Detective Fiction

The Tower Treasure (Version 2)

Read by James R. Hedrick


Franklin W. Dixon


The Hardy boys were sons of a celebrated American dectective and from their father learned the particulars of a number of unusual crimes. Th…

Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery

Read by Atul Sharma


Freeman Wills Crofts


A railway engineer by training, Freeman Wills Crofts often relied on railway themes for his plots, with careful attention to details and sch…

The Mystery of the Fires (version 2)

Read by Mary Escano


Edith Lavell


Mary Louise Gay decided to spend the summer holiday in her family's cottage at Shady Nook. But an unknown arsonist has been setting the cot…

Under the Tiger's Claws; or, A Struggle for the Right (Version 2)

Read by Paul Hampton


Nicholas Carter


A prominent banker calls Nick Carter in to investigate $90,000 in missing funds—and a trusted clerk who has disappeared. [Summary by Paul H…

Gold of the Gods

Read by Vineymala


Arthur B. Reeve


Mansiche, the ruler of ancient Northern Peru was believed to have buried a huge treasure. But he cast a curse on, whoever, divulged the wher…

Clara Vaughan, Vol. III

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore


CLARA VAUGHAN, the young heroine, narrator, and namesake for R. D. Blackmore’s early detective novel, is determined to solve the mystery of …

A Scandal in Bohemia

Read by Phil Chenevert


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


This story, found in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, is one of the best in my opinion. Is it possible for the machine like brain of this…

The Ghost Beyond the Gate

Read by Cheryl Adam


Mildred A. Wirt Benson


PENNY PARKER is a teen-aged sleuth and amateur reporter with an uncanny knack for solving unusual, sometimes bizarre mysteries. The only da…

Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist

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George Munro


At a time when the detective story was gaining in popularity, the hero was almost always male. In this story, Dudie Dunne is assisted by his…

The Smuggler of King's Cove

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Sylvanus Cobb, Jr and Sylvanus Cobb, Jr.


Young Percy Maitland is a naval pilot and guides his late father's brig to safety, thereby saving the ship, her crew and cargo despite being…

A Fatal Message

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Nicholas Carter


Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom …

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