Detective Fiction

The Crevice

Read by J. M. Smallheer


William J. Burns


The sudden death of wealthy and prominent financier, Pennington Lawton from an apparent heart attack, followed by the shocking revelation of…

One of My Sons

Read by Laura Victoria


Anna Katharine Green


A young girl frantically summons a gentleman walking by on the street to come in and help her grandfather. Arthur Outhwaite answers her cry …

The Gray Phantom

Read by Roger Melin


Herman Landon


A woman is apparently murdered in a New York auditorium under very suspicious circumstances one evening during a performance. Helen Hardwick…

Malcolm Sage, Detective

Read by Anna Simon


Herbert George Jenkins


A collection of short stories that chronicles the first year of the Malcolm Sage Detective Bureau.Sequel or companion story of John Dene of …

Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 3

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Various


In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious s…

The Black Star

Read by Roger Melin


Johnston McCulley and Johnston Mcculley


The Black Star was a master criminal who took great care to never be identifiable, always wore a mask so nobody knew what he looked like, ra…

His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (version 2 Dramatic Reading)

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The last collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories contains some of the most dramatic moments of the entire Sherlock Holmes canon. "T…

The Flaming Forest

Read by Roger Melin


James Oliver Curwood


A tale of mystery, romance, and honor, as David Carrigan must choose between his duty as an officer of the law and a girl who holds him capt…

The Stretton Street Affair

Read by Tom Weiss


William Le Queux


Hugh Gabriel has recently been repatriated from the war and has rejoined his old firm as an electrical engineer. On the way to visit his unc…

The Mystery of 31 New Inn

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R. Austin Freeman


Jeffrey Blackmore suspiciously made two wills, both deceptively alike, but still, in a cunning way, completely different. John Thorndyke, eq…

The Gloved Hand

Read by Don W. Jenkins


Burton Egbert Stevenson


Mr. Lester, a private investigator, and his friend Godfrey are caught up in a strange case that takes them to a large estate in the country …

The Middle of Things

Read by Nathalie J.


J. S. Fletcher


A habitual late night stroll down Markendale Square plunges Viner into the middle of things most mysterious and most perplexing. A murder, a…

A Strange Disappearance

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Anna Katharine Green


Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective f…

No Clue! A Mystery Story

Read by Roger Melin


James Hay


“No Clue! A Mystery Story” finds detective Jefferson Hastings at the home of wealthy but eccentric Arthur Sloane one hot summer night, when …

The Adventure of the Speckled Band

Read by Phil Chenevert


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Sherlock Holmes and Watson are awoken early by a distraught woman desperately seeking their aid. Something is terribly wrong and she fears f…

Hushed Up! A Mystery of London

Read by Tom Weiss


William Le Queux


A young man, Owen Biddulph, is drawn to a beautiful young woman with a mysterious past... a past that seems to have returned to cause her di…

The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu

Read by FNH


Sax Rohmer


The first of the Fu-Manchu novels, this story follows the two characters who are set against the machinations of the insidious doctor.(Summa…

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Version 2)

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)


Robert Louis Stevenson


After hearing Mr. Enfield's account of a distressing event involving Edward Hyde, the heir of his friend, Henry Jekyll, John Utterson is con…

Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 6

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Various


In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious s…

The Shrieking Pit

Read by Kevin Green


Arthur J. Rees


The Shrieking Pit is one of Arthur Rees's earlier works, and is a good old fashioned murder mystery story. Grant Colwyn, a private detective…

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