No matter what your reason is, you’re not alone if you revel in the criminal, creepy, gruesome or sensational. In fact, you’re in very good company, because voracious readers—and listeners—are gobbling up crime stories from conniving criminals past and present, true crime and . So turn down the lights, tuck yourself beneath a cozy blanket and turn up the volume on Audible’s juiciest, scariest, most notorious, scandalous and salacious crime stories to indulge in tonight.
Crime newbies might start with Sherlock Holmes, the classic fictitious detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Since 1887, Sherlock Holmes has been solving murders and mysteries with his powers of observation and deduction—and some help from his sidekick, Dr. Watson.
Narrated by actor, journalist and Sherlock superfan Stephen Fry, this collection starts at the very beginning: the detective duo’s first case, featured in A Study in Scarlet. Nearly 72 hours of clues, weapons and red herrings include the well-known tale Hound of the Baskervilles and lesser-known gems, like The Valley of Fear, all delivered with Fry’s unique brand of dramatic flair plus a personal reflection on why each one’s worth revisiting. By the closing credits, you’ll be nothing short of a Sherlock scholar. It’s elementary, my dear!
