Detective Fiction - a genre of audiobooks on the website knigi-audio.com/en/. Page - 3
The Crystal Stopper - Maurice Leblanc
The Crystal Stopper - Maurice Leblanc
- Author: Maurice Leblanc
- Genre: Detective Fiction
During a burglary at the home of Deputy Daubrecq a crime is committed, and two accomplices of Arsène Lupin are arrested by the police. One is guilty of the crime, the other innocent, but both will be sentenced to death. Lupin seeks to deliver the...
Ashton-Kirk, Investigator - John Thomas McIntyre
Ashton-Kirk, Investigator - John Thomas McIntyre
- Author: John Thomas McIntyre
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Ashton-Kirk, who has solved so many mysteries, is himself something of a problem even to those who know him best. Although young, wealthy, and of high social position, he is nevertheless an indefatigable worker in his chosen field. He smiles when...
The Hound of the Baskervilles (version 4) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles (version 4) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Detective Fiction
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written 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...
Dangerous Days - Mary Roberts Rinehart
Dangerous Days - Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Dangerous Days opens in a still neutral America, though within a year the country will have joined the European alliance against the Central Powers in the first world war. Clayton Spencer, a successful industrialist and owner of a munitions plant,...
Hushed Up! A Mystery of London - William Le Queux
Hushed Up! A Mystery of London - William Le Queux
- Author: William Le Queux
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
A young man, Owen Biddulph, is drawn to a beautiful young woman with a mysterious past... a past that seems to have returned to cause her disappearance! Is she his new found love or his nemesis? And who is this mysterious clergyman that warns him to...
The Mystery of 31 New Inn - R. Austin Freeman
The Mystery of 31 New Inn - R. Austin Freeman
- Author: R. Austin Freeman
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Jeffrey Blackmore suspiciously made two wills, both deceptively alike, but still, in a cunning way, completely different. John Thorndyke, equally cunning and smart, smells something fishy. With stylish cool and logic, he leads the story up to its...
The Albert Gate Mystery - Louis Tracy
The Albert Gate Mystery - Louis Tracy
- Author: Louis Tracy
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
A new case for barrister and hobby detective Reginald Brett: The imperial diamonds were sent by the Sultan to London, to be cut in Albert Gate mansion by experts, all the while under the especial protection of the British government. One morning,...
Clara Vaughan, Vol I. - Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Clara Vaughan, Vol I. - Richard Doddridge Blackmore
- Author: Richard Doddridge Blackmore
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
CLARA VAUGHAN, the young heroine, narrator, and namesake for R. D. Blackmore’s early detective novel, is determined to solve the mystery of her father’s murder—a crime that occurred when she was only 10 years of age. The book gives an account of...
Red Diamonds - Justin McCarthy
Red Diamonds - Justin McCarthy
- Author: Justin McCarthy
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction / Romance
In the South African wilderness, six men got together to mine for diamonds and become very rich. They agree that the wealth is to be split equally between them or their heirs after a few years and that the share of any one who died without leaving...
The Ruby and the Caldron - Anna Katharine Green
The Ruby and the Caldron - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction / Short Stories
A valuable ruby is lost during a disturbance in the snow before a ball at The Evergreens. A detective is called for right away to recover it, but who, of the few guests, might have the jewel, and how to solve the mystery without causing a scandal?...
Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 3 - Thomas Peckett PREST
Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 3 - Thomas Peckett PREST
- Author: Thomas Peckett PREST
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction
This is volume 3 of 3. -- Originally published as a penny dreadful from 1845 until 1847, when it first appeared in book form, Varney the Vampyre is a forerunner to vampire stories such as Dracula, which it heavily influenced. Flora Bannersworth is...
The Case of the Golden Bullet - Grace Isabel Colbron
The Case of the Golden Bullet - Grace Isabel Colbron
- Author: Grace Isabel Colbron
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Joseph Muller, quiet mannered detective, tries to solve the mystery of a man who died in his study, by a bullet hole in the chest. But all windows and doors were locked, from the inside. (summary by Dawn Larsen)...
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (version 2) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (version 2) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction / Short Stories
Sherlock Holmes, a fictional character of the late 19th and early 20th century created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is a brilliant London-based "consulting detective" famous for his intellectual prowess and renowned for...
