Crime & Mystery Fiction

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…

The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 1: The Three Musketeers (version 3)

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


The d'Artagnan Romances are six volumes that intertwine exciting events (real and fictionalized) from 17th-century Europe and the life of th…

Lady Jim of Curzon Street

Read by Jim Locke


Fergus Hume


Faced with bankruptcy and trapped in an unhappy marriage, Lady Jim Kaims has to solve her problems alone. After every decent way fails her, …

Historical Mysteries

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Andrew Lang


Edited by Andrew Lang, Historical Mysteries is a collection of infamous unsolved mysteries from various points in history.

The Masquerader

Read by Tom Weiss


Katherine Cecil Thurston


The Masquerader is one of two Katherine Cecil Thurston’s books that appeared on the Publisher’s Weekly best-seekers list in 1905 (The other,…

Der Verbrecher aus verlorener Ehre

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Friedrich Schiller


Der Verbrecher aus verlorener Ehre – eine wahre Geschichte ist ein Kriminalbericht Friedrich Schillers, der 1786 zunächst unter dem Tit…

The Datchet Diamonds

Read by Jacquerie


Richard Marsh


Oh dear! The Duchess of Datchet's diamonds, worth a quarter of a million pounds, have been stolen. Just as Mr. Paxton, a ne'er do well gambl…

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