Traditional Detectives

Here in one recording is every Sherlock Holmes story ever written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle....

Here is the world's first ever fully dramatised Sherlock Holmes canon: 56 short stories and 4 novels, all made by the same team of directors, producers, dramatists and leading actors, and packed with the high production qualities of a film or TV drama that set it apart....

What begins as a routine journey on the luxurious Orient Express soon unfurls into Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery....

The two greatest detectives of the twentieth century come together in this incredible collection. This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of Agatha...

Hercule Poirot's quiet supper in a London coffeehouse is interrupted when a young woman confides to him that she is about to be murdered. She is terrified—but begs Poirot not to find and punish her killer. Once she is dead, she insists, justice will have been done. Later that night, Poirot...

Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, but just like the nursery rhyme, there were five other ""little pigs"" who could have done it: Philip Blake (the stockbroker), who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist), who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the...

First there was the mystery of the film star and thediamond . . . then came the “suicide” that wasmurder . . . the mystery of the absurdly cheap flat . . .a suspicious death in a locked gun room . . . a milliondollarbond robbery . . . the curse of a pharaoh’stomb . . . a jewel robbery by...

A lavish weekend party, a practical joke that goes murderously wrong, and stolen state secrets all transpire in The Seven Dials Mystery, by Agatha Christie.

Fine-art aficionado. Master of disguise. Jewelry expert. Historian. Gentleman. Burglar. Arsene Lupin is all of these and more....

Like The Labors of Hercules, the twelve cases Poirot must solve in this captivating collection of short crime fiction stories are dangerous, demanding, and positively ingenious. In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek hero. Yet—reasoned the detective—like Hercules he...

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey in these definitive BBC radio dramatisations of Dorothy L Sayers' classic crime novels. Aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey was the master creation of Dorothy L Sayers, widely acknowledged as one of the four original 'Queens of Crime'. These...

“What I intend to say to you will come as a shock . . .” With these words, Lady Athelinda Playford springs a surprise on the lawyer entrusted with her will. As guests arrive for a party at her Irish mansion, Lady Playford has decided to cut off her two children without a penny . . . and...

Narrated by Samantha Bond Don’t miss Magpie Murders on PBS's MASTERPIECE Mystery! ""A double puzzle for puzzle fans, who don’t often get the classicism they want from contemporary thrillers."" —Janet Maslin, New York Times New York Times Bestseller | Winner of the Macavity Award for Best...

சர் ஆர்தர் கோனான் டாயில் திறமையானதொரு கதைசொல்லி. 1881ஆம் ஆண்டு மருத்துவப் பட்டம் பெற்ற இவர், தனது படிப்பு முடிந்த அடுத்த ஆண்டிலேயே “A Study in Scarlet" என்ற முதல் துப்பறியும் நாவலை எழுதினார்....

निश्चित रूप से होम्स के कारनामों की कहानियाँ डिटेक्टिव फिक्शन प्रेमियों के लिए प्रेरणा की असीम स्रोत हैं, क्योंकि शेरलॉक होम्स आपराधिक जाँच को किसी ललित कला की ऊँचाई तक ले जाते हैं।

The classic Evil Under the Sun, one of the most famous of Agatha Christie’s Poirot investigations, has the fastidious sleuth on the trail of the killer of a sun-bronzed beauty whose death brings some rather shocking secrets into the light. The beautiful bronzed body of Arlena Stuart lay face...

The scruffy detective Kosuke Kindaichi returns to solve another fiendish murder mystery. An old friend of Kindaichi’s invites the detective to visit the remote mountain village of Onikobe, the site of a 20-year-old unsolved murder case.

Miss Marple, Agatha Christie’s deceptively mild spinster sleuth, is being treated to a few days holiday....

A dead heiress on a train, a murdered recluse, a wealthy playboy slain at a costume ball are but a few of the unfortunate victims of confounding crimes committed in the pages of Agatha Christie’s The Under Dog and Other Stories, a superior collection of short mystery fiction all featuring...

It is 1890, and in the days before Christmas, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are visited at Baker Street by a new client. Eve Allerthorpe, eldest daughter of a grand Yorkshire-based dynasty, is greatly distressed, as she believes she is being haunted by a demonic Christmas spirit....

