Espionage
Democracy - An American Novel
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry Brooks Adams
Not until after his death in 1918 was it revealed that Henry Adams was the anonymous author of Democracy, which had been published to great …
The Passenger from Calais
Read by Arie
Arthur Griffiths
An army officer, and a mysterious lady with a maid and baby in tow, are the only passengers on the Engadine express from Calais. The lady is…
Status Quo
Read by Peter Eastman
Dallas Mccord Reynolds and Mack Reynolds
Larry Woolford is a government agent, tasked with investigating subversive activity. He does everything an ambitious young man should do if…
A Yellow Journalist
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Miriam Michelson
Rhoda Massey is a young, sharp reporter for a daily newspaper in San Francisco. After proving herself an astute and fearless investigator on…
Tom of the Raiders
Read by Brett W. Downey
Austin Bishop and William Henry Bishop
Young Adult historical fiction of a young man joining the Union Army and taking part in the Great Locomotive Chase. (Summary by Brett Downey…
The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 3, Part 1: The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years La…
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
Volume 3 of The d'Artagnan Romances is divided into three parts. The first begins in 1660, ten years after Volume 2, with d’Artagnan as Lieu…
City of Endless Night
Read by Kate Follis
Milo Hastings
An example of early dystopian science fiction written shortly after World War I, "City of Endless Night" imagines a future with a …
Find the Woman
Read by Grant Hurlock
Frank Gelett Burgess
Who was Belle Charmion? If you really care to know, as John Fenton did, you must go with him on his quest, hither and yon over New York, int…
The Return of Clubfoot
Read by Mark Nelson
Valentine Williams
Whilst spending a holiday in a small Central American Republic, Desmond Okewood, of the Secret Service, learns from a dying beachcomber of a…
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Part 1
Read by Ruth Golding
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
And so, reader, farewell to Sherlock Holmes! These are positively the last stories. There is some disagreement as to their quality, and some…
The Mystery of a Turkish Bath
Read by Bev J Stevens
Rita
A group of guests, at an exclusive luxury hotel in Hampshire, are the witnesses of an illustration of occult powers, demonstrated by “the My…
The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 1: Balsamo, The Magician
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
This is the first volume of Dumas' Marie Antoinette Romances (also called "The Memoirs of a Physician"). This historical fiction c…
Miss Pim's Camouflage
Read by Grant Hurlock
Dorothy Tennant
Mid-WWI, staid Englishwoman Miss Perdita Pim suffers a sunstroke gardening & gains the power of invisibility. She becomes a super-secre…
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Quee…
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William Makepeace Thackeray
A classic Victorian novel and a historical novel rolled into one! Read about court and army life during the reign of Queen Anne - a story of…
Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle
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Charlotte Turner Smith
This book was written about 150 years ahead of its time. It tells the story of Emmeline Mobwray who grows up in a dysfunctional family and h…
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Part 2: Urbain Grandier (version 2)
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
This is the dramatic story of Urbain Grandier, a catholic priest, who had a reputation to rival that of Casanova, which ultimately led to hi…
The Rebel Rose
Read by Deanna Bovee
Justin Mccarthy
The Rebel Rose is the story of Mary Stuart Beaton, a descendant of Mary Queen of Scots who has come to London in the hope of having her fami…
The Devil's Garden
Read by Tom Weiss
William Babington Maxwell
Risque for its time, but tame by today's standards, The Devil's Garden is a story of passion and mystery. William Dale, the main character o…
The House of Whispers
Read by April6090
William Le Queux
This is a story about a young lady and her blind father who live in a House of Whispers. "There is a legend that those who hear the whi…