Detective Fiction

The Kidnapping of President Lincoln, and Other War Detective Stories

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Joel Chandler Harris


While detective work always makes for exciting stories, the circumstances under which the detective works play a huge role in the thrill. Th…

Dastardly Criminals in Space (Ed Reads Short Sci-fi, vol. IV)

Read by Edmund Bloxam


Paul W. Fairman, Randall Garrett, Tom Godwin, Ivar Jorgensen, Stephen Marlowe, James V. McConnell, Frederik Pohl, James H. Schmitz, Robert Sheckley, Robert Silverberg and Manly Wade Wellman


Conspiracy on Callisto - Frederik PohlRevolt was flaring on Callisto, and Peter Duane held the secret that would make the uprising a success…

A Fiend in Need

Read by Ben Tucker


Milton K. Ozaki


There were no tell-tale traces of blood, no traces of struggle, no clues that Lieutenant Phelan could put his fingers on-yet someone had plu…

The Dark Road: Further Adventures of Chéri-Bibi

Read by Adrian Wilson


Gaston Leroux


One of a series of exciting adventure stories featuring Leroux's criminal mastermind Chéri-Bibi. When the story starts the "asto…

The Lonely House

Read by Andy Sames


Marie Belloc Lowndes


A mystery in the 'old fashioned' romantic genre, introducing characters that inspired another famous writer of detective mystery fiction.The…

The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

Read by Jim Locke


Anatole France


Noted historian sets out to locate and research a rare manuscript: the French version of -- "The Golden Legend" -- and meets the d…

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