Detective Fiction

Captain Sparkle, Pirate

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Nicholas Carter



Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom …

The Dain Curse

Read by Mark Nelson


Dashiell Hammett



A supposed family curse. Stolen diamonds. Drugs and a religious cult. The Continental Op has his hands full while again the bodies pile up a…

The Step on the Stair

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Anna Katharine Green



Green's last published detective novel, The Step on the Stair is typical of her earlier mysteries. Quenton is in love with Orpha, and thinks…

Snarled Identities

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Nicholas Carter



Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom …

A Woman at Bay

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Nicholas Carter



Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom …

The Steel Hammer

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Louis Ulbach



A large inheritance greatly transforms the lives of three people: a good man, who would have inherited at least a part of the fortune if his…

The Double

Read by Atul Sharma


Edgar Wallace



When Dick Staines graduated the University of Cambridge without family connections or inherited wealth, he decides to put his honours scienc…

Clara Vaughan

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore



CLARA VAUGHAN, the young heroine, narrator, and namesake for R. D. Blackmore’s early detective novel, is determined to solve the mystery of …

A Scandal in Bohemia

Read by Phil Chenevert


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle



This story, found in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, is one of the best in my opinion. Is it possible for the machine like brain of this…

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle



Sherlock Holmes is involved in a simple case of finding the owner of a battered hat and a dead goose. Or so he thinks. All too soon this hat…

The Twin Mystery

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Nicholas Carter



Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom …

The Mask of Death

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Nicholas Carter



America's greatest detective is back! "Nick Carter will solve the mystery. No crime is too deep for him. He’ll ferret out the truth and…

Le Triangle d'Or

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Maurice Leblanc



En 1915, un mutilé de guerre le capitaine Patrice Belval, aidé de ses camarades, tente de porter secours à une infirmi…

Over My Dead Body

Read by Ben Tucker


Rex Stout



It all began one day when two beautiful "females" as Archie called them, arrived in Nero Wolfe's. office with a problem Wolfe didn…

Red Harvest

Read by Mark Nelson


Dashiell Hammett



The Continental Detective Agency’s Op is sent on a case to Personville. The locals call their town “Poisonville,” and the Op would soon find…

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