Crime & Mystery Fiction

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 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…

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…

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…

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.…

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)

Read by ashleighjane


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…

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 …

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. …

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…

Who Did It?

Read by Phil Benson


Nat Gould


Following the dissolution of the New South Wales government, Henry Bryce is ready to take on the Labour Party for the seat of Balmain East. …

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

Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue

Read by Anna Simon


Frank L. Packard


Jimmie Dale, alias The Gray Seal, alias Smarlinghue, is back in the criminal underworld of New York. He is desperately trying to find the cr…

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