Great Detectives

When the pirate treasure is valuable enough for murder, it’s up to our R.E.D. heroine and her family to grab their swords and discover who wants it most! An old business associate of Aidan’s invites him, Daisy and Celia on the inaugural two day pirate-dress cruise of a replica of the ‘Black Pearl’ he’s built, Captain Jack Sparrow’s ship from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Daisy, of course, is a little curious (or suspicious) of the Russian billionaire’s motives for inviting them, and it’s only a few hours after they’ve set off from Great Yarmouth when they discover ...

A grisly collection of despicable crimes told by some of the world's best writers.

Pip is a poor orphaned boy who lives together with his sister and her husband. Pip is not educated but has great dreams of the future. He is determined to get out of the low class and seek progress in the higher class. One day a lawyer appears. Pip has suddenly received a large fortune from a secret benefactor and he has to get to London to start his education. Pip’s life changes in a second. But he is ready to embark on his next journey.

How to describe this book? In a word - savage. For those regular LibriVox Le Queux mystery listeners, this book is a step in a different direction by the author. The book starts out like most Le Queux. Our hero, Richard Scarsmere, befriends an individual (Omar) at an English boarding school who turns out to be an African prince from a kingdom called Mo. Omar receives a visit from one of his mother’s trusted advisers. His mother, the Great White Queen, seeks him to return home immediately. Omar convinces Scarsmere to return to Africa with him.

A treasure chest of the most popular classic crime stories from the 19th century. •The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe •A Terribly Strange Bed by Wilkie Collins •Murder under the Microscope by William Russell •The Three Strangers by Thomas Hardy •The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe •The Mystery of Marie Roget by Edgar Allan Poe •Mr. Higginbotham’s Catastrophe by Nathaniel Hawthorne

11 spannende Fälle des weltberühmten Detektivs Sherlock Holmes, die es zu lösen gilt: Sherlock Holmes erzählt seinem Gefährten Dr. Watson unter anderem von einem seiner ersten Fälle rund um ein mysteriöses Ritual auf dem Familiensitz der Musgraves. Außerdem bittet Hopfenhändler Grant Munro um Hilfe: Im Fenster eines leerstehenden Hauses erblickt er ein schreckenerregendes Gesicht... Zu guter Letzt müssen sich Holmes und Watson einem besonders gefährlichen Gegner stellen.

Hello. I am Rory Branagan. I am a detective, and the time has come for me to solve the biggest and most important mystery in my life: where is my dad?

In this frighteningly funny mix of Ghostbusters and Monsters Inc, there is only one person who can help fifth grade boy-genius Will Allen when he is beset by fears that have literally come to life: the Great Monster Detective, Bigelow Hawkins! But even with Bigelow's help, along with the use of some very special monster detective tools, can Will learn how to conquer his monsters and uncover the secret of the dreadful Hidden Beast before it's too late?