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Lawrence L. Lynch - Against Odds

Believed to have been written by Chicago socialite, Emma Murdock Van Deventer, this detective story set at the World's Fair follows Carl Masters as he is in pursuit of international criminals Greenback Bob and...

Lynne T 10 hours 27 minutes

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Study In Scarlet (version 5)

«A Study in Scarlet» is the first ever Sherlock Holmes story split into two quite distinctive parts. The first part is told from the viewpoint of Dr. John Watson and recounts his first experiences of meeting the...

Robert Dixon 3 hours 47 minutes

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441

Anna Katharine Green - Doctor, his Wife, and the Clock

A man has been shot dead in his house. Ebenezer Gryce is on the case, but he has no leads, no witnesses, no evidence — until he decides to talk to the neighbors of the victim, a blind doctor and his beautiful wife… —...

Crln Yldz Ksr 2 hours 14 minutes

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Edgar Allan Poe - Murders in the Rue Morgue (version 2)

«The Murders in the Rue Morgue» is a story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been recognized as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his «tales of ratiocination»....

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 40 minutes

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Return of Sherlock Holmes (version 2 Dramatic Reading)

Dramatic Readings

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Return of Sherlock Holmes (version 2 Dramatic Reading)

The Return of Sherlock Holmes is set three years after the detective fell to his death in the Reichenbach Falls in his final struggle with Moriarty. Or did he? In the first story of the series Holmes explains to...

10 hours 16 minutes

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J. S. Fletcher - Talleyrand Maxim

John Mallathorpe, a wealthy Yorkshire industrialist and land owner dies in an accident, apparently without making a will. His estate goes to his wife and two children and they live the good life for a number of years....

Kevin Green 6 hours 56 minutes

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Wyndham Martyn - Secret of the Silver Car

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...

Anna Simon 7 hours 10 minutes

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Valley of Fear (Version 2)

John Douglas has been murdered at Birlstone manner, but Sherlock Holmes' main concern is the missing dumbell in the murder room. This fourth and final novel of Sherlock Holmes is based on the real-life adventures of...

Alisson Veldhuis 5 hours 26 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Grace May North - Bobs, a Girl Detective

This is a great short chapter mystery book for girls. It is similar to Nancy Drew. Bobs is one of the four sisters whose parents die, leaving them with the responsibility of caring for themselves. They have to work...

Kimberly Krause and 8 more 4 hours 33 minutes

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General Fiction

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J. S. Fletcher - Rayner-Slade Amalgamation

Marshall Allerdyke is driving through the night from London to Hull in response to an urgent telegram from his cousin. As he nears Hull, a beautiful woman stops his car to ask for directions to Scotland. Odd time to...

MaryAnn 8 hours 50 minutes

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Charlotte M. Brame - Fair Mystery

(Written by Charlotte M. Brame under the pen name Bertha M. Clay.) Honest Mark Brace is about to lose his farm, land of his ancestors, home to his wife, Patty, and small daughter, Mattie, when out of a dark and...

Lynne T and 8 more 19 hours 11 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Algernon Blackwood - John Silence

Six stories about Dr. John Silence if you want the shivers to run up your back, this is the right place to be (Summary by Fiddlesticks)

drakaunus and 3 more 11 hours 28 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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