Detective Fiction
Schloß Vogelöd
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Rudolf Stratz
Eine Herrengesellschaft trifft sich zu einer mehrtägigen Jagd auf Schloß Vogelöd. Einem der Gäste, dem Grafen Oetsch, w…
The Cinema Murder
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E. Phillips Oppenheim
Phillip Romilly is a poor art teacher in London. He finds out that his wealthy cousin Douglas has been seeing his girl friend Beatrice behin…
The Shadow of the Rope
Read by Jacquerie
E. W. Hornung
Rachel Minchin stands in the dock, accused of murdering the dissolute husband she was preparing to leave. The trial is sensational, and publ…
Roman Collar Detective
Read by Maria Therese
Grace Johnson and Grace Johnsonandharold Johnson
A shot penetrates the still night air and one of Galton's leading citizens is a victim of a desperate killer's gun. Murder becomes entangled…
Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman
Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)
E. W. Hornung
Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman (also published as The Black Mask) is the second collection of stories in the Raffles s…
Mary Louise in the Country
Read by Sibella Denton
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 …
The Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow
Read by Dawn Larsen
Grace Isabel Colbron and Auguste Groner
The account of some adventures in the professional experience of a member of the Imperial Austrian Police. (from the text)
The Secret of the Night
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux, perhaps best known as the author of The Phantom of the Opera in its novel form, was also the author of a popular series of my…
The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel
Read by David Wales
A. E. W. Mason
Inspector Hanaud is a member of the French Sûreté. He is said to have been the model for Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, as w…
Un crime étrange
Read by Christiane Jehanne
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Rencontre Watson et Holmes, installation, et première enquête à Londres, et aussi détour aux U.S.A. en Utah… &ag…
Doctor Izard
Read by Lee Smalley
Anna Katharine Green
The opening scene takes place in a hospital ward where two patients lie, apparently dying, when a man enters and offers a proposition to one…
The Crimson Cryptogram
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Fergus Hume
Young Dr Ellis, a struggling new physician, is enjoying a quiet evening smoking and enjoying conversation with his journalist friend Cass, w…
The Case of the Pool of Blood in the Pastor's Study
Read by Dawn Larsen
Grace Isabel Colbron and Auguste Groner
Joseph Muller, police detective, travels to a remote Hungarian village to discover the truth behind the murder of a beloved village Pastor. …
The Mansion of Mystery
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Chester K. Steele
Mr. and Mrs. Langmore were found mysteriously murdered in their mansion one morning. Their daughter Margaret, who was at home at the time of…
The Master Mystery
Read by Roger Melin
Arthur B. Reeve
While Harry Houdini didn't rise to fame as a screen actor, silent film makers of the day sought to capitalize on his fame. The Master Myster…
Jezebel's Daughter
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Wilkie Collins
A brilliant chemist and a shrewd businessman — die on the same day. The widow of the chemist, Mrs. Fontaine, is left with the poisons he was…
Caleb Williams or Things As They Are
Read by Bev J Stevens
William Godwin
The novel describes the downfall of Ferdinando Falkland, a British squire, and his attempts to ruin and destroy the life of Caleb Williams, …
The House Of The Arrow
Read by David Wales
A. E. W. Mason
A young English girl is accused in Dijon of murdering her French aunt. Hanaud to the rescue! Inspector Hanaud is a member of the French S&uc…
The Eight Strokes of the Clock
Read by Leni
Maurice Leblanc
The Eight Strokes of the Clock is a collection of eight short stories by Maurice Leblanc. The stories have his most famous creation, Ars&egr…