Detective Fiction
Sister Simon's Murder Case
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Margaret Ann Hubbard
Set in the picturesque wilds of a Midwestern resort town at the height of the tourist season, Sister Simon’s Murder case begins with the mur…
The Pawns Count
Read by Tom Weiss
E. Phillips Oppenheim
"I am for England and England only," John Lutchester, the Englishman, asserted."I am for Japan and Japan only," Nikasti,…
The Daffodil Mystery
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Edgar Wallace
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (April 1, 1875–February 10, 1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 17…
Murder Takes the Veil
Read by Maria Therese
Margaret Ann Hubbard
Set in the Louisiana bayou country, here is a drama rich with suspense...the story of lovely Trillium Pierce powerless at the mercy of a mur…
The Midnight Passenger
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Richard Henry Savage
Randall Clayton was surrounded by enemies. His father’s business partner had looked after him in the years since his father’s death. But Hug…
The Sword of Damocles
Read by Mary Bard
Anna Katharine Green
Anna Katharine Green is best known as one of the first women detective writers, and The Sword of Damocles, first published in 1881, does ind…
The Miss Florence Cusack Mysteries
Read by J. M. Smallheer
L. T. Meade
Miss Florence Cusack was featured as an amateur detective who assists in solving crimes in five short stories authored by L. T. Meade and Ro…
Swamp Island
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Mildred A. Wirt Benson
Late entry in the Penny Parker teen girl mystery series (1939-47) by one of the early ghostwriters (as Carolyn Keene) of Nancy Drew concerns…
The Abandoned Room
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Wadsworth Camp
The mystery of a secret room, scene of many murders, is unraveled by Carlos Paredes, the Panamanian Sherlock Holmes. (Summary by manybooks.n…
The Great White Queen
Read by Tom Weiss
William Le Queux
How to describe this book? In a word – savage. For those regular LibriVox Le Queux mystery listeners, this book is a step in a different dir…
The Mystery of the Four Fingers
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Fred M. White
A fabulously rich gold mine in Mexico is known by the picturesque and mysterious name of The Four Fingers. It originally belonged to an Azte…
The Lodger
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Marie Belloc Lowndes
"The story is about a Jack the Ripper-type murderer known only as "The Avenger" in London, who has been killing young blonde …
The Green Jacket
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Jennette Lee
An early example of the female private detective, Jennette Lee’s Millicent Newberry made her first appearance in The Green Jacket in 1917 an…
The Chief Legatee
Read by Tony Oliva
Anna Katharine Green
"I was married to-day in Grace Church. At the altar my bride--you probably know her name, Miss Georgian Hazen--wore a natural look, and…
The Crimson Circle
Read by Anna Simon
Edgar Wallace
The Crimson Circle gang spreads fear by extortion and murder. Its members range from rich, powerful bankers to petty criminals, and none of …
The Sign of the Broken Sword
Read by Phil Chenevert
G. K. Chesterton
In the freezing English countryside, Father Brown leads Flambeau to the many monuments and shrines of the great General St. Claire. "S…
Under the Andes
Read by Roger Melin
Rex Stout
Under the Andes was written by Rex Stout years before his creation of the immensely popular Nero Wolfe series of novels, and while perhaps h…
Verhalen van Sherlock Holmes
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Een verzameling van negen avonturen van Sherlock Holmes, de bekende Britse detective, en zijn compaan Dr. Watson. (Samenvatting door Julie V…
Trent's Last Case
Read by Kirsten Wever
Edmund Clerihew Bentley
This is one of a series of EC Bentley novels featuring the highly erudite artist qua reporter / detective, Philip Trent.In it, Trent is sent…
Tajemnica Baskerville'ów
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Tajemnica Baskerville'ów (ang. The Hound of the Baskervilles - Pies Baskerville'ów) - powieść detektywistyczna sir Artura Cona…