Old Detective Mysteries

Unsettling accounts of ordinary people caught up in extraordinary circumstances, the weight of which carry them to an inevitable fate, are presented here by the grim-voiced Father Time. This omniscient and ominous host, portrayed by both Charles Webster and William Conrad, lends the proceedings an appropriate atmosphere of foreboding. The Clock brings you the desperate obsessions, investigations, attractions, nightmares and violence of the underhanded, the unsuspecting, and the insane.

The second book in a young middle grade mystery-adventure series about Horace, an anxious Boston Terrier, and Bunwinkle, an exuberant potbellied pig, who team up to solve crimes in their barnyard and local neighborhood—perfect for fans of Mercy Watson, The Trouble with Chickens, and A Boy...

Adventure, heists, and teamwork abound in this fun, witty middle grade audiobook! Life is short. Diamonds are fur-ever. Internationally famous cat burglar Ophelia von Hairball V adores jewels­—the only thing she loves more is a challenge. She's never met a safe she couldn't crack. Now the...

A thrilling literary mystery costarring Jane Austen from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bookman’s Tale Charlie Lovett first delighted readers with his New York Times bestselling debut, The Bookman’s Tale. Now, Lovett weaves another brilliantly imagined mystery, this time...

"The Dragon Detective Agency. Dirk Dilly speaking." When detective Dirk Dilly gets a call from Holly, a young girl whose pet cat has gone missing, the dragon ends up with not only a new case to solve but also a self-appointed partner-in-solving-crime. And it turns out that Holly's cat is just...

"The Dragon Detective Agency. Dirk Dilly speaking." When Holly and her family fly to LA for a holiday, it promises to be the trip of a lifetime. On her first day exploring the city of dreams, Holly befriends a movie director, who's captured something suspiciously dragonlike on camera while...

Der Pferdetrainer John Mason wendet sich verzweifelt an Sherlock Holmes. Sein Arbeitgeber sei wahnsinnig geworden...

A short story from British Library Crime Classic The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories. Each year the Christmas card arrives from 'Leech', an unknown member of Timothy Trent’s family asking for money in return for their silence. But this year he’s determined to find out who is behind the cruel Christmas request and put an end to it once and for all....

Der auf Gut Shoscombe lebende Reiter Sir Robert Norberton muss das nächste Rennen unbedingt gewinnen, weil er durch die Abhängigkeit von seiner Schwester, Lady Beatrice, in finanziellen Nöten ist. Außerdem berichtet der Pferdetrainer Mason, dass Norberton nachts eine alte Gruft aufsuchte. Nach einigen Untersuchungen vor Ort überraschen Holmes und Watson den Reiter in der Gruft. Er erklärt ihnen, dass seine Schwester eine Woche vor dem wichtigen Rennen gestorben sei, womit der Nießbrauch des Gutes endete.

"The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" is the last of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story is part of the series The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes first published in the Strand Magazine from October 1921–April 1927. The original title "The Adventure of the Black Spaniel" was changed before publication.

John Mason, entraîneur de chevaux de course, informe Sherlock Holmes que son patron, Sir Robert Norberton, est sur les nerfs depuis qu'il sait que son avenir dépend entièrement du classement de son cheval dans le derby. Il a très peur qu'il ne passe un événement très grave dans les prochains jours... Sherlock Holmes, aidé du fidèle Dr Watson, décide d'intervenir avant qu'il ne soit trop tard.

Head trainer John Mason from Shoscombe Old Place, a racing stable in Berkshire, comes to Holmes about his master, Sir Robert Norberton. Mason thinks he has gone mad. Sir Robert's sister, Lady Beatrice Falder, owns Shoscombe, but it will revert to her late husband's brother when she dies. The stable has a horse, Shoscombe Prince, who Sir Robert hopes will win the Derby. He would be out of debt if that actually happened.

Bis zum nächsten Halt seines die Rheinstrecke gen Süden befahrenden Zuges hat Sherlock Holmes nur wenig Zeit, den Mord an einem deutschen Mitreisenden aufzuklären. Sehr verdächtig macht sich ein sächsischer Schriftsteller, der behauptet, reitend und schießend den Wilden Westen bereist zu haben, aber ein miserables Englisch spricht und so gar nicht wie ein harter Westmann wirkt.

Hard-boiled detectives. Tough. Cynical. But they always get the job done no matter who - or what - gets in their way. Richard Rogue was one of those hard-boiled detectives. He had a way with one liners, a way with the ladies and a way of solving crimes that is probably unique on the airwaves. Every time he got took a fist to the jaw and got knocked out his subconscious took the clues and gave him the answer. These classic programmes are wonderful reminders of times gone by. On rare instances the sound may fall short of modern audio standards.