Classic Detective & Noir Audiobooks: Private Detectives, Murder Mysteries & Dark Crime Stories

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Mr Robert Grell, millionaire and socialite, is found murdered in his study on a stormy evening. It's up to Heldon Foyle, the detective, to unravel the mystery. Author: Frank Froest Length: 7 hours 48 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 08:02 - Chapter 2 14:59 - Chapter 3 24:02 - Chapter 4 28:37 - Chapter 5 33:50 - Chapter 6 40:1...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A murder whodunit. Location:</b> Hampstead, England. Author: Arthur J. Rees Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 16:20 - Chapter 2 32:05 - Chapter 3 45:44 - Chapter 4 01:09:59 - Chapter 5 01:34:59 - Chapter 6 01:58:59 - Chapter 7 02:10:19 - Chapter 8 02:51:44 - Chapter 9 03:15:19 - Chapter 10 03:47:44 -...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Excellent murder mystery. On September 9, 1905, the NY Times Saturday Review of Books described this book as follows: "That painstakingly ingenious person, Fergus Hume, has devised another of his hide-and-seek, jack-o'-lantern murder mysteries. Author: Fergus Hume Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 22:10 - Ch...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com In The Four Pools Mystery the tyrannical plantation owner is deemed responsible for his own murder because of his mistreatment of the former slaves who continued in his employment after the war. Jean Webster (pseudonym for Alice Jane Chandler Webster) was born July 24, 1876 and died June 11, 1916. Author: Jean Webster Length: 7 hours 3 minutes Genre: Cr...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com "I was, perhaps, the plainest girl in the room that night. I was also the happiest-up to one o'clock. Author: Anna Katharine Green Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 25:53 - Chapter 2 51:27 - Chapter 3 01:21:33 - Chapter 4 01:39:14 - Chapter 5 02:01:00 - Chapter 6 02:16:00 - Chapter 7 02:43:50 - Chapter 8 02:...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Elusive Isabel is a novel by Jacques Futrelle (April 9, 1875 - April 15, 1912) first published in 1909. Set in Washington, D. Author: Jacques Futrelle Length: 4 hours 45 minutes Genre: Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 10:40 - Chapter 2 19:43 - Chapter 3 30:19 - Chapter 4 41:09 - Chapter 5 50:17 - Chapter 6 01:00...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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 novels, more than any other author. Author: Edgar Wallace Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Genre: Detective Ficti...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com "The story is about a Jack the Ripper-type murderer known only as "The Avenger" in London, who has been killing young blonde women. Meanwhile, a mysterious man arrives at the house of Mr. Author: Marie Belloc Lowndes Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 21:12 - Chapter 2 42:07 - Chapter 3 55:58 - Chapter 4 01:0...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A habitual late night stroll down Markendale Square plunges Viner into the middle of things most mysterious and most perplexing. A murder, an imposter, secret papers, all combine to mystify even the police themselves. Author: J. S. Fletcher Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 17:30 - Chapter 2 33:58 - Chapter...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 - April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories (no doubt assisted by her lawyer father). Author: Anna Katharine Green Length: 5 hours 35 minutes Genre: Detective Fictio...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1841. Poe referred to it as a "tale of ratiocination" featuring the brilliant deductions of C. Author: Edgar Allan Poe Length: 1 hours 34 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 27:00 - Chapter 2 55:25 - Chapter 3 #FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicL...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com It's a cold and foggy night in London. A man is horribly murdered in his bedroom, the door locked and bolted on the inside. Author: Israel Zangwill Length: 5 hours 5 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction, Satire Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 22:41 - Chapter 2 44:48 - Chapter 3 01:09:03 - Chapter 4 01:29:31 - Chapter 5 01:55:35 - Chapter 6 02:21:48 - Chapter 7...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The flood brings in not only the muddy waters but a series of suspicious clues that convinced Mrs. Pitman, a boarding house keeper, that a murder has been committed at her boarding house. Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart Length: 3 hours 56 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 12:23 - Chapter 2 29:28 - Chapter 3 52:07 - Chapter 4 01:...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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. Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Length: 6 hours 37 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 26:41 - Chapter 2 01:02:11 - Chapter 3 0...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Created by Baroness Orczy, author of the famous <i>Scarlet Pimpernel</i> series, <i>The Old Man in the Corner</i> was one of the earliest armchair detectives, popping up with so many others in the wake of the huge popularity of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The Old Man relies mostly upon sensationalistic "penny dreadful" newspaper...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A young American archeologist, a masked ball in Cairo, an illusive young woman and the unexplained disappearance of a Frenchman fifteen years earlier all play into this mystery by Mary Hastings Bradley. (summary written by J. Author: Mary Hastings Bradley Length: 7 hours 13 minutes Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 12:41 - C...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was first published in 1887. It is the first story to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes, who would later become one of the most famous literary detective characters, with long-lasting interest and appeal. Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Length: 4 hours 16 minu...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com This classic mystery produces its first dead body during a clandestine midnight meeting. Already nothing is what it seems. Author: J. S. Fletcher Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 12:06 - Chapter 2 27:53 - Chapter 3 38:27 - Chapter 4 51:49 - Chapter 5 01:04:11 - Chapter 6 01:16:03 - Chapter 7 01:29:39 - Chap...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The novel begins with a telephone call to Wimsey from his mother, the Dowager Duchess of Denver, saying that her vicar's architect has just found a dead body in his bath, wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez. Whose body is it. Author: Dorothy L. Sayers Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 23:15 - Chapter 2 5...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Well-known mystery writer John Lexman is charged with murder and sent to Broadmoor Prison. His friend T. Author: Edgar Wallace Length: 5 hours 53 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 37:38 - Chapter 2 49:51 - Chapter 3 01:06:41 - Chapter 4 01:15:08 - Chapter 5 01:24:33 - Chapter 6 01:38:48 - Chapter 7 01:46:53 - Chapter 8 02:19:4...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A quiet cathedral town in England, full of gossips and people who are not quite who they seem to be, is the setting for this murder mystery. (Summary by Gesine). Author: J. S. Fletcher Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 18:33 - Chapter 2 40:49 - Chapter 3 01:03:36 - Chapter 4 01:22:31 - Chapter 5 01:42:50 - C...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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. Author: Ernest Bramah Length: 3 hours 38 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction, Short Stories Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 34:09 - Chapter 2 01:34:03 - Chap...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The story concerns a young woman called Rachel Verinder who inherits a large Indian diamond, the Moonstone, on her eighteenth birthday. The book is widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery and suspense novels. Author: Wilkie Collins Length: 20 hours 8 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 14:25 - Chapter 2 20:49 - Ch...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The dead body of a man is found on the steps to some chambers of Middle Temple Lane, near London's law courts. A journalist and a young lawyer start investigating. Author: J. S. Fletcher Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 14:37 - Chapter 2 28:52 - Chapter 3 45:08 - Chapter 4 58:24 - Chapter 5 01:11:34 - Chapt...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Anna Katharine Green was one of the first female mystery writers to publish under her own name. She was never very successful as an author, but the technical excellence of her books caused several law schools to use The Leavenworth Case as a textbook in some of their classes, as an example of how misleading circumstantial evidence can be. Author: Anna K...