-
The House of Cain
- Narrated by: John Derum
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Prime member exclusive: pick 2 free titles with trial.
The House of Cain
Buy for $26.56
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
A Royal Abduction
- By: Arthur W. Upfield
- Narrated by: John Derum
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 3
During a state visit to Australia in 1928, Her Royal Highness Princess Natalie, heiress to the throne of Rolandia, is abducted from the transcontinental train at Cook on the Nullarbor Plain by a gang led by two brilliant Americans, Earle Lawrence and Van Horton. They hide her in caves near Eucla on the Great Australian Bight, until the search is called off and a ransom is arranged....
-
Breakaway House
- By: Arthur W. Upfield
- Narrated by: Peter Hosking
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
A standalone novel from the author of the classic Australian Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte mystery series. Harry Tremayne, a policeman, goes to an isolated valley in the remote Murchison region of Western Australia to find his brother - who vanished a month earlier while investigating the murder of a police detective. Do the gold smugglers at Breakaway House hold the answers to the mystery? First published as a serial in the Perth Daily News in 1932, the real setting for Breakaway House is Mt Magnet, about 580km north of Perth, deep in gold country.
-
Gripped by Drought
- By: Arthur Upfield
- Narrated by: John Derum
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 2
A powerful story of Australia's great sheep farms from one of our greatest writers. Gripped by Drought is a story of a man's battle not only with the elements of nature which threatened the ruin of his huge Australian sheep-farm, but also with a loveless and unhappy marriage. For Frank Mayne, master of well-nigh a million-acre sheep station, life assumed its most dreary aspect. No rain for his farm, a wife who involved him in an orgy of spending and entertainment and with disaster just round the corner, there seemed little prospect of happiness.
By: Arthur Upfield
-
The Barrakee Mystery
- An Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte Mystery, Book 1
- By: Arthur W. Upfield
- Narrated by: Peter Hosking
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 137
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 128
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 126
Why was the redoubtable King Henry, an aborigine from Western Australia, killed during a thunderstorm in New South Wales? What was the feud that led to murder after nineteen long years had passed? And who was the woman who saw the murder and kept silent? This first story of Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, the half-aborigine detective, takes him to a sheep station in the Darling River bush country where he encounters those problems he understands so well... mixed blood and divided loyalties.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Story from another time....
- By A. Raymond on 06-15-15
-
Arthur Conan Doyle: The Complete Sherlock Holmes Stories & Novels
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Peter Coates, Trevor O'Hare, Chris Dabbs
- Length: 50 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 8
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 8
There is no riddle that sharp mind of detective Sherlock Holmes can't solve. Observation, intelligence, selflessness, and bravery distinguish a famous literature character created by writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The inimitable duet of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson sets to investigation of a crime series, masterly solves complicated cases, and restores justice inside and outside London.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Biggest mystery of all is one of these narrators
- By amy on 04-13-23
-
The Complete Father Brown Collection
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Stephen Scalon
- Length: 41 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 194
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 155
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 155
Shabby and lumbering, with a face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown makes for an improbable super-sleuth. But his innocence is the secret of his success: refusing the scientific method of detection, he adopts instead an approach of simple sympathy, interpreting each crime as a work of art, and each criminal as a man no worse than himself… Here you will find the complete Father Brown stories in the chronological order of their original publication. The Innocence of Father Brown Starts at Chapter 1, The Wisdom of Father Brown Starts at Chapter 13.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Good collection, bad editing, bad American accent
- By Samantha on 04-01-20
By: G. K. Chesterton
-
A Royal Abduction
- By: Arthur W. Upfield
- Narrated by: John Derum
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 3
During a state visit to Australia in 1928, Her Royal Highness Princess Natalie, heiress to the throne of Rolandia, is abducted from the transcontinental train at Cook on the Nullarbor Plain by a gang led by two brilliant Americans, Earle Lawrence and Van Horton. They hide her in caves near Eucla on the Great Australian Bight, until the search is called off and a ransom is arranged....
