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Detective| Double Crossed | Wilfrid Douglas Newton | Read by Howard Skyman
ABOUT THE VIDEO:
Clement Seadon is a young man of free spirit and a lust for a life of independence. However after receiving an odd request from a lawyer he is compelled to involve himself in the prevention of a dangerous plot to swindle an heiress. - Summary by Howard Skyman
Online Text: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67529
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CHAPTERS:
00:00:00 - 01 - chapter 1 part I & II
00:12:59 - 02 - chapter 1 part III
00:29:09 - 03 - chapter 1 part IV
00:48:21 - 04 - chapter 2 part I & II
01:10:09 - 05 - chapter 2 part III
01:23:50 - 06 - chapter 2 part IV & V
01:38:46 - 07 - chapter 2 part VI & VII
01:53:43 - 08 - chapter 3 part I
02:08:05 - 09 - chapter 3 part II & III
02:26:59 - 10 - chapter 3 part IV & V
02:40:37 - 11 - chapter 3 part VI & VII
03:00:42 - 12 - chapter 4 part I
03:10:54 - 13 - chapter 4 part II & III
03:25:49 - 14 - chapter 4 part IV & V
03:43:10 - 15 - chapter 4 part VI
03:55:23 - 16 - chapter 5 part I & II
04:10:37 - 17 - chapter 5 part III & IV
04:21:14 - 18 - chapter 5 part V & VI
04:39:35 - 19 - chapter 6 part I
04:51:42 - 20 - chapter 6 part II & III
04:50:23 - 21 - chapter 6 part IV & V
05:10:03 - 22 - chapter 6 part VI & VII
05:28:39 - 23 - chapter 7 part I & II
05:41:15 - 24 - chapter 7 part III & IV & V
06:01:15 - 25 - chapter 7 part VI
06:15:26- 26 - chapter 7 part VII, chapter 8 part I & II
06:28:30 - 27 - chapter 8 part III, chapter 9
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Crime & Mystery | The Czar's Spy | William Le Queux | Read by Tom Weiss
Переглядів 312День тому
ABOUT THE VIDEO: William Le Queux was a British novelist and prolific writer of mysteries. Indeed, mystery surrounds the author himself as to whether he was a spy or rather just a self-promoter. Regardless of which is true, Le Queux brings us a story of intrigue and espionage that travels across Europe in the true spirit of a good mystery. There are shootings, burglaries, romances, escapes from...
Crime & Mystery | Deep Lake Mystery | Carolyn Wells | Read by Roger Melin
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ABOUT THE VIDEO: Imagine, if you will, a murder committed in a sealed room. A room which has been sealed from the inside, that is, with no possible means of exit, excepting a dangerous plunge through a window into a deep, foreboding lake with swirling eddies and rocks abound. Add to that image a wreath of flowers around the head and across the chest of the victim, a crucifix, an orange, a feath...
Detective |The Daffodil Mystery | Edgar Wallace | Read by various
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ABOUT THE VIDEO: 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. In the 1920s, one of Wallace's publishers claimed that a quarter of all books read in England we...
Detective | The Man with the Black Cord | Auguste Groner | Read by J. M. Smallheer
Переглядів 32621 день тому
ABOUT THE VIDEO: A baffling disappearance. A bedroom door locked from the inside. A housekeeper with something to hide. Will retired policeman turned private detective, Joseph Muller, be able to sort out the clues and solve this locked room mystery? Summary by J. M. Smallheer If you enjoy this audiobook, please hit the LIKE button so other mystery fiction lovers like you can see it. Thank you s...
Detective |The Mystery of the Yellow Room | Gaston Leroux | Locked Room Mystery
Переглядів 24721 день тому
ABOUT THE VIDEO: This crime novel was possibly the first to involve a 'locked room mystery', in which an attempted murder takes place, but with no obvious way for the perpetrator to have escaped. The author, Gaston Leroux, is better known as the author of The Phantom of the Opera: prepare to feel the hairs standing up on the back of your neck... (Summary by Stuart Bell) Online Text: www.gutenbe...
