Detective Fiction
The Clue of the Twisted Candle (Version 2)
Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
Edgar Wallace
Detective mystery story set in London, with some romance, and intriguing plot. - Summary by Peter Thomlinson
The Man with the Black Cord
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Auguste Groner
A baffling disappearance. A bedroom door locked from the inside. A housekeeper with something to hide. Will retired policeman turned privat…
Fantômas
Read by Alan Winterrowd
Marcel Allain
Fantômas is the first of 32 novels penned from 1911 to 1913 by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre. The title character is a ruthless t…
Mystery at Geneva: An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings
Read by Cate Barratt
Rose Macaulay
Henry Beechtree, a newspaper correspondent for the British Bolshevist, is covering the latest otherwise sleepy session of the League of Nati…
Christopher Quarles: College Professor and Master Detective
Read by Tony Posante
Percy James Brebner
Christopher Quarles is a professor of philosophy and a private consulting detective. Quarles, along with his granddaughter Zena, assists Pol…
Mrs. Raffles
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John Kendrick Bangs
Mrs. Raffles, widow of the now deceased A. J. Raffles (who was the gentleman thief pursued at one time by Sherlock Holmes), continues the fa…
At the Time Appointed
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Anna Maynard Barbour
"Those who remember that excellent detective story, That Mainwaring Affair will expect to find plenty of mystery and exciting incidents…
Jacqueline of Golden River
Read by Roger Melin
Victor Rousseau
Jacqueline seems to have contracted a touch of amnesia, as she is found in an apartment with a dead man, and with a weapon in her hand. But …
Eleven Possible Cases
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Various
This book brings together eleven stories, each a case of intrigue where more is going on than seems at first. - Summary by A. Gramour
Wylder's Hand
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Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The marriage of Mark Wylder and Dorkas Brenden is supposed to end a history of arguments between the two families. However, both people invo…
Tracked by a Tattoo
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Fergus Hume
Mysteries abound in this crime novel by Fergus Hume. Mr. Fanks, detective of Scotland Yard, is not all he seems, for when off-duty, he assum…
Call Mr. Fortune
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H. C. Bailey
Call Mr. Fortune is a collection of short stories which introduce Reginald Fortune. Reggie, like his father, is a physician. The son applies…
Mr. Fortune's Practice
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H. C. Bailey
Mr. Fortune is a physician crime solver, using early forensic science techniques. This second volume brings seven more cases for him to solv…
El caso Leavenworth
Read by Victor Villarraza
Anna Katharine Green
El caso Leavenworth propone un crimen de difícil resolución al que se enfrentarán el sagaz detective Ebenezer Gryce y e…
Hooded Detective: 6 Action Packed Pulp Detective Stories
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Cliff Campbell, J. Lloyd Conrich, T. W. Ford, Roy Giles, David Goodis, Wilbur S. Peacock, Matt Rand, Harry Stein, T. W. Ford,J. Lloyd Conrichet Al., T. W. Ford,J. Lloyd Conrichet Al. and T. W. Ford, J. Lloyd Conrich Et Al.
Evil lurks in the hearts and minds of men and many nefarious schemes are hatched by these gangsters, mob bosses and super villains. But tha…
The Count's Chauffeur
Read by Steven Seitel
William Le Queux
When car-crazy George Ewart accepts employment as chauffeur to Count Bindo di Ferraris, an Italian aristocrat, he has no idea what he has ju…
The Incredulity of Father Brown
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G. K. Chesterton
Originality and humor characterize the plots of these clever detective stories. The mysteries are solved by the detective priest, Father Bro…
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…
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
This final volume of detective stories was Doyle’s effort to put his most famous creation behind him at long last. It includes a variety of …
The Case of the Lamp That Went Out
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Auguste Groner
"The Case of the Lamp That Went Out" is one of the earlier Joseph Muller stories by Austrian author, Auguste Groner, originally pu…