-
Breakaway House
- By: Arthur W. Upfield
- Narrated by: Peter Hosking
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
A standalone novel from the author of the classic Australian Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte mystery series. Harry Tremayne, a policeman, goes to an isolated valley in the remote Murchison region of Western Australia to find his brother - who vanished a month earlier while investigating the murder of a police detective. Do the gold smugglers at Breakaway House hold the answers to the mystery? First published as a serial in the Perth Daily News in 1932, the real setting for Breakaway House is Mt Magnet, about 580km north of Perth, deep in gold country.
-
Gripped by Drought
- By: Arthur Upfield
- Narrated by: John Derum
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 2
A powerful story of Australia's great sheep farms from one of our greatest writers. Gripped by Drought is a story of a man's battle not only with the elements of nature which threatened the ruin of his huge Australian sheep-farm, but also with a loveless and unhappy marriage. For Frank Mayne, master of well-nigh a million-acre sheep station, life assumed its most dreary aspect. No rain for his farm, a wife who involved him in an orgy of spending and entertainment and with disaster just round the corner, there seemed little prospect of happiness.
By: Arthur Upfield
-
The Barrakee Mystery
- An Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte Mystery, Book 1
- By: Arthur W. Upfield
- Narrated by: Peter Hosking
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 137
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 128
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 126
Why was the redoubtable King Henry, an aborigine from Western Australia, killed during a thunderstorm in New South Wales? What was the feud that led to murder after nineteen long years had passed? And who was the woman who saw the murder and kept silent? This first story of Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, the half-aborigine detective, takes him to a sheep station in the Darling River bush country where he encounters those problems he understands so well... mixed blood and divided loyalties.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Story from another time....
- By A. Raymond on 06-15-15
-
Arthur Conan Doyle: The Complete Sherlock Holmes Stories & Novels
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Peter Coates, Trevor O'Hare, Chris Dabbs
- Length: 50 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 8
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 8
There is no riddle that sharp mind of detective Sherlock Holmes can't solve. Observation, intelligence, selflessness, and bravery distinguish a famous literature character created by writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The inimitable duet of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson sets to investigation of a crime series, masterly solves complicated cases, and restores justice inside and outside London.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Biggest mystery of all is one of these narrators
- By amy on 04-13-23
-
The Complete Father Brown Collection
- By: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Stephen Scalon
- Length: 41 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 194
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 155
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 155
Shabby and lumbering, with a face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown makes for an improbable super-sleuth. But his innocence is the secret of his success: refusing the scientific method of detection, he adopts instead an approach of simple sympathy, interpreting each crime as a work of art, and each criminal as a man no worse than himself… Here you will find the complete Father Brown stories in the chronological order of their original publication. The Innocence of Father Brown Starts at Chapter 1, The Wisdom of Father Brown Starts at Chapter 13.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Good collection, bad editing, bad American accent
- By Samantha on 04-01-20
By: G. K. Chesterton
-
Sherlock: The Essential Arthur Conan Doyle Adventures
- By: Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Simon Vance, Mark Gatiss
- Length: 25 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 27
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 27
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 27
The hit BBC series Sherlock has introduced a whole new generation of fans to Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective. In this unique collection, Sherlock co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have selected their all-time favorite Sherlock Holmes adventures, providing listeners a curated masterclass in crime fiction. Each of these 19 tales, from Sherlock's first appearance in A Study in Scarlet to the late classic The Dying Detective, is a potent mix of murder, suspense, cryptic clues, red herrings, and revenge.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent, except...