Detective | The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club | Dorothy L. Sayers | Read by | Kirsten Wever
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ABOUT THE VIDEO: The author’s fourth Lord Peter Wimsey mystery, set shortly after the Great War, begins with the discovery of old general Fentiman’s body seated in his usual armchair, in the smoking room of the Bellona Club, at 7 pm on November 11th - Armistice Day. The general has bequeathed his modest savings to his two grandsons, Major Robert and Captain George Fentiman. However, the general...
Crime & Mystery |The Hidden Mask | C. Guise Mitford | Read by Laurie Banza
Переглядів 26921 день тому
ABOUT THE VIDEO: The Hidden Mask is a thrilling fast paced mystery that will have you hooked from start to finish. The mystery begins when Lawrence Clayton arrives home one evening to find his apartment unlocked, and stretched upon the floor at his feet lay the body of an unknown man, dead, evidently murdered, lying on his floor. With an effort he drew himself erect, turned around, and saw that...
Detective | The Sleuth of St James Square | Melville Davisson Post | Read by KevinS
Переглядів 48421 день тому
ABOUT THE VIDEO: Slightly connected detective stories which are developed in a rather unusual way. The solutions are logical and less miraculous than those of Sherlock Holmes. Will not have the popular appeal of many other mystery stories, but will be liked by Post admirers. - Summary by Simon & Schuster advert Online Text: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2861 If you enjoy this audiobook, please hit t...
Crime & Mystery | The House without a Key | Earl Derr Biggers | Read by ashleighjane
Переглядів 46728 днів тому
ABOUT THE VIDEO: In this murder mystery, the main character is the victim’s nephew, a straitlaced young Bostonian bond trader, who came to the islands to try to convince his aunt Minerva, whose vacation has extended many months, to return to Boston and is entangled with the murder of a former member of Boston society who has lived in Hawaiʻi for several years. The nephew, John Quincy Winterslip...
Gentleman Thief |The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin | Maurice Leblanc |Read by Cate Barrat
Переглядів 19928 днів тому
ABOUT THE VIDEO: Translated by George Morehead A series of loosely related short stories of the early adventures of France's famous gentleman burglar, Arsène Lupin, as told by an admirer and trusted friend. (Cate Barrat) Online Text: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6133 If you enjoy this audiobook, please hit the LIKE button so other mystery fiction lovers like you can see it. Thank you so much ! CHAP...
Detective | The Chestermarke Instinct | J. S. Fletcher | Read by Mary Ann
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ABOUT THE VIDEO: 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 up to visit her Uncle John, she finds it past belief that he would simply disappear - let alone that he would commit larceny. Unab...
Crime & Mystery | The Yellow Holly | Fergus Hume | Read by Celine Major
Переглядів 262Місяць тому
ABOUT THE VIDEO: Fergus Hume, one of the most prolific authors of the 19th century serves up a spellbinding mystery quite equal to that of his most famous book “The Mystery of the Hansom Cab”. George, in order to get the consent of the frivolous and avaricious Mrs. Ward to marry her daughter Dorothy, searches for proof of his father's marriage which would then entitle him to his rightful place ...
Crime & Mystery |The House by the Lock | Alice Muriel Williamson | Read by Roger Melin
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ABOUT THE VIDEO: What secrets lay within the walls of the house by the lock? What secrets, if any, are held by the man who owns that mysterious house? A body is found in a backwater creek not far from the house by the lock, but what leads Noel Stanton on a quest to determine who the killer might be is more than merely the disappearance of his American friend Harvey Farnham. He has reason to bel...