Messengers of Evil - Marcel ALLAIN
Messengers of Evil - Marcel ALLAIN
- Author: Marcel ALLAIN
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Fantômas was introduced a few years after Arsène Lupin, another well-known thief. But whereas Lupin draws the line at murder, Fantômas has no such qualms and is shown as a sociopath who enjoys killing in a sadistic fashion.He is totally ruthless,...
The Green Rust (Version 2) - Edgar Wallace
The Green Rust (Version 2) - Edgar Wallace
- Author: Edgar Wallace
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Edgar Wallace, perhaps best known for creating King Kong, wrote dozens of novels. The Green Rust, his twelfth crime novel, is one of three books he published in 1919. It begins at the English home of the severely ill American millionaire, John...
Fantômas - Marcel ALLAIN
Fantômas - Marcel ALLAIN
- Author: Marcel ALLAIN
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Fantômas is the first of 32 novels penned from 1911 to 1913 by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre. The title character is a ruthless thief and killer, a bloodthirsty successor to LeBlanc's Arsène Lupin. The first five novels were made into silent...
Clouds Cover the Campus - Daniel A. LORD
Clouds Cover the Campus - Daniel A. LORD
- Author: Daniel A. LORD
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction / War & Military Fiction
On an American college campus, in the early years of World War II, a professor from Germany is murdered and the plans for a new bomb sight he had invented are missing. Who murdered the professor and stole the plans? And are the accidents happening...
The Daffodil Mystery - Edgar Wallace
The Daffodil Mystery - Edgar Wallace
- Author: Edgar Wallace
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (April 1, 1875–February 10, 1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and countless articles in newspapers and journals. Over 160 films have been made of his...
The Lost Stradivarius - John Meade FALKNER
The Lost Stradivarius - John Meade FALKNER
- Author: John Meade FALKNER
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction
The Lost Stradivarius (1895), by J. Meade Falkner, is a short novel of ghosts and the evil that can be invested in an object, in this case an extremely fine Stradivarius violin. After finding the violin of the title in a hidden compartment in his...
His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Detective Fiction
In this collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, the great detective continues doing what he does best: averting political scandals, tracking down murderers, dragging Dr. Watson into unpleasant situations. As always, it's adventurous fun for the rest...
The Thirty-nine Steps - John Buchan
The Thirty-nine Steps - John Buchan
- Author: John Buchan
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Richard Hannay’s boredom is soon relieved when the resourceful engineer is caught up in a web of secret codes, spies, and murder on the eve of WWI. This exciting action-adventure story was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1939 classic film of...
Judith Lee - Pages From Her Life - Richard Marsh
Judith Lee - Pages From Her Life - Richard Marsh
- Author: Richard Marsh
- Genre: Detective Fiction / Single Author Collections
Judith Lee is a young woman with an unusual gift, she can read lips at a distance as well as she can hear the person next to her. Her skill leads her into a number of adventures. Written by Richard Marsh (The Beetle, Joss: the Reversion) and...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Detective Fiction
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective. They were originally published in the Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The title character was named after famous...
Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 2 - Thomas Peckett PREST
Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 2 - Thomas Peckett PREST
- Author: Thomas Peckett PREST
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction
Originally published as a penny dreadful from 1845 until 1847, when it first appeared in book form, Varney the Vampyre is a forerunner to vampire stories such as Dracula, which it heavily influenced. Flora Bannersworth is attacked in her own room in...
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 2 - Various
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 2 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes was a British TV series from the early 70s that dramatized stories written contemporaneously with the Sherlock Holmes stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This anthology contains stories adapted as episodes for the second...
Greenmantle - John Buchan
Greenmantle - John Buchan
- Author: John Buchan
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction / War & Military Fiction
Greenmantle is the second of five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan, first published in 1916 by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being Mr Standfast (1919); Hannay's first and...
In the Fog - Richard Harding Davis
In the Fog - Richard Harding Davis
- Author: Richard Harding Davis
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
The story is set in London, at an elite gentleman’s club called "The Grill," where an American gentleman arrests the attention of four other men by relating how one night he got lost in a thick London fog. He stumbled upon a house where a double...