- By AlaskaKayakMama on 11-15-17
By: Mark Gatiss, and others
-
The Most Dangerous Game
- By: Richard Connell
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,879
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,652
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,655
A mysterious island, shrouded in fear, evil, and darkness. Here the amoral General Zaroff hunts. And what, you ask, is the most dangerous game? It is the manner and substance of his nightly killings.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A TRUE COSMOPOLITE
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 08-02-16
By: Richard Connell
-
Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Alan Cumming
- Length: 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 261
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 232
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 229
Two-time Emmy Award nominee ( The Good Wife) and Audie Award winner for best narrator Alan Cumming here narrates Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first-rate Yuletide whodunit "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle". Cumming adds his personal flair to the mystery classic and turns in an outstanding performance of the great detective Sherlock Holmes and his pal, Watson.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Awesome
- By S. Spencer on 02-12-16
-
Maurice
- By: E. M. Forster
- Narrated by: Peter Firth
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,096
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 939
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 942
'Ah for darkness...not the darkness of a house which coops up a man among furniture, but the darkness where he can be free!' Maurice Hall knows he must choose between living life in the shadows or denying himself a chance at love and fulfilment. Aware of his attraction to the same sex, in a time where it was considered unlawful and immoral to have homosexual desires, Maurice must decide whether to battle or submit to a prejudiced 20th-century English society.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Finally!!! It's past time!
- By Christopher P. on 11-18-10
By: E. M. Forster
-
The Sherlock Holmes Collection
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Stephen Scalon
- Length: 67 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 146
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 133
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 132
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive reasoning (somewhat mistakenly - see inductive reasoning) and astute observation to solve difficult cases.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Scalon's narration is superior to Fry's
- By Sau Cheung on 09-06-19
-
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- By: Baroness Orczy
- Narrated by: Walter Zimmerman
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23
A blood-red flower is his calling card, daring rescues are his mission. The Scarlet Pimpernel is a daring English aristocrat who rescues French nobles from death at the hands of Madame Guillotine, patron saint of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. This popular romantic adventure is filled with skin-of-the-teeth escapes and spine-tingling intrigue. It is presented here in unabridged form so you won't miss a moment of swashbuckling suspense.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
It's up to the Narrator
- By Ashley on 11-04-10
By: Baroness Orczy
-
Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar
- By: Maurice Leblanc
- Narrated by: Walter Covell
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 87
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 50
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 50
Maurice Leblanc, a writer of detective fiction during the same period as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, created Arsene Lupin, a sort of French Robin Hood. An inventive genius, a master of disguise, and an accomplished actor, Lupin operates in the choice chateaux and salons. He scorns sham and with great disdain leaves his card in a baron's residence. The card reads, "Arsene Lupin, gentleman-burglar, will return when the furniture is genuine."
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
An Old Favorite Made Better
- By Donna Marie on 08-09-07
By: Maurice Leblanc
-
Bodies from the Library
- Selected Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Masters of the Golden Age
- By: Tony Medawar, Agatha Christie, Georgette Heyer, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 282
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 244
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 246
This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together a selection of rare tales by masters of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a newly discovered Agatha Christie crime story that has not been seen since 1922. At a time when crime and thriller writing has once again overtaken the sales of general and literary fiction, Bodies from the Library unearths lost stories from the Golden Age, that period between the World Wars when detective fiction captured the public’s imagination.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
two stories missing
- By Jerri C on 08-29-18
By: Tony Medawar, and others
-
The Last Seance
- Tales of the Supernatural
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Fenella Woolgar
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 241
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 217
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 216
For lovers of the supernatural and the macabre comes this collection of ghostly and chilling stories from legendary mystery writer Agatha Christie. Fantastic psychic visions, specters looming in the shadows, encounters with deities, a man who switches bodies with a cat - be sure to keep the light on whilst listening to these tales. The Last Séance gathers 20 stories, some featuring Christie’s beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, in one haunting compendium that explores all things occult and paranormal, and is an essential omnibus for Christie fans.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Not bad
- By CindiLM on 02-18-20
By: Agatha Christie
-
Sherlock Holmes and the Scarlet Thread of Murder
- By: Luke Kuhns
- Narrated by: Joff Manning
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 52
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 50
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 50
Three seemingly separate crimes, three detectives. A mysterious stalker is on the loose in London known only as the Goblin Man and his sights are set on a wealthy businessman, David Daniels. A horrific explosion rips through Whitechapel Underground Station and the prime suspect is a Jewish anarchist. And a Mrs. Clara Edwards is searching for her missing lover, Philias Jackson. What connects these three?
