Crime & Mystery Fiction
Benighted
Read by Ben Tucker
John Boynton Priestley
Phillip and Margaret Waverton, along with a cheerful young acquaintance Roger Penderel, finds themselves driving through a terrible storm wi…
Number Six
Read by Ben Tucker
Edgar Wallace
The master criminal Caesar Valentine is rich, suave and seemingly untouchable. He has confounded Scotland Yard time and time again, stealin…
The Hole in the Wall
Read by Anthony Ogus
Arthur Morrison
A lively story about a pub, and those who ran it, at the end of the 19th century in the East End Dockland of London, with its poverty-strick…
The Layton Court Mystery
Read by Anne Erickson
Anthony Berkeley
A Roger Sheringham mystery In a typical English country house, a murder is committed. The wealthy Victor Stanworth, who'd been playing host …
Rich Crooks
Read by Ben Tucker
Gordon Young
"Seated in a restaurant in New York City, Don Everhard suddenly finds himself involved in an insidious plot, the entanglements of which…
The Unholy Three
Read by Ben Tucker
Tod Robbins
Ladies and gentlemen! Step right up and put your eyes on the most bizarre crime spree you will ever bear witness to! See the broad-shouldere…
The Horror Expert
Read by Ben Tucker
Frank Belknap Long
"She'll insert the knife so delicately that the man won't feel any pain at all. Just a warm gratefulness, an intoxicating sort of happi…
Baby Moll
Read by Ben Tucker
John Farris
MY NAME IS PETE MALLORY and I used to play smart gun for a big-time operator named Macy Barr. But I quit. Now Macy's empire was crumbling an…
Clean Break
Read by Ben Tucker
Lionel White
Johnny Clay has a masterful plan to rob a racetrack on the busiest day of the year. To pull it off, he will recruit not hardened profession…
The Thrill Book
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Perley Poore Sheehan
Welcome to Issue #4 of the exciting and influential pulp magazine The Thrill Book, a noted precursor to the mighty Weird Tales! In this iss…
The House of Evil
Read by Jim Locke
William Le Queux
Intrigue and murder stemming from excessive greed in upper-class society of England in the early twentieth century.
The Soft Side
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Henry James
Lauded author Henry James, best known for his seminal and highly influential novella The Turn of the Screw and his highly literate trans-con…
The Thrill Book
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Susan Carleton
Here we are swinging back into adventure with the third exciting issue of The Thrill Book, an influential early pulp magazine featuring stor…
The Heirloom
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T. Duthie-Lisle
It is not the pleasing office of the writer of fiction to unfold for the delectation of his readers the pages and pictures of the volume of …
Weird Tales Double Feature
Read by Ben Tucker
Oscar Schisgall
Incredibly prolific author Oscar Schisgall, who contributed over 4,000 stories to publications like Reader's Digest and Colliers, published …
The Thrill Book
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Greye La Spina
Welcome to Issue #5 of the exciting and influential pulp magazine The Thrill Book, a noted precursor to the mighty Weird Tales! In this issu…
The Strange Case of Miss Annie Spragg
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Louis Bromfield
This is a book of many chapters that tell about the lives of a self described “vain” man and his romance with a lady, Annie, whom many consi…
Jack Sheppard
Read by Mark Leder
William Harrison Ainsworth
The fictionalized exploits of the very real English outlaw, Jack Sheppard. Published in 1839, this Newgate novel outsold its rival, Dickens'…
The Monomaniac
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…
X Y Z: A Detective Story
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…