Crime & Mystery Fiction
The Man Who Was Thursday (Version 2)
Read by Anthony Ogus
G. K. Chesterton
Subtitled by the author as a "Nightmare", this is a fantasy, comic thriller about a plot to end the world by a group of anarchists…
Silver Blaze
Read by Phil Chenevert
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A famous race horse disappears a week before an important race; the trainer is found dead on the desolate moor and the police are completely…
The Yellow Sheet (LibriVox NaNoWriMo novel 2007)
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An atomic bomb explodes in the mountains of Montana. But was there really a bomb? And was it really in Montana, or in Tokyo? Are Liz and Eli…
The Shadow of a Man
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E. W. Hornung
Set in rural Australia, this mystery novel follows a pair of newlyweds who are determined to make their improbable marriage work, no matter …
The Listener and Other Stories
Read by Ben Tucker
Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Blackwood, noted maestro of weird fiction, in his second collection of stories gives us some of his best and most well-known tales …
Coffee Break Collection 016 - Crime
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Various
This is the sixteenth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between about 3 and 15 minut…
Beverly Of Graustark
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George Barr Mccutcheon
Beverly Of Graustark is the second book in the Graustark series.Lorry and his wife, the princess, made their home in Washington, butspent a …
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 8: Part 3: The Marquise de Ganges
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
The assassination of Diane de Joannis de Chateaublanc (the Marquise de Ganges) is a fitting tale to conclude Dumas’ celebrated crimes series…
The Burglars' Club: A Romance in Twelve Chronicles
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Henry Augustus Hering
'He's one of us,' the burglar explained. 'You see, we are men who have pretty well exhausted the pleasures of life. We've all been in the Ar…
The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 2: The Mesmerist's Victim
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
This 2nd volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances continues the intrigues of "Balsamo, The Magician" and adds to them the schemes o…
The Old Ladies
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
“Quite a number of years ago there was an old rickety building on the rock above Seatown in Polchester, and it was one of a number in an old…
The Man Who Knew
Read by Howard Skyman
Edgar Wallace
Saul Arthur Mann is a meticulous and eccentric individual. His life revolves around the gathering of every fact and statistic he can possibl…
Jewel Mysteries, from a Dealer's Note Book
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Sir Max Pemberton
A selection of ten short mystery and detective stories as told by a jewelry dealer of suspect repute. Includes "The Necklace of the Gre…
The Count's Millions and Baron Trigault's Vengeance
Read by Celine Major
Émile Gaboriau
The wealthy Count de Chalusse is struck with apoplexy and dies without a will, leaving Marguerite the orphan (daughter?) he adopted penniles…
The Thrill Book Vol. I No. 7, June 1, 1919
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Greye La Spina, P. A. Connolly, John Russell Coryell, Harry C. Douglas, Harold Hersey and Albert Owens
The Thrill Book is back with another exciting issue to tantalize the senses with tales of action, suspense and terror! Keep your guard up as…
Homicide Hussy
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Atha Mcguire
In that bedlam of mad-women - in that nightmare world of twisted souls - Johanna knew she was sane.... Some of them tried to kill her, some …
The Thrill Book Vol. II No. 2, July 15, 1919
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Murray Leinster
Welcome fellow travelers to another exciting issue of The Thrill Book! Herein lies all manner of stories for the discerning fan of pulp fic…
The Set-Up
Read by Ben Tucker
Joseph Moncure March
The Set-Up is the classic epic hard-edged poem of an aging African American boxer who is set up to take a fall in the ring against a younger…
The Thrill Book Vol. I No. 8, June 15, 1919
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John Russell Coryell and Sophie Wenzel Ellis
Escape into another exciting issue of the influential pulp magazine The Thrill Book! In this issue, beware the "Vengeance of Vishnu&qu…
The Shadow of the Rope (Version 2)
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E. W. Hornung
Unhappy Rachel Minchin is planning to return to her native Australia. The morning of her departure, she finds herself a widow, and embroiled…