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Sherlock with a Twist
- By LaPazBC on 11-07-17
By: Luke Kuhns
-
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural
- 20 Classic Tales of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself
- By: Henry James, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, and others
- Narrated by: Davina Porter, Steven Crossley, Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 136
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 123
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 122
H. P. Lovecraft is arguably the most important horror writer of the 20th century. Culled from his 1927 essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature”, Lovecraft acknowledges those authors and stories that he feels are the very finest the horror field has to offer, including Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Ambrose Bierce, and Arthur Conan Doyle. This chilling collection includes 20 works, each prefaced by Lovecraft's own opinions and insights in each author’s work.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Not all the stories are complete
- By SteffiT on 10-21-13
By: Henry James, and others
-
What Maisie Knew
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Maureen O' Brien
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 97
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 78
Maisie is an innocent six year-old, torn between her divorced parents, pathetically isolated yet tragically involved.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A great reader reads a great writer
- By Seth on 08-27-12
By: Henry James
Publisher's Summary
A first-rate thriller about an American millionaire who owns the House of Cain, a haven for murderers wanted by the law.
Austilene Thorpe is accused of murder but then disappears from gaol. Her fiance, Martin Sherwood, goes blind from shock. His famous adventuring brother Monty learns that Austilene is in a refuge for murderers in the far north-east corner of South Australia, and together the Sherwoods set out to find her and bring her back to Melbourne....
More from the same
What listeners say about The House of Cain
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance2 out of 5 stars
-
Story2 out of 5 stars
- P Hensley
- 12-04-20
Tedious
Although very well written, I would recommend to most readers, to skip nearly the last third of the book : ie; just forward about 10/12 chapters..... the over-descriptiveness is normally found in an author's first publication... Arthur Upfield went on to improve his literary skills and became a brilliant writer!!!!
-
Overall1 out of 5 stars
-
Performance2 out of 5 stars
-
Story1 out of 5 stars
- Mags Cawthorne
- 10-01-20
Shithouse
The worst Upfield book I have ever read or heard read. It does not stand the test of time even allowing for changes in socially acceptable mores as in other Upfield books. A shocker. The characters are utterly painful, the story lame....oh my I gave up. Do not read it if you don't want female characters that are so sterotyped and feeble that you will hurl it, or your iPhone across the room.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Joanne Park
- 08-22-19
Thrilling great yarn
This is Upfield's first novel published in 1929. The story is a thrilling yarn with newly engaged Austilene Thorpe accused of murder and while in prison, spirited away to a house in the North-East corner of South Australia. Her fiance, Martin Sherwood, is shocked at her sudden disappearance and becomes very ill, and unfortunately goes blind. Fortunately help is at hand, his brother Monty who is an ANZAC hero and experienced bushman. Together the brothers set out bush, traveling via camel to find Austilene.
The story unfolds with Upfield’s wonderful descriptive prose, so characteristic of his novels.
The narration by the talented John Derum is the icing on the cake.
Related to this topic
-
The Barrakee Mystery
- An Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte Mystery, Book 1
- By: Arthur W. Upfield
- Narrated by: Peter Hosking
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 137
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 128
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 126
Why was the redoubtable King Henry, an aborigine from Western Australia, killed during a thunderstorm in New South Wales? What was the feud that led to murder after nineteen long years had passed? And who was the woman who saw the murder and kept silent? This first story of Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, the half-aborigine detective, takes him to a sheep station in the Darling River bush country where he encounters those problems he understands so well... mixed blood and divided loyalties.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Story from another time....
