Detective Fiction

Messengers of Evil

Read by Don W. Jenkins


Marcel Allain


Fantômas was introduced a few years after Arsène Lupin, another well-known thief. But whereas Lupin draws the line at murder, F…

The Pagan Madonna

Read by Don W. Jenkins


Harold Macgrath


The Pagan Madonna, one of Harold MacGrath's numerous novels, set in Shanghai, tells a story of intrigue, murder, and illicit art “collecting…

Unnatural Death

Read by Kirsten Wever


Dorothy L. Sayers


This is the third book in the Lord Peter Wimsey mystery series.* As the story opens, a country doctor is telling Lord Peter Wimsey about the…

The Crime of the French Cafe and Other Stories

Read by Nancy Gorgen


Nicholas Carter


Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom …

The Sleuth of St. James Square

Read by KevinS


Melville Davisson Post


Slightly connected detective stories which are developed in a rather unusual way. The solutions are logical and less miraculous than those o…

The Whispering Eye, A Black Hood Novel

Read by Scotty Smith


G. T. Fleming-Roberts


Hunted by the police ... framed for robbery and murder by the Eye, master fiend and vicious ruler of the underworld ... loathed by Barbara S…

The Secret of Father Brown

Read by Kirsten Wever


G. K. Chesterton


This is the fourth collection of mysteries featuring the very smart and even more devout catholic priest, Father Brown. (It follows The Inno…

The Loot Of Cities

Read by David Wales


Arnold Bennett


Published in 1917, this is a collection of a novella and seven short stories by one of the cleverest authors of the early twentieth century.…

Red Masquerade

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Louis Joseph Vance


In the beginning of his career, Michael Lanyard alias The Lone Wolf, the most talented thief of his day, made the acquaintance of the beauti…

The Reaper And The Flowers

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


LibriVox volunteers bring you 25 recordings of The Reaper And The Flowers by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the Fortnightly Poetry pro…

The Dream Doctor

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Arthur B. Reeve


The Dream Doctor is a compilation of detective stories featuring Professor Craig Kennedy, a Sherlock-like character who uses his scientific …

The Woman in the Alcove (Version 2)

Read by Jenn Broda


Anna Katharine Green


Rita Van Arsdale falls in love and is proposed to by the gentleman Mr. Durand during a fancy high society party. She has landed the man of h…

The Trial of Callista Blake

Read by Roger Melin


Edgar Pangborn


In 1959, in the state of New Essex, a witch was on trial. Or so she seemed to many of the jurors who would ultimately decide her fate, and t…

Hilda Wade, A Woman With Tenacity of Purpose

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Grant Allen


"In this early detective novel, the detective is Hilda Wade. She is a very capable nurse, but there is something mysterious about her f…

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 …

Against Odds

Read by Lynne T


Lawrence L. Lynch


Believed to have been written by Chicago socialite, Emma Murdock Van Deventer, this detective story set at the World's Fair follows Carl Mas…

Madame Midas

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Fergus Hume


Hume was born in England, the second son of Dr James Hume. At the age of three his father emigrated with his family to Dunedin, New Zealand.…

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