Detective Fiction
The Green Jacket
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Jennette Lee
An early example of the female private detective, Jennette Lee’s Millicent Newberry made her first appearance in The Green Jacket in 1917 an…
The Chief Legatee
Read by Tony Oliva
Anna Katharine Green
"I was married to-day in Grace Church. At the altar my bride--you probably know her name, Miss Georgian Hazen--wore a natural look, and…
The Crimson Circle
Read by Anna Simon
Edgar Wallace
The Crimson Circle gang spreads fear by extortion and murder. Its members range from rich, powerful bankers to petty criminals, and none of …
Under the Andes
Read by Roger Melin
Rex Stout
Under the Andes was written by Rex Stout years before his creation of the immensely popular Nero Wolfe series of novels, and while perhaps h…
The Sign of the Broken Sword
Read by Phil Chenevert
G. K. Chesterton
In the freezing English countryside, Father Brown leads Flambeau to the many monuments and shrines of the great General St. Claire. "S…
Trent's Last Case (Version 2)
Read by Kirsten Wever
Edmund Clerihew Bentley
This is one of a series of EC Bentley novels featuring the highly erudite artist qua reporter / detective, Philip Trent.In it, Trent is sent…
The Filigree Ball
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Anna Katharine Green
[The Moore House] was standing when Washington was a village. It antedates the Capitol and the White House. Built by a man of wealth, it bea…
The Silent House
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Fergus Hume
A mystery about a "locked door" murder committed in a house that has a reputation for being haunted. In the first half of the book…
Officer 666
Read by Roger Melin
Barton Wood Currie
Bored with his life as a wealthy businessman's only son, Travers Gladwin learns of a plot by a renowned art burglar to rob his house, so rat…
The Case of the Golden Bullet
Read by Dawn Larsen
Grace Isabel Colbron and Auguste Groner
Joseph Muller, quiet mannered detective, tries to solve the mystery of a man who died in his study, by a bullet hole in the chest. But all w…
The Quest of the Sacred Slipper
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Sax Rohmer
Cavanagh becomes involved in the adventurous search for a precious relic in the mysterious East. (Introduction by Laineyben)
The Adventures of Jimmie Dale
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Frank L. Packard
Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 – February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist born in Montreal, Quebec. He worked as a civil engineer …
The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings
Read by J. M. Smallheer
L. T. Meade
"THAT a secret society, based upon the lines of similar institutions so notorious on the Continent during the last century, could ever …
The Hemlock Avenue Mystery
Read by Roger Melin
Lily A. Long
"The Hemlock Avenue Mystery" is one of a series of mysteries written by Lily Augusta Long using the pseudonym Roman Doubleday. A …
Blindfolded
Read by Roger Melin
Earle Ashley Walcott
Giles Dudley is called upon by his cousin Henry Wilton to assist him in San Francisco, but the reason for the summons is not at all clear. D…
Mary Louise Solves a Mystery
Read by Sibella Denton
L. Frank Baum
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his …
The Secret Sharer
Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)
Joseph Conrad
A young untested ship captain finds a man named Leggatt clinging to the side of his ship. The Captain makes the unusual decision to hide Leg…
The Stolen White Elephant (Version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
"The Stolen White Elephant" was written by Mark Twain and published in 1882. In it, an Indian elephant, en route from India to Bri…
The Mystery at Number Six
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Augusta Huiell Seaman
A mysterious girl, a mysterious pool, and a mysterious businessman combine to send two Florida teens to adventureland in this pre-Nancy Drew…
John Thorndyke's Cases
Read by Sandra Cullum
R. Austin Freeman
Detective John Thorndyke never disappoints when solving crime in this collection of Freeman's works. - Summary by A. K. Morton