- By A. Raymond on 06-15-15
-
The Horror on the Links
- The Complete Tales of Jules De Grandin, Volume One
- By: Seabury Quinn
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 25 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 132
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 120
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 120
Seabury Quinn's short stories were featured in well more than half of the pulp magazine Weird Tales' original publication run. His most famous character, the supernatural French detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated cases involving monsters, devil worshippers, serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave, often set in the small town of Harrisonville, New Jersey.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Such Fun !!
- By The Whole Truth on 10-20-17
By: Seabury Quinn
-
Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar
- By: Maurice Leblanc
- Narrated by: Walter Covell
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 87
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 50
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 50
Maurice Leblanc, a writer of detective fiction during the same period as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, created Arsene Lupin, a sort of French Robin Hood. An inventive genius, a master of disguise, and an accomplished actor, Lupin operates in the choice chateaux and salons. He scorns sham and with great disdain leaves his card in a baron's residence. The card reads, "Arsene Lupin, gentleman-burglar, will return when the furniture is genuine."
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
An Old Favorite Made Better
- By Donna Marie on 08-09-07
By: Maurice Leblanc
-
The Sherlock Holmes Collection
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Stephen Scalon
- Length: 67 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 146
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 133
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 132
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive reasoning (somewhat mistakenly - see inductive reasoning) and astute observation to solve difficult cases.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Scalon's narration is superior to Fry's
- By Sau Cheung on 09-06-19
-
The Crime at Black Dudley
- An Albert Campion Mystery
- By: Margery Allingham
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 610
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 545
-
Story3.5 out of 5 stars 548
When George Abbershaw is invited to Black Dudley Manor for the weekend, he has only one thing on his mind - proposing to Meggie Oliphant. Unfortunately for George, things don't quite go according to plan. A harmless game turns decidedly deadly and suspicions of murder take precedence over matrimony. Trapped in a remote country house with a murderer, George can see no way out. But Albert Campion can.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
I LIKE this narrator quite a lot!!!!
- By Meep on 11-16-13
-
The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu
- By: Sax Rohmer
- Narrated by: Gary Martin
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 34
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
The first of the popular mystery series introduces a pair of English detectives to their archnemesis, the diabolical Dr. Fu Manchu. Flavorful atmosphere, fast-paced action, and colorful characters enliven this classic of the genre.
By: Sax Rohmer
-
The Barrakee Mystery
- An Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte Mystery, Book 1
- By: Arthur W. Upfield
- Narrated by: Peter Hosking
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 137
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 128
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 126
Why was the redoubtable King Henry, an aborigine from Western Australia, killed during a thunderstorm in New South Wales? What was the feud that led to murder after nineteen long years had passed? And who was the woman who saw the murder and kept silent? This first story of Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, the half-aborigine detective, takes him to a sheep station in the Darling River bush country where he encounters those problems he understands so well... mixed blood and divided loyalties.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Story from another time....
- By A. Raymond on 06-15-15
-
The Horror on the Links
- The Complete Tales of Jules De Grandin, Volume One
- By: Seabury Quinn
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 25 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 132
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 120
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 120
Seabury Quinn's short stories were featured in well more than half of the pulp magazine Weird Tales' original publication run. His most famous character, the supernatural French detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated cases involving monsters, devil worshippers, serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave, often set in the small town of Harrisonville, New Jersey.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Such Fun !!
- By The Whole Truth on 10-20-17
By: Seabury Quinn
-
Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar
- By: Maurice Leblanc
- Narrated by: Walter Covell
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 87
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 50
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 50
Maurice Leblanc, a writer of detective fiction during the same period as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, created Arsene Lupin, a sort of French Robin Hood. An inventive genius, a master of disguise, and an accomplished actor, Lupin operates in the choice chateaux and salons. He scorns sham and with great disdain leaves his card in a baron's residence. The card reads, "Arsene Lupin, gentleman-burglar, will return when the furniture is genuine."
