Political & Thrillers
The Masquerader (Version 2)
Read by Simon Evers
Katherine Cecil Thurston
In the London fog, two men bump into each other one night. They are immediately unnerved by their exact resemblance to each other. Jack Chil…
Clubfoot the Avenger
Read by Mark Nelson
Valentine Williams
At the conclusion of The Return of Clubfoot, Dr. Grundt has been left for dead on a south sea island by former secret agent Desmond Oakwood.…
Elusive Isabel
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Jacques Futrelle
Elusive Isabel is a novel by Jacques Futrelle (April 9, 1875 - April 15, 1912) first published in 1909. Set in Washington, D.C., it is a spy…
The Yellow Dove
Read by Tony Oliva
George Gibbs
A World War 1 spy vs spy novel. Oh! And perhaps I should also mention, a bit of romance?"I am sorry,” he said coolly, "awfully sor…
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 8: Part 1: The Marquise de Brinvilliers
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
The crimes of the Marquise of Brinvilliers, a French aristocrat during the reign of Louis XIV, included some of the most famous murders, sca…
The Golden Bough
Read by Tony Oliva
George Gibbs
The eyes of the Légionnaire, now grown accustomed to the glow of the light, made sure that the figure had not moved, nor was aware of…
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Karl-Ludwig Sand (version 2)
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
This is the fourth volume of Alexandre Dumas' studies of celebrated crimes and their perpetrators. This volume is concerned with the story o…
A Cabinet Secret
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Guy Boothby
Witty spy adventure set during the Boer Wars of the late 19th Century. - Summary by BellonaTimes
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 3: Mary Stuart (version 2)
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
The contents of these volumes of 'Celebrated Crimes', as well as the motives which led to their inception, are unique. They are a series of …
The Secret Agent (Version 3)
Read by Peter Dann
Joseph Conrad
Taking as his inspiration the historical accidental death by explosion of an anarchist outside the Royal Observatory in Greenwich Park, Lond…
The Wife of the Secretary of State
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Ella Middleton Tybout
In this political thriller set at the turn of the 20th century, several lives, both of Washington insiders and those on the periphery, inter…
The Thirty-Nine Steps (Version 2)
Read by Tom Haire
John Buchan
Richard Hannay thirsts for adventure. Down and out in early retirement in South London, Hannay bores of the easy life. When Franklin Scudder…
Savrola
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Winston S. Churchill
Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania is the only major fictional work of Sir Winston S. Churchill. The story describes events in th…
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 7: Part 3: Murat
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
Amidst the political winds from Napoleon’s downfall, this tale turns our attention to the flight of a former French marshal and King of Napl…
The Gadfly
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Ethel Lilian Voynich
An adventure thriller set in 1840s Italy under the dominance of Austria, a time of revolt and uprisings. The story of faith, disillusionment…
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 5: Derues, La Constantin
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Alexandre Dumas
Dumas, with the assistance of several friends, compiled Celebrated Crimes, an eight-volume collection of essays on famous criminals and crim…
The Moon Destroyers
Read by Paul Harvey
Monroe K. Ruch
The tremendous speed of the dive brought them so close that they could see the skeletons of wrecked ships piled up at the base of the precip…
The Gray Phantom's Return
Read by Amy Dunkleberger
Herman Landon
Former gentleman thief Cuthbert Vanardy, alias The Gray Phantom, must abandon his new life as a horticulturalist after he is implicated in t…
Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh (version 2)
Read by Lynne T
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Maud Ruthyn, the young, naive heroine, has a governess who is an enigmatic older woman, a liar, bully, and spy, who takes a dark secret with…
The Short Line War
Read by Betsie Bush
Samuel Merwin and Samuel Merwin, Sr.
"The Short Line War is a story that will appeal more particularly to the sterner sex, and we take it that the hyphenated name, Merwin-W…