holiday
Read by Jim Locke
Richard Wright
Savage Holiday is an unforgettable story--a high tension drama that throbs with suspense and shows the reader what it's like to be Erskine F…
The Mystery of Black Rock Creek
Read by Ben Tucker
Jerome K. Jerome
A mysterious dying man! A hidden diamond! Conspiracy to murder! Ghostly visitations! All this in more in this intriguing and unique story wr…
The Leading Lady
Read by Cathy Howell
Geraldine Bonner
A murder mystery set against the backdrop of the theater on a peaceful Maine island. An intriguing whodunnit as multiple suspects emerge and…
The Big Midget Murders
Read by Ben Tucker
Craig Rice
The Big Midget is the hit of the show in Jake Justus's night club, until someone puts an abrupt end to the Midget. Why were eleven unmatched…
His Darling Sin
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Grace Perivale is young, beautiful and rich. She and her beloved husband are the center of high society. Until Hector suddenly and unexpecte…