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
An Old Favorite Made Better
- By Donna Marie on 08-09-07
By: Maurice Leblanc
-
The Sherlock Holmes Collection
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Stephen Scalon
- Length: 67 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 146
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 133
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 132
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive reasoning (somewhat mistakenly - see inductive reasoning) and astute observation to solve difficult cases.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Scalon's narration is superior to Fry's
- By Sau Cheung on 09-06-19
-
The Crime at Black Dudley
- An Albert Campion Mystery
- By: Margery Allingham
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 610
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 545
-
Story3.5 out of 5 stars 548
When George Abbershaw is invited to Black Dudley Manor for the weekend, he has only one thing on his mind - proposing to Meggie Oliphant. Unfortunately for George, things don't quite go according to plan. A harmless game turns decidedly deadly and suspicions of murder take precedence over matrimony. Trapped in a remote country house with a murderer, George can see no way out. But Albert Campion can.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
I LIKE this narrator quite a lot!!!!
- By Meep on 11-16-13
-
The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu
- By: Sax Rohmer
- Narrated by: Gary Martin
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 34
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
The first of the popular mystery series introduces a pair of English detectives to their archnemesis, the diabolical Dr. Fu Manchu. Flavorful atmosphere, fast-paced action, and colorful characters enliven this classic of the genre.
By: Sax Rohmer
-
The Last Seance
- Tales of the Supernatural
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Fenella Woolgar
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 241
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 217
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 216
For lovers of the supernatural and the macabre comes this collection of ghostly and chilling stories from legendary mystery writer Agatha Christie. Fantastic psychic visions, specters looming in the shadows, encounters with deities, a man who switches bodies with a cat - be sure to keep the light on whilst listening to these tales. The Last Séance gathers 20 stories, some featuring Christie’s beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, in one haunting compendium that explores all things occult and paranormal, and is an essential omnibus for Christie fans.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Not bad
- By CindiLM on 02-18-20
By: Agatha Christie
-
Sherlock Holmes and the Scarlet Thread of Murder
- By: Luke Kuhns
- Narrated by: Joff Manning
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 52
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 50
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 50
Three seemingly separate crimes, three detectives. A mysterious stalker is on the loose in London known only as the Goblin Man and his sights are set on a wealthy businessman, David Daniels. A horrific explosion rips through Whitechapel Underground Station and the prime suspect is a Jewish anarchist. And a Mrs. Clara Edwards is searching for her missing lover, Philias Jackson. What connects these three?
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Sherlock with a Twist
- By LaPazBC on 11-07-17
By: Luke Kuhns
-
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural
- 20 Classic Tales of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself
- By: Henry James, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, and others
- Narrated by: Davina Porter, Steven Crossley, Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 136
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 123
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 122
H. P. Lovecraft is arguably the most important horror writer of the 20th century. Culled from his 1927 essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature”, Lovecraft acknowledges those authors and stories that he feels are the very finest the horror field has to offer, including Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Ambrose Bierce, and Arthur Conan Doyle. This chilling collection includes 20 works, each prefaced by Lovecraft's own opinions and insights in each author’s work.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Not all the stories are complete
- By SteffiT on 10-21-13
By: Henry James, and others
-
What Maisie Knew
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: Maureen O' Brien
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 97
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 78
Maisie is an innocent six year-old, torn between her divorced parents, pathetically isolated yet tragically involved.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A great reader reads a great writer
- By Seth on 08-27-12
By: Henry James
-
Tales of Terror
- By: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrated by: Jack Foreman
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 63
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 31
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Edgar Allan Poe, the master of terror, wrote some of literature's most entertaining and influential short stories, works that invented or anticipated modern detective novels, science fiction, and the horror genre. Tales of Terror collects nine of Poe's best-loved stories, all performed in chilling, highly dramatic readings by Jack Foreman. This collection includes such classics as "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Fall of the House of Usher", and what many consider his masterpiece, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Poe's Best Horror by an Outstanding Narrator
