Midnight audiobook
by Octavus Roy Cohen (1891-1959)
The crime seemed to have lost itself in the sleety cold of the December midnight upon which it was committed. The trails were not blind--there were simply no trails. The circumstances baffled explanation--a lone woman entering an empty taxicab; a run to a distant point in the city; the discovery of the woman's disappearance, and in her stead the sight of the dead body of a prominent society man--that, and the further blind information that the Read more [...]
Category: Detective fiction
The Wisdom of Father Brown audiobook
by G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
This is the second of five books of short stories about G. K. Chesterton's fictional detective, first published in 1914. Father Brown is a short, nondescript Catholic Priest with shapeless clothes and a large umbrella who has an uncanny insight into human evil. His methods, unlike those of his near contemporary Sherlock Holmes, although based on observation of details often unnoticed by others, tended to be intuitive rather Read more [...]
The Man Who Knew Too Much audiobook
by G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an influential and prolific English writer of the early 20th century. He was a journalist, a poet and a novelist. He wrote 80 books and 200 short stories in addition to his other work. He is perhaps best remembered for his 'Father Brown' stories; two collections of which are available at Librivox.org.
'The Man Who Knew Too Much' has some similarities to the Father Brown stories: Horne Read more [...]
The Innocence of Father Brown audiobook
by G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) is the first of five collections of mystery stories by G. K. Chesterton starring an unimposing but surprisingly capable Roman Catholic priest. Father Brown's ability to uncover the truth behind the mystery continually surpasses that of the "experts" around him, who are fooled into underestimation by the priest's unimpressive outward appearance and, often, by their own prejudices about Read more [...]
The Club of Queer Trades audiobook
by G. K. Chesterton
A collection of six wonderfully quirky detective stories, featuring the ‘mystic’ former judge Basil Grant. Each story reveals a practitioner of an entirely new profession, and member of the Club of Queer Trades. (Summary by David Barnes)
The Abandoned Room audiobook
by Wadsworth Camp (1879-1936)
Many murders are occurring in a secret room. The Panamanian Sherlock Holmes, Carlos Paredes, will unravel its mystery. (Summary by Nadine)
The Crevice audiobook
by William J. Burns (1861-1932) and Isabel Ostrander (1883-1924)
The sudden death of wealthy and prominent financier, Pennington Lawton from an apparent heart attack, followed by the shocking revelation of his impending bankruptcy, leaves his sole heir and only daughter, Anita, distraught and nearly penniless. Nonetheless, she is determined to unravel the mystery surrounding her father's death and the loss of his great fortune. To this end she engages the famous detective, Read more [...]
The Ashiel Mystery – A Detective Story audiobook by Mrs Charles Bryce (1839-1920)
Just as the adopted Juliet Byrne finds out the truth about her family, her father is murdered. Luckily the brilliant chocolate-munching Detective Gimblet takes up the case to solve the ‘Ashiel Mystery’ (Summary by Carolin)
Four Max Carrados Detective Stories audiobook
by Ernest Bramah (1868-1942)
Ernest Bramah is mainly known for his 'Kai Lung' books -- Dorothy L Sayers often used quotes from them for her chapter headings. In his lifetime however he was equally well known for his detective stories. Since Sherlock Holmes we have had French detectives, Belgian detectives, aristocratic detectives, royal detectives, ecclesiastical detectives, drunken detectives and even a (very) few quite normal happily married detectives. Read more [...]
The Hound of the Baskervilles (dramatic reading)
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of four crime novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound. (summary by Wikipedia)
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes audiobook
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
Dr. Watson chronicles here some of the more interesting detective cases that he and his good friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, have encountered during their association. We see the cases unfold as he does, scratch our heads as does he while the evidence is collected, and then marvel at the impeccable observations, remarkable insight, and doggedness which Holmes displays as he teases apart the tangled clues.
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Murder at Bridge (FULL Audio Book)
by Anne Austin (1895-??)
Inhabitants of the small town of Hamilton joke that they are afraid of being the dummy when playing Bridge, for fear of being murdered. Meanwhile, Special Investigator Bonnie Dundee demands a re-enactment of the 'death hand' to try and find out why, and how, the victim was killed during a high society Bridge party.
(Summary by Gesine)
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Hilda Wade, A Woman With Tenacity of Purpose (FULL Audio Book)
by Grant Allen (1848-1899)
In this early detective novel, the detective is Hilda Wade. She is a very capable nurse, but there is something mysterious about her from the moment she arrives at the hospital. Upon meeting her, Dr. Hubert Cumberledge greatly admires her and becomes a devoted friend. It turns out that Hilda has one purpose in life, and in pursuit of that purpose she will travel across the world, from London to South Africa, Read more [...]
Library of World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories
by Julian Hawthorne, editor
In the six volumes of the Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in this collection for the first time translated into English, and many of them come from unexpected sources, such as the letters of Pliny the Younger, or a Tibetan manuscript. In the first volume, we Read more [...]