Stories from The Detective's Album


Read by Kirsty Leishman

(4.6 stars; 33 reviews)

Mary Fortune is best known for The Detective's Album, the longest-running early detective serial anywhere in the world. Written under the name Waif Wander and narrated by detective Mark Sinclair, The Detective's Album was serialized for forty years in the Australian Journal from 1868 to 1908. (Wikipedia)

These stories were read from scans from the University of Queensland library - there is no online Etext. (9 hr 39 min)

Chapters

01 - The Window Among the Willows 57:19 Read by Kirsty Leishman
02 - The Murder at the Creek 52:24 Read by Kirsty Leishman
03 - Checkmate and Revenge 1:02:07 Read by Kirsty Leishman
04 - Tom Doyle's Dream 53:15 Read by Kirsty Leishman
05 - "I'll be hung for you yet." 1:16:00 Read by Kirsty Leishman
06 - The Fatal Cliff 57:44 Read by Kirsty Leishman
07 - The Bell of Mount Battery 54:59 Read by Kirsty Leishman
08 - The Blood of the Grape 45:30 Read by Kirsty Leishman
09 - The Gutter Flag 1:00:13 Read by Kirsty Leishman
10 - The Rosary of the Dead 1:00:07 Read by Kirsty Leishman

Reviews

Excellent collection of short mystery stories


(5 stars)

Not all of them end happy, but the guilty party is certainly caught. I found all of them great listens except for the last one. That was was pretty sad and painful to listen to. I think if I had been the author, I would have started the collection with that one and put happier ones at the end so the overall story ends on a positive note. But that's just IMHO. :-) Reader was excellent.

Thank You Kirsty


(5 stars)

Series of stories about earlier times in Austrakia. I had not read or heard of these, though I knew of the Journal. Wonderfully read, as though an aunt was reading to me. Some stories I liked better than others and overall a great listen.


(4.5 stars)

great book, well written liked the style and the different chpts recording a different type of case. very well read. thankyou.

very good


(5 stars)

one started had to listen to them all. very good reader (s)


(5 stars)

Great stories well read. Hope there are more coming!


(5 stars)

Sparky. Each so different…well written…stories intriguing…unexpected endings…well read