Detective Fiction
The History of the Caliph Vathek
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William Beckford
This is one of the earliest Gothic novels. The Caliph Vathek is one of the wealthiest and most powerful men who ever lived. But this is not …
Max Carrados
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Ernest Bramah
Max Carrados is a blind detective who has developed his own remaining senses to a superior level and who has enlisted the superior observati…
The Mystery of the Iron Box
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Bruce Campbell
When Ken Holt's father, the famous newspaper writer, comes home for a Christmas visit, one of the gifts he brings is an antique iron box. So…
The Corner House
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Fred M. White
A deserted house with a troubled past. A mysterious countess who captivates everyone with her wealth and beauty -- well, almost everyone. An…
The Wanderer
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Frances Burney
This is the fourth and final novel by Fanny Burney, the author of Evelina, Cecilia, and Camilla. "Who is "Miss Ellis?" Why di…
Stories from The Detective's Album
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Mary Fortune
Mary Fortune is best known for The Detective's Album, the longest-running early detective serial anywhere in the world. Written under the na…
Five Continental Op Stories
Read by Winston Tharp
Dashiell Hammett
Before Sam Spade chased the black bird in The Maltese Falcon and Nick and Nora Charles stirred their first martinis in The Thin Man, the Con…
Basil
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Wilkie Collins
Basil, son of a father who values the family pedigree and who would not let him marry below his station, falls in love at first sight with a…
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Version 2)
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Baroness Emma Orczy
In the year 1792, the French Revolution is in the midst of its bloodiest stage. Aristocrats are being executed left and right by the Republi…
Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls
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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 …
In the Fog
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Richard Harding Davis
The story is set in London, at an elite gentleman’s club called "The Grill," where an American gentleman arrests the attention of …
Revenge!
Read by Roger Melin
Robert Barr
A collection of 20 short stories of the crime, detective, and thriller variety, sharing a common theme of .... you guessed it, revenge, and …
Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes
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Maurice Leblanc
The story of an exciting test of wits between world-class thief Arsène Lupin and master detective Herlock Sholmes. Translated from th…
The Diamond Cross Mystery
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Chester K. Steele
Colonel Ashley is confronted with a difficult case: The proprietor of a jewelry shop is found murdered, and a valuable diamond cross is stol…
Murder in the Sacristy
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Daniel A. Lord
A sacristan is found murdered in the sacristy and the safe robbed of valuable jewels. All clues seem to point to the priest as the murderer.…
The Curved Blades
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Carolyn Wells
In this suspensful whodunit a mean-spirited and wealthy dowager is found murdered in her boudoir supposedly killed once by poison and also b…
The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales
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John Charles Dent
John Charles Dent, the author of the following remarkable stories, was born in Kendal, Westmorland, England, in 1841. His parents emigrated …
The Broken Rosary
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Grace Johnson and Grace Johnsonandharold Johnson
County Prosecutor Wally Brighton was found shot to death one evening, a broken rosary in one hand and a .32 automatic inches away from the o…
32 Caliber
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Donald Mcgibeny
A suspicious accident reveals itself to be a murder! Our story is narrated by a lawyer who turns detective in order to uncover the real murd…
The Blue Envelope
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Roy J. Snell
A mystery and adventure story for girls set in Alaska.