Crime & Mystery Fiction
The Monomaniac (La bête humaine)
Read by Aaron Hackett
Émile Zola
A jealous husband sets out to murder his wife's lover, setting in motion an unstoppable series of events. Witness to the murder is a train d…
Detour
Read by Ben Tucker
Martin M. Goldsmith
Alexander Roth is a jazz fiddle player who can't quite seem to catch a break after losing his job and having his best girl Sue leave him to …
X Y Z: A Detective Story (Version 2)
Read by Mark Leder
Anna Katharine Green
"X Y Z: A Detective Story" by Anna Katharine Green is a crime fiction novel written in the late 19th century. This engaging narrat…
Lady Audley's Secret (Version 2)
Read by Mark Leder
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
It is June 1857, and young and beautiful Lucy Graham is about to marry Sir Michael Audley. But who exactly IS Lucy, that's what Sir Michael…
The Early Adventures of Don Everhard
Read by Ben Tucker
Gordon Young
Before Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op and before Carroll John Daly's Race Williams, there was Don Everhard, hard-boiled professional gamb…
Jewel Mysteries, from a Dealer's Note Book
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Sir Max Pemberton
A selection of ten short mystery and detective stories as told by a jewelry dealer of suspect repute. Includes "The Necklace of the Gre…
Homicide Hussy
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Atha Mcguire
In that bedlam of mad-women - in that nightmare world of twisted souls - Johanna knew she was sane.... Some of them tried to kill her, some …
The Pauper of Park Lane
Read by Yoganandh T
William Le Queux
A spy-thriller with romance sprinkled all the way - Summary by Yoganandh T
The Count's Millions and Baron Trigault's Vengeance
Read by Celine Major
Émile Gaboriau
The wealthy Count de Chalusse is struck with apoplexy and dies without a will, leaving Marguerite the orphan (daughter?) he adopted penniles…
The Thrill Book Vol. I No. 7, June 1, 1919
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Greye La Spina, P. A. Connolly, John Russell Coryell, Harry C. Douglas, Harold Hersey and Albert Owens
The Thrill Book is back with another exciting issue to tantalize the senses with tales of action, suspense and terror! Keep your guard up as…
The Lock and Key Library: The Modern English Volume
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Julian Hawthorne
A collection of classic mystery and detective stories, edited by Julian Hawthorne. This volume includes Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle…
The Thrill Book Vol. I No. 8, June 15, 1919
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John Russell Coryell and Sophie Wenzel Ellis
Escape into another exciting issue of the influential pulp magazine The Thrill Book! In this issue, beware the "Vengeance of Vishnu&qu…
The Set-Up
Read by Ben Tucker
Joseph Moncure March
The Set-Up is the classic epic hard-edged poem of an aging African American boxer who is set up to take a fall in the ring against a younger…
The Shadow of the Rope (Version 2)
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E. W. Hornung
Unhappy Rachel Minchin is planning to return to her native Australia. The morning of her departure, she finds herself a widow, and embroiled…
The Thrill Book Vol. II No. 2, July 15, 1919
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Murray Leinster
Welcome fellow travelers to another exciting issue of The Thrill Book! Herein lies all manner of stories for the discerning fan of pulp fic…