Detective Fiction
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (Version 2 Dramatic Reading)
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Fergus Hume
Who killed the man in the hansom cab? -- Who is Sal Rawlins? -- What will happen to Madge and Brian? -- Murder and family secrets create the…
The Just Men of Cordova
Read by Atul Sharma
Edgar Wallace
In “The Just Men of Cordova (1917)”, European financiers are dying conveniently from London to Cordova, victims of a mysterious poison that …
The Tower Treasure (Version 3 - Dramatic Reading)
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Franklin W. Dixon
When the wealthy Applegate family have their valuables stolen, the Hardy boys are drawn into the case to save their friend's livelihood and …
The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories (version 2)
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Nicholas Carter
Three Nick Carter Stories
Black Star's Campaign
Read by Yoganandh T
Johnston Mcculley
The masked super-crook, Black Star, is at it again. Will Roger Verbeck be able to match wits with him this time? Or are the not-so-efficient…
Murder Makes Me Mad
Read by Ben Tucker
Ferguson Findley
REVENGE IS FOR MEMurder makes me mad. Me, Rex Howard, private eye. And when a tough waterfront boss killed my kid sister, I swore I'd get my…
The White Alley
Read by Celine Major
Carolyn Wells
The White Alley is the sixth installment in Carolyn Well's famous detective series featuring Fleming Stone. The story begins during a weeken…
An Artist In Crime
Read by Jon Hunter
Rodrigues Ottolengui
"An Artist in Crime" by Rodrigues Ottolengui opens with a mysterious conversation on a train. Expert detective Jack Barnes overhea…
Dead Run
Read by Ben Tucker
Robert Sheckley
THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES OF THE ENTIRE WESTERN WORLD WERE BAFFLED, HELPLESS. THE WORD WENT OUT: "CALL STEPHEN DAIN!" In broad day…
The Crooked Cross
Read by Yoganandh T
Charles J. Dutton
Bartley is to visit his friend Carter for the summer but sends his friend Pelt ahead to a town in New York. Pelt, Carter and Carter's friend…
Strip, Wench...or Die!
Read by Ben Tucker
Arthur Jean Cox
Rip Austin knew that curvaceous Sally Vaughn had been murdered for her insurance money, but how could he prove it when the local vice lords …
Sin In Their Blood
Read by Ben Tucker
Ed Lacy
He Never Looked for Trouble - It Came to Him Naturally! MATT ISN'T LOOKING FOR TROUBLE in spite of his reputation as the toughest private ey…
Death Below the Dam
Read by Mark Nelson
Esther Haven Fonseca
The body was found at five-thirty of a dark March morning, hanging head down in a tree, ten feet from the ground. There was a small, clean b…
The Whispering Lane
Read by Celine Major
Fergus Hume
Following the death of her beloved fiancé Roderick, Miss Danby is hounded relentlessly by Dr. Slanton who wants to marry her to acces…
Great Detective Stories
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Allan Pinkerton
Allan Pinkerton, founder of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, wrote a number of "great detective stories", which he claimed were &qu…
The Ponson Case (Version 2)
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Freeman Wills Crofts
Sir William Ponson is found dead. His son and his nephew look uneasy to the eyes of Inspector Tanner of Scotland Yard and naturally the dili…
The Eye Of Osiris (Version 2)
Read by Howard Skyman
R. Austin Freeman
This is one of many famous novels written by R. Austin Freeman that includes the character of Dr. John Thorndyke. Dr. Thorndyke is a legal e…
The Blue Car Mystery
Read by James R. Hedrick
Natalie Sumner Lincoln
The story opens conventionally with a murdered man found on the floor of his library in Washington D.C. As the plot unfolds several possible…
The Maxwell Mystery (Version 2)
Read by Celine Major
Carolyn Wells
Phillip Maxwell is well known for his lavish dinner parties and all who are privileged to be invited to Maxwell Chimneys always look forward…
The Dorrington Deed-Box
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Arthur Morrison
Six stories of cases involving the dishonest Horace Dorrington, a cheerfully unrepentant detective who is willing to stoop to theft, blackma…