The Sittaford Mystery is Dame Agatha at her most intriguing, as a séance in a snowbound house predicts a particularly grisly murder. In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor, six shadowy figures huddle around a table for a seance. Tension rises as the spirits spell out a chilling message...

Married Eva Griffin has been caught with a prominent congressman, and is ready to pay the editor of a sleazy tabloid hush money to protect the politician....

""The Ravenscrofts didn't seem that kind of person. They seemed well balanced and placid..."" And yet, twelve years earlier, the husband had shot the wife, and then himself—or perhaps it was the other way around, since sets of both of their fingerprints were on the gun, and the gun had fallen...

The Josephine Tey Collection includes unabridged recordings of Tey's 8 major novels in one audiobook, including all 6 of the novels in the Inspector Alan Grant series....

Upon finding a mysterious note at the scene of an accident, spunky Ann Beddingfeld throws caution to the wind and sets sail for an adventure to South Africa. She gets more thrills than she bargained for....

Eine wichtige Mitarbeiterin des Premierministers verschwindet spurlos, und ausgerechnet Claude Whelan, ehemaliger MI5-Chef und als solcher Erzfeind seiner Nachfolgerin Diana Taverner, soll sie finden. Doch die Spur führt ihn direkt zurück zum Hauptquartier im Regent's Park – und über Umwege und etliche Gehässigkeiten zu Jackson Lamb. Mit ihrer unvergleichlichen Mischung aus tiefschwarzem Humor, nerdigem Narzissmus und Chaos bringen die Slow Horses eine instabile Situation endgültig ins Wanken.

Nie hätte der Fischer gedacht, dass er eines Tages selbst im benachbarten Frillensee in einem dieser Netze enden würde. Auch Hauptkommissar Tischler und die gesamte Brunngrieser Dienststelle hätten ihren Betriebsausflug lieber anders als mit dieser unliebsamen Entdeckung verbracht. Erste Untersuchungen bringen ans Licht, dass Lorenz bei den anderen Fischern nicht gern gesehen war. Als Tischler noch tiefer in die Vergangenheit des Toten eintaucht, stellt sich immer mehr heraus, dass er zu Lebzeiten auch an Land mächtig für Ärger sorgte.

Under the light of the full moon, a quiet rural lane becomes the scene of a shocking crime that may be the work of a mythical monster in the latest entry of this USA Today bestselling mystery series. When a dead body turns up along a lonely country byway in rural Wisconsin, rumors of The Beast...

De nygifte beslutter at tilbringe hvedebrødsdagene i ro og mag fjernt fra venner og bekendte på en landejendom "et sted i England". Alt ånder fred og idyl – indtil de når deres bestemmelsessted. Her venter dem en række overraskelser, nogle komiske, andre mere ubehagelige. Og da de finder et lig i kælderen, begynder begivenhederne for alvor at tage fart. Peter Wimseys hvedebrødsdage udkom første gang i 1937 og foreligger nu på dansk i en sprogligt revideret oversættelse.

Kathrine bliver bortført af seriemorderen i sin lejlighed, og politiet får hurtigt anholdt en mistænkt i sagen. Men snart står det klart, at de har fat i den forkerte. Drabsefterforsker Felix Jørgensen ved dog, at han er på rette spor, da det viser sig, at en speciallæge i gynækologi har fået forbud om at praktisere på grund af grov forsømmelighed, og sporene leder til et forfaldent hus på Lolland. Befinder Kathrine sig i huset, og ved morderen, at politiet har forsøgt at lokke ham i en fælde?

The main character, Lord Arthur Savile, is introduced by Lady Windermere to Mr Septimus R. Podgers, a chiromantist, who reads his palm and tells him that it is his destiny to be a murderer. Lord Arthur wants to marry, but decides he has no right to do so until he has committed the murder.