Crime & Mystery | The Blind Man's Eyes | William MacHarg | Edwin Balmer | Read by Tom Penn
Переглядів 438Місяць тому
ABOUT THE VIDEO: Five years before the story begins, a man convicted of murdering a powerful, corrupt financier escaped and disappeared. Now, five years later, another financier, an honest one, is murdered in Seattle. The famous lawyer who is his executor is attacked on the train stuck in the snow in the wilds of Montana. Who can be the attacker? Is it the odd young man the lawyer’s daughter fi...
Crime & Mystery | The Forsaken Inn | Anna Katharine Green | Read by Richard Kilmer
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Crime & Mystery | The Forsaken Inn | Anna Katharine Green | Read by Richard Kilmer
Detective | Fleming Stone The Maxwell Mystery | Carolyn Wells | Read by Celine Major
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Detective | Fleming Stone The Maxwell Mystery | Carolyn Wells | Read by Celine Major
Detective | Cleek |The Riddle of the Purple Emperor |Thomas W. & Mary E.Hanshew|Read by Ruth Golding
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Detective | Cleek |The Riddle of the Purple Emperor |Thomas W. & Mary E.Hanshew|Read by Ruth Golding
Crime & Mystery | Unravelled Knots | Baroness Emma Orczy | Read by J. M. Smallheer
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Crime & Mystery | Unravelled Knots | Baroness Emma Orczy | Read by J. M. Smallheer
Detective | The midnight passenger | Richard Henry Savage | Read by MaryAnn
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Detective | The midnight passenger | Richard Henry Savage | Read by MaryAnn
Detective | Death Below the Dam | Esther Haven Fonseca | Read by Mark Nelson
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Detective | Death Below the Dam | Esther Haven Fonseca | Read by Mark Nelson
Detective | Lady Molly of Scotland Yard | Baroness Orczy | Read by J.M.Smallheer
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Detective | Lady Molly of Scotland Yard | Baroness Orczy | Read by J.M.Smallheer
Detective | Epilogue of Cleek of Scotland Yard | Thomas W. Hanshew | Read by Ruth Golding
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Detective | Epilogue of Cleek of Scotland Yard | Thomas W. Hanshew | Read by Ruth Golding
Detective | Cleek of Scotland Yard | Thomas W. Hanshew | Read by Ruth Golding
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Detective | Cleek of Scotland Yard | Thomas W. Hanshew | Read by Ruth Golding
Detective | Bat Wing | Sax Rohmer | Read by Mark Nelson
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Detective | Bat Wing | Sax Rohmer | Read by Mark Nelson
Detective | The Big Bow Mystery | Israel Zangwill | Read by Adrian Praetzellis
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Detective | The Big Bow Mystery | Israel Zangwill | Read by Adrian Praetzellis
Detective | I Spy | Natalie Sumner Lincoln | Read by James R. Hedrick
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Detective | I Spy | Natalie Sumner Lincoln | Read by James R. Hedrick
Detective | The Clevedon Case | Nancy Oakley and John Oakley | Read by Steven Seitel
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Detective | The Clevedon Case | Nancy Oakley and John Oakley | Read by Steven Seitel
Detective | Epilogue of Cleek: The Man of the Forty Faces | Thomas W. Hanshew | Read by Roth Golding
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Detective | Epilogue of Cleek: The Man of the Forty Faces | Thomas W. Hanshew | Read by Roth Golding
Detective | Cleek: The Man of the Forty Faces | Thomas W. Hanshew | Read by Roth Golding
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Detective | Cleek: The Man of the Forty Faces | Thomas W. Hanshew | Read by Roth Golding

