Mystery
In the Midst of Life
Read by David Wales
Ambrose Bierce
These stories detail the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War. This is the 1909 edition. The 1909 edition omits six…
The Double Traitor
Read by Tom Weiss
E. Phillips Oppenheim
The setting is the years prior to the outbreak of World War I. It is a time when Germany is outwardly preparing for war but Britain continue…
The Riddle of the Purple Emperor
Read by Ruth Golding
Thomas W. Hanshew
Orphan Lady Margaret Cheyne returns home on her eighteenth birthday to live with her embittered maiden aunt and to take up her inheritance o…
The Brand of Silence
Read by Roger Melin
Johnston McCulley and Johnston Mcculley
Harrington Strong was a pseudonym used by author Johnston McCulley, creator of the character Zorro and many others. The Brand of Silence - A…
The Amethyst Box
Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
Anna Katharine Green
On the evening before his marriage, Sinclair loses a precious curiosity from his collection: an amethyst box, containing a tiny flask of dea…
The Secret of Lonesome Cove
Read by Roger Melin
Samuel Hopkins Adams
A body is found on the beach not far from a New England town one morning. Curiously, nobody recognizes the dead woman, and nobody in or near…
Philo Vance
S. S. Van Dine
Philo Vance was the detective creation of S. S. Van Dine, first published in the mid-1920s. Vance, in the original books, is an intellectual…
Broadway is My Beat
Broadway's My Beat is a captivating radio crime drama that aired on CBS from February 27, 1949, to August 1, 1954. The show features the adv…
The Secret House
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Edgar Wallace
A stranger and foreigner arrives at the offices of a small publication in London only to be faced by the “editor” whose face is completely s…
The Big Bow Mystery
Read by Adrian Praetzellis
Israel Zangwill
It's a cold and foggy night in London. A man is horribly murdered in his bedroom, the door locked and bolted on the inside. Scotland Yard is…
L' Épouvante
Read by Ezwa
Maurice Level
« La police est bien mal faite. » Voilà l'opinion qu'Onésime Coche, reporter dans un quotidien du matin, à …
That Mainwaring Affair
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Anna Maynard Barbour
As wealthy financier, Hugh Mainwaring dictates his last will and testament to his private secretary, it would be impossible for him to imagi…
The American Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
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Various
To follow up on the heels of volumes 1 and 2 of "The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes" released on LibriVox, here is a collection of stor…
Casey, Crime Photographer
Casey, Crime Photographer is a captivating radio series that originally aired from July 7, 1943, to April 22, 1955. Over its run, a total of…
The Confession
Read by Wina Hathaway
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mary Roberts Rinehart is claimed to have invented the "Had I but known" mystery genre. When Agnes Blakiston rented the old parson…
The Hound of the Baskervilles
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The desolate, treacherous Devon moors. A bloodcurdling legend of a ghastly hound from hell, haunting the Baskerville family for generations.…
Four Max Carrados Detective Stories
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
Ernest Bramah
Ernest Bramah is mainly known for his 'Kai Lung' books - Dorothy L Sayers often used quotes from them for her chapter headings. In his lifet…
Bobs, a Girl Detective
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Grace May North
This is a great short chapter mystery book for girls. It is similar to Nancy Drew. Bobs is one of the four sisters whose parents die, leavin…
Rogue's Gallery
Rogue's Gallery came to the Mutual network on September 27, 1945, with Dick Powell portraying Richard Rogue, a private detective who invaria…
The Albert Gate Mystery
Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
Louis Tracy
A new case for barrister and hobby detective Reginald Brett: The imperial diamonds were sent by the Sultan to London, to be cut in Albert Ga…