Crime & Mystery Fiction
The Red Window
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Fergus Hume
Two former school friends, now both military men, meet again and discover both are trying to lose themselves to public gaze. Dick West has i…
Rough Justice
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Who murdered Lisa Rainer? Is it her former lover who went to seek fortune in Africa and fell in love with another on the way back? Were ther…
The Clock Struck One
Read by Celine Major
Fergus Hume
Fergus Hume was a prolific writer of Victorian murder mysteries and The Clock Struck One is another great example of his inventive plots. Ju…
Plague of Pythons
Read by Nick Bulka
Frederik Pohl
In a post-apocalyptic world where every government in the world has been overrun by its own military machinery, only to see that military ma…
The Golden Web
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Stirling Deane has sold the Little Anna Gold Mine which he discovered in South Africa. The sale has made him a rich man and the head of the …
Hawaiian Sea Hunt Mystery
Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
Andy Adams
Adventure series in exotic locations. This adventure is set in the exotic Island of Hawaii and involves the search for a missing sloop and …
The Secret Mark
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Roy J. Snell
Student Lucile Tucker works part-time at the library of the large university she attends in Chicago to help pay her tuition. One night, whil…
The House of the White Shadows
Read by Roger Melin
B. J. Farjeon and B. L. Farjeon
Is a defense attorney bound to defend his client, or with his conscience, when he knows that the man he is defending is guilty of the charge…
Jacob's Ladder
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
E. Phillips Oppenheim
This is a story about Jacob Pratt who “stood bond” for his brother and then lost all his money and was unable to pay his debts. Two years la…
Constance Dunlap
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Arthur B. Reeve
Constance Dunlap is a young woman who in Chapter 1 turns amateur criminal in order to to save her husband from disgrace and imminent arrest.…
Doors of the Night
Read by Delmar H Dolbier
Frank L. Packard
New York City, 1922—Murder—half-million dollar robbery—false accusation—secret passage—the underworld—a mystery woman—a masked man—a crooked…
The Turnpike House
Read by Celine Major
Fergus Hume
A prolific writer of crime and detective stories Fergus Hume is known for his clever plots. The Turnpike House is another wonderful example …
The Sign of the Four (version 4)
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Treasure, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, love, murder, and revenge. One of Arthur Conan Doyle's four novels featuring Sherlock Holmes. (Summa…
An Amiable Charlatan (version 2)
Read by Cate Barratt
E. Phillips Oppenheim
A lively adventure of a father-daughter con team enjoying themselves in Edwardian London. - Summary by Cate Barratt
John Dene of Toronto; a Comedy of Whitehall
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Herbert George Jenkins
John Dene comes to England with a great invention, and the intention of gingering-up the Admiralty. His directness and unconventional method…
Le château des Carpathes
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Jules Verne
Le château des Carpathes raconte l'histoire de la rivalité entre deux hommes charismatiques pour une jeune cantatrice italienne…
The Lost Parchment
Read by Sharon Kilmer
Fergus Hume
Murder and mayhem turn a quiet English village on its head. Complete with twists and turns that will keep you entertained til the very end. …
Seven Keys to Baldpate
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Earl Derr Biggers
Dime-store novelist William Magee has gone to Baldpate Inn to do a little soul-searching in an attempt to write a serious work. Thinking he …
The Diamond Pin
Read by Celine Major
Carolyn Wells
Eccentric and wealthy New York widow Ursula Pell loves playing cruel jokes on her guests and particularly on her niece and nephew who are de…
Witching Hill
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
E. W. Hornung
The adventures of two young men, which may or may not have to do with the supernatural. - Summary by Nicholas Clifford