Classic Mysteries

Chief Inspector Henry Tibbett and his wife, Emmy, go for a sailing holiday - but, for the inspector, there's no holiday for murder.

Direct download: SunkenSailor.mp3
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It certainly seemed as if Anton the lion tamer had been mauled by the seven ferocious Bengal tigers who shared his circus act. Detective Inspector Minto isn't so sure. He sees a human hand behind the murder.

Direct download: DeathOfAnton.mp3
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An anthology of 15 short stories spotlighting police detectives whose intelligence and understanding make them the nemesis of would-be criminals.

Direct download: LongArmOfTheLaw.mp3
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The cult calling itself the Children of Osiris - COO or just COO-ism for short - finds itself battling over its High Prophet and the question of who should succeed him - a battle that will prove to be quite deadly.

Direct download: DeathMakesAProphet.mp3
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The party ended early, as guests ran to escape a powerful blizzard. But they couldn't escape a determined killer.

Direct download: DancingDeath.mp3
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Gregory Matthews was a singularly nasty and unpleasant person - but was that motive enough for somebody to poison him?

Direct download: BeholdHeresPoison.mp3
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When Councillor Henry Grayling got off the train, he was carrying a payroll. When he got to his house, the payroll was missing - and the councillor was dying, apparently of poison.

Direct download: SomebodyAtTheDoor.mp3
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"The show must go on" - but when one of the actors dies onstage, even that great producer, Douglas B. Douglas, admits, "You can't carry on with the show with a man dying on stage. Drop the curtain!" A biting satire of theatrical excess from the Golden Age of English Detective Fiction.

Direct download: QuickCurtain.mp3
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An unforeseen accident brought a thirteenth guest to Lord Aveling's hunting party - and then there was murder...

Direct download: ThirteenGuests.mp3
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When a crow drops a human finger at the feet of a couple of hikers, police find themselves searching for the rest of the body - and needing to figure out who or what might have been responsible.

Direct download: HarmsWay.mp3
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