The Chestermarke Instinct - J. S. Fletcher
The Chestermarke Instinct - J. S. Fletcher
- Author: J. S. Fletcher
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Bank manager John Hornbury is missing, as are securities and jewels from the bank’s vault. Gabriel Chestermarke and his nephew Joseph have unaccountably refused to call in the police to investigate the theft from their bank. When Betty Fosdyke shows...
The Mayor's Wife - Anna Katharine Green
The Mayor's Wife - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction / Romance
Miss Saunders is out for an adventure. One, which is full of secrets, hints, and half-lies. One, which will require all of her wits. She is to be the companion to the Mayor's wife. The Lady is unhappy, and the reason for her grave unhappiness is...
X Y Z - A Detective Story - Anna Katharine Green
X Y Z - A Detective Story - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: Detective Fiction
"Sometimes in the course of his experience, a detective, while engaged in ferreting out the mystery of one crime, runs inadvertently upon the clue to another. But rarely has this been done in a manner more unexpected or with attendant circumstances...
The Amateur - Richard Harding Davis
The Amateur - Richard Harding Davis
- Author: Richard Harding Davis
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction / Short Stories
On the steamer on his way to London, Austin Ford meets a young woman, who is going to London to find her missing husband. Being a specialist in finding people, Mr. Ford agrees to help her in her quest. However, something appears to be not quite...
The Loudwater Mystery - Edgar JEPSON
The Loudwater Mystery - Edgar JEPSON
- Author: Edgar JEPSON
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Lord Loudwater is found murdered in his house one evening. Unfortunately for Detective Flexen, who is to investigate the case, Lord Loudwater was not a very agreeable sort of fellow and almost every person in his vicinity had a motive for the crime....
Madame Midas - Fergus Hume
Madame Midas - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Hume was born in England, the second son of Dr James Hume. At the age of three his father emigrated with his family to Dunedin, New Zealand. He was admitted to the New Zealand bar in 1885. Shortly after graduation he left for Melbourne, Australia...
The Open Door and The Portrait - Margaret O. Oliphant
The Open Door and The Portrait - Margaret O. Oliphant
- Author: Margaret O. Oliphant
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction
Two stories "of the seen and unseen" with mysterious occurrences by Margaret O. Oliphant, originally published in 1881. (Summary by Gesine)...
Lanagan Amateur Detective - Edward H. HURLBUT
Lanagan Amateur Detective - Edward H. HURLBUT
- Author: Edward H. HURLBUT
- Genre: Detective Fiction / Single Author Collections
This is a 1913 collection of ten short detective stories by a not well known writer. Jack Lanagan is a police reporter for a daily newspaper in San Francisco, who has the confidence of the chief of police and access to all sorts of levels of city...
That Affair Next Door - Anna Katharine Green
That Affair Next Door - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: Detective Fiction
The dead body of a woman was found under a large cabinet. But she had been dead four hours before the cabinet fell upon her. The owners of the house had been on vacation and the place empty. Who was she and why was she in the empty house all alone?...
Mary Louise - L. Frank Baum
Mary Louise - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
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 Edith Van Dyne pseudonym,then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote...
The Eye of Osiris - R. Austin Freeman
The Eye of Osiris - R. Austin Freeman
- Author: R. Austin Freeman
- Genre: Detective Fiction
The Eye of Osiris is an early example from the Dr. Thorndyke series of detective stories written by R. Austin Freeman. In these stories, the author drew on his extensive medical and scientific knowledge for his main character, a medico-legal expert...
The Secret of the Silver Car - Wyndham MARTYN
The Secret of the Silver Car - Wyndham MARTYN
- Author: Wyndham MARTYN
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Before he went to join the Armed Forces in World War I France, Anthony Trent had a successfull secret 'career' as a master criminal in the USA, never caught by the police (see 'Anthony Trent, Master Criminal'). The war has just ended - but now...
The Sign of the Four - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of the Four - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Detective Fiction
When a young lady approaches Sherlock Holmes looking for help in finding out what happened to her father when he disappeared 10 years earlier, both Holmes and Watson are sent on a mission involving stolen treasure, service in colonial India and a...