- By Gary on 08-29-04
By: Edgar Allan Poe
-
Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons
- By: James Lovegrove
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 704
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 657
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 656
The year 1894. The monstrous Hound of the Baskervilles has been dead for five years, along with its no less monstrous owner, the naturalist Jack Stapleton. Sir Henry Baskerville is living contentedly at Baskerville Hall with his new wife, Audrey, and their three-year-old son, Harry. Until, that is, Audrey’s lifeless body is found on the moors, drained of blood. It would appear some fiendish creature is once more at large on Dartmoor and has, like its predecessor, targeted the unfortunate Baskerville family.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Conan Doyle is turning in his grave
- By jmf552 on 03-29-22
By: James Lovegrove
-
Bodies from the Library
- Selected Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Masters of the Golden Age
- By: Tony Medawar, Agatha Christie, Georgette Heyer, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 282
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 244
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 246
This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together a selection of rare tales by masters of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a newly discovered Agatha Christie crime story that has not been seen since 1922. At a time when crime and thriller writing has once again overtaken the sales of general and literary fiction, Bodies from the Library unearths lost stories from the Golden Age, that period between the World Wars when detective fiction captured the public’s imagination.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
two stories missing
- By Jerri C on 08-29-18
By: Tony Medawar, and others
-
The Christmas Card Crime
- And Other Stories
- By: Martin Edwards
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin, Anne Dover
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 96
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 84
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 85
A Christmas party is punctuated by a gunshot under a policeman’s watchful eye. A jewel heist is planned amidst the glitz and glamour of Oxford Street’s Christmas shopping. And lost in a snowstorm, a man finds a motive for murder.... This collection of mysteries explores the darker side of the festive season, from unexplained disturbances in the fresh snow to the darkness that lurks beneath the sparkling decorations.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Aahhh... Just The Right Blend Of Mystery, Murder And Christmas.!!
- By John on 12-04-18
By: Martin Edwards
-
The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries
- By: Otto Penzler - editor
- Narrated by: Rachael Beresford, Stephen Bowlby, Dan Calley
- Length: 37 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 9
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
Edgar Award winner Otto Penzler returns with a new anthology of exhilarating mysteries, assembling Victorian society's lords and ladies and most miserable miscreants. Behind the velvet curtains of horse-drawn carriages and amid the soft glow of the gaslights are the detectives and bobbies sniffing out the safecrackers and petty purloiners who plague everything from the soot-covered side streets of London to the opulent manors of the countryside. Brush off your dinner jackets and straighten out your ball gowns for these exciting, glitzy mysteries.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Good to listen to over the holidays
- By Linda Conover on 01-01-23
-
Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrated by: Alan Cumming
- Length: 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 261
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 232
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 229
Two-time Emmy Award nominee ( The Good Wife) and Audie Award winner for best narrator Alan Cumming here narrates Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first-rate Yuletide whodunit "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle". Cumming adds his personal flair to the mystery classic and turns in an outstanding performance of the great detective Sherlock Holmes and his pal, Watson.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Awesome
- By S. Spencer on 02-12-16
-
Sherlock Holmes and the Three Winter Terrors
- By: James Lovegrove
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 879
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 816
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 813
Three linked crimes test Sherlock Holmes’ deductive powers, and his skepticism about the supernatural, to the limit.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
bog standard
- By Ijw on 06-02-22
By: James Lovegrove
-
One Must Tell the Bees
- Abraham Lincoln and the Final Education of Sherlock Holmes
- By: J. Lawrence Matthews
- Narrated by: Thomas Judd
- Length: 19 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 32
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
When those harrowing words ring out during a children’s entertainment in Washington on the evening of April 14, 1865, a quick-thinking young chemist from England named Johnnie Holmes grabs the 12-year-old son of the dying president, races the boy to safety, and soon finds himself enlisted in the most infamous manhunt in history.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Expectations blown up
- By Sarah Barker on 10-23-21