Detective Fiction
The Just And The Unjust
Read by Tom Weiss
Vaughan Kester
Framed for a murder he did not commit, John North must rely on his friends to help clear him of the charge. But, are they really his friends…
Bungay Castle: A Novel
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Elizabeth Bonhôte
Bungay Castle is a gothic novel by Elizabeth Bonhôte. It was first published in 1796 and follows the fortunes of the De Morney family …
The Last Stroke
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Lawrence L. Lynch
Written by Chicago socialite, Emma Murdock Van Deventer, under the nom de plume of Lawrence L. Lynch, this detective story opens with the my…
Stolen Souls
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William Le Queux
This is a collection of 14 of William le Queux' best mystery stories. (Summary by Carolin)
The Great Diamond Syndicate
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 …
Monsieur Lecoq Part 1: The Inquiry
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Émile Gaboriau
Monsieur Lecoq is a captivating mystery, historical and love story :Around 11 o'clock, on the evening of Shrove Sunday 18.., close to the ol…
Doom Castle
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Neil Munro
Doom Castle is the story of young Count Victor's journey to Scotland after the Jacobite Rebellion, searching for a traitor to the Jacobite c…
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 …
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…
The Sleuth of St. James Square
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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 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 Loot Of Cities
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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.…
Four Noncanonical Sherlock Holmes Short Stories
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Although the Sherlock Holmes canon traditionally consists of four novels and 56 short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle, there are many …
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…
Guy Garrick
Read by Howard Skyman
Arthur B. Reeve
Private detective Guy Garrick is at the dawning age of modern criminal forensics in the early twentieth century. He and his friend and assis…
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…
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…
Inspector French's Greatest Case
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Freeman Wills Crofts
Inspector French of Scotland Yard follows the clues of a Hatton Garden murder-heist case leading him far and wide both in Britain and in the…