Classic Detective

The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1

• UNABRIDGED (20 hrs and 16 mins)
• By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Narrated By Charlton Griffin

First appearing in print in 1890, the character of Sherlock Holmes has now become synonymous worldwide with the concept of a super sleuth. His creator, Conan Doyle, imbued his detective hero with intellectual power, acute observational abilities, a penchant for deductive reasoning and a highly educated use of forensic skills. Indeed, Doyle created the first fictional private detective who used what we now recognize as modern scientific investigative techniques.

The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 2

• UNABRIDGED (27 hrs and 50 mins)
• By Arthur Conan Doyle
• Narrated By Charlton Griffin

Volume two in this series consists of one novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and two collections of short stories, which include "Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" and "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" (a total of 23 stories). These creations by Doyle represent the finest work of his Holmes series, and certainly the most famous.

A Trick of the Light: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 43 mins)
• By Louise Penny
• Narrated By Ralph Cosham

“Hearts are broken,” Lillian Dyson carefully underlined in a book. “Sweet relationships are dead.” But now Lillian herself is dead. Found among the bleeding hearts and lilacs of Clara Morrow's garden in Three Pines, shattering the celebrations of Clara's solo show at the famed Musée in Montreal.

Locked Rooms

• UNABRIDGED (14 hrs)
• By Laurie R. King
• Narrated By Jenny Sterlin

New York Times best-selling author Laurie R. King has won sweeping critical acclaim and an impressive collection of awards for her writing. Although other writers have tried, no one has matched King's ability to capture the allure of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary sleuth, Sherlock Holmes.

The Language of Bees: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 56 mins)
• By Laurie R. King
• Narrated By Jenny Sterlin

New York Times best-selling author Laurie R. King has won or been nominated for every major award in mystery writing. King's beloved sleuth Mary Russell here attempts to reverse her legendary husband, Sherlock Holmes', greatest failure.

The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 3

• UNABRIDGED (22 hrs and 35 mins)
• By Arthur Conan Doyle
• Narrated By Charlton Griffin

Arthur Conan Doyle never wasted time in getting his stories moving. His plots are always direct and refreshingly lucid, and the narrative has a velocity that sweeps you along right to the end. This was no doubt a large part of his immense worldwide success. Not surprisingly, each time he tried to end the series, his fans would howl in protest. But, as he says in the preface to his last collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, all good things must come to an end.

Dragnet: Old Time Radio - 380 Episodes

• ORIGINAL (137 hrs and 54 mins)
• By Frank Burt, James E. Moser, John Robinson
• Narrated By Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough, Ben Alexander, and others

Dragnet was perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama in media history. The series gave millions of audience members a feel for the boredom and drudgery, as well as the danger and heroism, of real-life police work.

Actor and producer Jack Webb's aims in Dragnet were for realism and unpretentious acting. He achieved both goals, and Dragnet remains a key influence on subsequent police dramas in many media.

Complex 90: Mike Hammer, Book 18

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 51 mins)
• By Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins
• Narrated By Stacy Keach

When private investigator Mike Hammer accompanies a conservative politician to Moscow on a fact-finding mission, he is arrested and imprisoned by the KGB on a bogus charge. He quickly escapes, creating an international incident by getting into a firefight with Russian agents. On his stateside return, the government is none too happy with Hammer. Russia is insisting upon his extradition, and various government agencies are following him. A question dogs our hero: Why him? Why does Russia want him back, and why was he singled out to accompany the senator to Russia in the first place?

The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe: Old Time Radio - 52 Episodes

• ORIGINAL (4 hrs and 24 mins)
• By Rex Stout, Louis Vittes
• Narrated By Sydney Greenstreet, Don Stanley

Nero Wolfe is an armchair detective created in 1934 by Rex Stout. Like many great detectives from the classic era, Nero Wolfe made the jump to radio and television. Five radio series have been produced starring Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin. These episodes come primarily from The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe which aired on NBC radio from October, 1950 to April, 1951.

The Toff on Ice

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 58 mins)
• By John Creasey
• Narrated By Roger May

"Must there be a crowd?" asked Rollison glumly. "On this occasion I think it would he wise, sir," said Jolly, his man. "If you remember, there was a time when your birthday was always celebrated by a family gathering of some distinction. After all, it is an event." "I seem to be the only one who doesn't think so," said Rollison, leaning back in an arm-chair. Flo Hardy and some east end villains test the sleuthing veracity of the Hon Richard Rollison, aka the Toff.

The Troupe: The Mind of Mr J. G. Reeder

• UNABRIDGED (36 mins)
• By Edgar Wallace
• Narrated By David Robins

Hot on the trail of a troupe of diamond and emerald embezzlers comes super sleuth Mr J. G. Reeder, Edgar Wallace's master creation of a detective who confesses to having the mind of a criminal. Reeder's techniques for solving cases are unique, most notably because he was "... a gentleman who liked to work in an office where the ticking of a clock was audible and the turning of a paper produced a gentle disturbance".

There Came Both Mist and Snow

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 6 mins)
• By Michael Innes
• Narrated By Matt Addis

Stunning Belrive Priory, consisting of a mansion, park, and medieval ruins, is surrounded by the noise and neon signs of its gaudy neighbours - a cotton-mill, a brewery, and a main road. Nevertheless, Arthur Ferryman is pleased to return for a family Christmas, but is shocked to discover that his cousins have taken up a new pastime - pistol-shooting. Inspector Appleby arrives on the scene when one of Ferryman's cousins is found shot dead in the study, in a mystery built on family antagonisms.