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @sreenivasansubramanian2256
    @sreenivasansubramanian2256 2 дні тому

    So very well read! I should have thought that Trent's declaration of love to Mabel - one of the most moving passages of romantic expression I have encountered - wouldn't sound right unless it were read by a male voice. You have proved me completely wrong! Altogether a marvellous rendering. Thank you!

  • @mijiyoon5575
    @mijiyoon5575 8 днів тому

    This story perhaps is a bit autobiographical on the part of *Wallace*

  • @sylviamarshall5217
    @sylviamarshall5217 8 днів тому

    Sorry do t like the narrator

  • @mdconroymd6278
    @mdconroymd6278 8 днів тому

    Thanks for the nice story. Great reader.

  • @magicbulletdancers
    @magicbulletdancers 12 днів тому

    Admittedly, I was uncertain about his way of reading when first I heard him. Now I appreciate his voice, his unwavering style. Comforting, yes, totally. To my ear, he's really enjoying himself here. And so am I 💯 👍 * Great story, I like this author *

  • @mdconroymd6278
    @mdconroymd6278 16 днів тому

    Great story. Good narration. Thanks !!

  • @barbaratavis2678
    @barbaratavis2678 17 днів тому

    I can't take her anymore, flat reading with no emotion at all.

  • @mijiyoon5575
    @mijiyoon5575 17 днів тому

    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • @J.Dibble
    @J.Dibble 18 днів тому

    Wonderfully narrated! I wish I had that talent!!! 🏆👏👏👏

  • @wendyharris8026
    @wendyharris8026 18 днів тому

    Love his style. Very comforting 🎉

  • @rosemarycook3200
    @rosemarycook3200 18 днів тому

    What strange intonation the professor has!

  • @J.Dibble
    @J.Dibble 19 днів тому

    Wonderful narration!!!!

  • @dont-want-no-wrench
    @dont-want-no-wrench 19 днів тому

    although i thank roger melin for his prolific work for librivox, his style can be hard to take. nevertheless, far from the worst.

  • @donsurlylyte
    @donsurlylyte 20 днів тому

    on the scale of librivox readers, i give her 7/10, pretty OK

  • @dalyweb
    @dalyweb 21 день тому

    Good story 🐬

  • @mb9071
    @mb9071 21 день тому

    AI

  • @nct948
    @nct948 22 дні тому

    Now I feel like going on holiday to check it out 😂😂

  • @rosemarycook3200
    @rosemarycook3200 24 дні тому

    How I love entering Thorndyke’s world. Secure, ordered, infallible. As a craftswoman/artist the clever arcane methods used in Polton’s workshop - moulds, photography, gelatine castings and chemistry are so intriguing. I love the gentle humour and insights into everyday life of the period. Totally satisfying!❤❤ 3:46:18

  • @ianbruce6515
    @ianbruce6515 27 днів тому

    I think that the difficulty with this narration--is the quality of the recording. The deeper voices, particularly, have a fuzziness and a buzz.

  • @kimmccabe1422
    @kimmccabe1422 27 днів тому

    Excellent! Actually, 2nd time around

  • @sararevesz8926
    @sararevesz8926 27 днів тому

    Interesting and a true mystery; many twists along the way too! Nice job on the narration, Mary Ann.

  • @BuildingCenter
    @BuildingCenter Місяць тому

    Well, I made allowances for the reader's interpretations, until she went for a ridiculously offensive pseudo Japanese accent. The text is racist enough without her going all Breakfast at Tiffany's.

  • @claretoland396
    @claretoland396 Місяць тому

    Beautiful narration👏 of a gently intriguing story. Listening in Donegal Ireland.☘ Thank you for sharing.

  • @mb9071
    @mb9071 Місяць тому

    AI

  • @sharonwerner2419
    @sharonwerner2419 Місяць тому

    wow, the reason why I enjoy these books from another era is all in this production. The values, language and customs are somewhat different but human motives are very much the same in any time.

  • @tomskinner1928
    @tomskinner1928 Місяць тому

    terrible sing-song reader. 7:30 tuesday. nov 2_. why does he not…

  • @darlinecason1860
    @darlinecason1860 Місяць тому

    Really enjoying this!!❤

  • @sararevesz8926
    @sararevesz8926 Місяць тому

    Great and pleasant surprise … can hardly wait.

  • @MediumSpice
    @MediumSpice Місяць тому

    It is The witness for the defence and not the witness 'of' the 'defiance'

    • @APlusAudiobooks
      @APlusAudiobooks Місяць тому

      Corrected. Good catch! Thanks for reminding us of the typo.

