Crime & Mystery Fiction
The Adventuress
Read by Anne Fletcher
Arthur B. Reeve
Another adventure in the series starring scientist/detective Craig Kennedy, a Sherlock Holmes type of character. This one features family fe…
Stories in Black and White
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Various
This is a collection of short mystery stories, written in very different styles by eight different authors. - Summary by Carolin
Short Mystery and Suspense Collection 011
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Various
We present you with our 11th collection of short mystery and suspense stories. Several are taken from the magazine Weird Tales and they are …
The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 3: The Queen's Necklace (Version 2)
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
This 3rd volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins a decade after the close of "The Mesmerist’s Victim” and is based on a real sca…
The Stolen Singer
Read by Matt Perard
Martha Bellinger
Agatha Redmond, a popular soprano, is kidnapped in New York City by thugs unknown, shortly after she learns of a hefty inheritance from a fr…
The Yellow Face
Read by Sonia
Fred M. White
Who is Nostalgo ? Posters with his unsettlingly grinning face are appearing on scaffolds all over London. A murdered body, horribly disfigur…
Blotted Out
Read by Howard Skyman
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
The story about a young man who immigrates to the US and is contacted by a mysterious woman. - Summary by Howard Skyman
The House Opposite
Read by Sharon Kilmer
Elizabeth Kent
While trying to escape the heat, a doctor witnesses some strange behavior of his neighbors. Suddenly, everyone and no one become suspects in…
Cradock Nowell Vol. 3
Read by Lynne T
Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Cradock Nowell: a Tale of the New Forest is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1866. Set in the New Forest and in London, …
An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay
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Grant Allen
"My name is Seymour Wilbraham Wentworth. I am brother-in-law and secretary to Sir Charles Vandrift, the South African millionaire and f…
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…
Weird Tales Presents: The Strange World of Harry Houdini
Read by Ben Tucker
Various
In 1924, the odd and wonderful Weird Tales Magazine published a series of stories written (or ghost-written in at least one instance) by not…
Night Fears and Other Stories
Read by Ben Tucker
L. P. Hartley
When one thinks of fear, terrors in the night creeping upon you may come to mind. L. P. Hartley does feature some of these kinds of fears. I…
Tales of Terror
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Various
A thrilling collection of spooky and sinister stories of murder, mayhem and mystery awaits within! This anthology collects classics of horr…
An American Tragedy, Volume 2
Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Theodore Dreiser
The saga of Clyde, Roberta, and Sondra continues in volume 2 of 2. Social-climbing Clyde Griffiths wants nothing more than to marry the weal…
No. 17 (Number Seventeen)
Read by czandra
J. Jefferson Farjeon
A thriller about a down-and-out sailor finding his way in London. The book followed a successful play that was filmed by Alfred Hitchcock, …
A Strange Disappearance (Version 2)
Read by Mark Leder
Anna Katharine Green
Housekeeper Mrs. Daniels brings to Detective Ebenezer Gryce and his assistant Q the case of a serving girl who has vanished from the househo…
The Impossibles
Read by Paul Hampton
Laurence M. Janifer
FBI Agent Kenneth Malone is back with another case, this one involving a gang of car thieves that only steal Red 1972 Cadillacs. The only pr…
The Trevor Case
Read by Roger Melin
Natalie Sumner Lincoln
The nation's capital was astir at the untimely and curious death of the young wife of the Attorney General, Edmund Trevor. She had obviously…
The Yellow Holly
Read by Celine Major
Fergus Hume
Fergus Hume, one of the most prolific authors of the 19th century serves up a spellbinding mystery quite equal to that of his most famous bo…