The master detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson explore a mysterious cornfield and stumble upon the trail of a gigantic conspiracy. Find out more about the Freemason Society in this new chapter of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Step into one of Sherlock Holmes’s most suspenseful cases in The Adventure of the Dying Detective, a gripping short story by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in 1913. When Dr. Watson is summoned urgently to Baker Street, he finds Holmes seemingly on his deathbed—ravaged by a mysterious and fatal tropical disease. Refusing medical treatment and behaving with alarming cruelty, Holmes insists instead on confronting Culverton Smith, a man linked to a suspicious and unresolved death.

Step into one of Sherlock Holmes’s most chilling investigations in The Adventure of the Cardboard Box, a classic mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in 1893. When Miss Susan Cushing receives a horrifying parcel containing two severed human ears packed in salt, Scotland Yard hastily dismisses the incident as a tasteless prank. Sherlock Holmes, however, immediately recognizes the signs of a far more sinister crime.

1979 tauchte der leblose Körper einer Blumenhändlerin in den ruhigen Gewässern von Dyes Inlet auf, einer bezaubernden Flussmündung, die mit dem riesigen Puget Sound verbunden ist. Vierundvierzig Jahre später wiederholt sich die Geschichte, als innerhalb von 48 Stunden nicht nur ein, sondern zwei weitere Opfer gefunden werden, die alle genau dieselbe makabere Schnitzerei im Fleisch tragen. Da kommt Thomas Austin ins Spiel, ein Privatdetektiv mit einer Vergangenheit, die er endlich hinter sich lassen möchte.

An evil stalks London, blown in from the tropics. A group of merchants are dying one by one. The elementary choice to investigate these mysterious deaths is, of course, the team of Holmes and Dr. Watson. But the unique gifts of their housekeeper, Mrs. Hudson, and her orphaned assistant Flotsam, will also be needed to solve the case.

Zuzanna jest trzydziestokilkuletnią księgową. Pewnego dnia do jej biura przybywa przystojny mecenas Skrzydło z informacją o niezwykłej prośbie dalekiego wuja Zuzy, Tomasza. Za namową rodziców kobieta zgadza się na uczestnictwo w tej szalonej misji i rusza w drogę, a dokładnie w cztery zakątki Polski. Najpierw jednak odwiedza należący do rodziny wuja Dwór pod Kasztanami, by tam spróbować znaleźć odpowiedzi na mnożące się pytania. Dlaczego przepiękny, ozdobiony wyjątkowymi sentencjami dzwon zamilkł w dniu zniknięcia poprzedniego właściciela tych włości?

In King's Pyland, gelegen im dünn besiedelten Dartmoor, wird der berühmte Pferde-Trainer John Straker ermordet, und sein Pferd, das als schnellstes Englands gilt, bleibt verschwunden. Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson treffen bei der Spurensuche auf Silas Brown, den Widersacher Strakers.

Dreißig Jahre sind vergangen, seit der Fall Wilhelm Schweiger die Gerichte beschäftigte. Nun tritt Nina, seine 34-jährige Tochter und selbst Rechtsanwältin, in die Fußstapfen ihres Vaters. Zeitgleich taucht Nina tief in die alten Akten ihres Vaters ein und beginnt, sich mit ihrer eigenen Familiengeschichte auseinanderzusetzen. In zutiefst bewegenden Vater-Tochter-Gesprächen, kurz vor Wilhelms Tod, enthüllt er ihr die erschütternde Wahrheit über sein verstörendes Doppelleben. Wie viel kann eine große Liebe tragen, wenn sie auf Lügen und Geheimnissen aufgebaut ist?

Eine außergewöhnliche Familie. Ein altes Herrenhaus. Ein Golfplatz. Und eine Leiche im Wassergraben. Nachdem er sein Studium beim Bundeskriminalamt beendet hat, reist Hector an den Bodensee, um den Sommer auf Greenfield Hall zu verbringen. Doch die erhoffte Erholung endet abrupt, als im Wassergraben eine stark verweste Leiche entdeckt wird. Eine DNS-Analyse kann die Identität der Wasserleiche klären. Das Ergebnis lässt Hectors Welt aus den Fugen geraten. Während der vermeintliche Täter schnell gestellt wird, bleiben Zweifel, die durch das Verschwinden der Tochter des Hauses bestärkt werden.