  • @77anarchy
    @77anarchy Місяць тому

    Well, I disagree - and think you do this lady a great disservice - I admit the opening growly voice was a surprise at first but I found this lady made an excellent job of narration - her pace, emphasis and atmosphere was absolutely spot on, so much that it was easy to become engrossed in the story, recognising each character as they reappeared - I'm near the end of this and have added epilogue of Cleek to listen to next and will certainly search for more Ruth Golding narrations. Admittedly there are some pretty dire librivox recordings - this however, is one of the very best I've heard. I usually prefer listening to male voiced narrations - love Bitesized Audio Classics for one but this lady gets my wholehearted approval (Anne Fletcher, for other narrations, does too)

  • @maze9774
    @maze9774 Місяць тому

    Carolyn wells stories are brilliant and superbly read by Richard Kilmer.

  • @marionkeville1731
    @marionkeville1731 Місяць тому

    Absolutely brilliant sorry to say goodbye but I’m sure to be returning soon Thank you so very much from all of your wonderful readers ❤🦻🦻🦻🦻💚💚💚💚💚

  • @sararevesz8926
    @sararevesz8926 Місяць тому

    Oh I so love Cleek!

  • @diñaobrien-p8u
    @diñaobrien-p8u Місяць тому

    Very good enjoying this storie 😅

  • @davidhull1481
    @davidhull1481 Місяць тому

    What era is this set in?

    • @ranyanakothari3431
      @ranyanakothari3431 Місяць тому

      “On this particular Saturday in ‘97”…… I guess 1897.

  • @JodiHelman
    @JodiHelman Місяць тому

    I agree a male voice would be better. I'd also prefer a straight read. I don't care for different voices for different characters. At least not here.

    • @dont-want-no-wrench
      @dont-want-no-wrench Місяць тому

      i could refer you to a librivox recording of a guy doing character voices, that would send you weeping from the room in panic, fortunately i have blocked it out to the extent i cant remember which one.

  • @SusanVolker-iz6yi
    @SusanVolker-iz6yi Місяць тому

    Agree. Sadly the narrator’s voice doesn’t match the story. Needs stronger, voice, (preferably male).

    • @sararevesz8926
      @sararevesz8926 Місяць тому

      Tastes are different as always I guess. I simply love her narration. I should add that I often prefer male narrators for these older detective novels.

  • @sandragrundy1516
    @sandragrundy1516 Місяць тому

    Also it's not riddled with ads, bonus upon bonus.

  • @sandragrundy1516
    @sandragrundy1516 Місяць тому

    Wow what a wonderful surprise, a fantastic narrator of what promises to be a very good book. Thank you.

  • @elaineholyoak3156
    @elaineholyoak3156 Місяць тому

    After 5 minutes of the reader galloping along I was a nervous wreck and had to abandon the book

  • @StephenCaulfield-wn6vf
    @StephenCaulfield-wn6vf Місяць тому

    I'm in total agreement with judi.Excellent.

  • @sararevesz8926
    @sararevesz8926 Місяць тому

    Thanks for your efforts

  • @AnneKneeshaw
    @AnneKneeshaw Місяць тому

    The narration is terrible. Horrible voices

    • @dont-want-no-wrench
      @dont-want-no-wrench Місяць тому

      she overdoes it a little, but believe me, there are far worse. with librivox you never know what you get.

    • @welshgruff
      @welshgruff 28 днів тому

      Generally, it takes a good actor to do realistic voices, amateurs are best if they stick to straight reading.

  • @Schwannie
    @Schwannie Місяць тому

    Thanks Tom

  • @Schwannie
    @Schwannie Місяць тому

    SunDAY. SaturDAY otherwise very very nice thank you

  • @emcarver8983
    @emcarver8983 Місяць тому

    Sorry. Narration is terrible. I can't listen. Flat toned. Monotonous. Nasal. Mispronunciations. Pace erratic. Didn't stop at full stops, breaks up sentences. Awful

  • @dariawilber2213
    @dariawilber2213 Місяць тому

    Difficult to listen to narrator.

  • @davidhudson5251
    @davidhudson5251 Місяць тому

    Lovely story, beautifully written, nicely read, but unfortunately with many mispronunciations, beginning with the name of the victim.