Great Detectives

When Bradon Riggston decides to write his family history, he is shocked to find that many of his relatives and their friends have died by unfortunate accidents. Are Riggston family members and their close associates just unlucky, or is there some sinister power working behind the scenes? Holmes and Watson are called in to investigate, only to uncover a deadly saga of revenge for long-hidden crimes.

Follow Detective Dobson as he investigates Earth's greatest "mass murderer" that led to the greatest extinction event in Earth's history nearly 250 million years ago. Dobson will travel the world investigating fossils—the evidence left behind by the killer that was left behind in the Earth’s crust. Who really was the killer? Was it a Volcano, Climate Change, Poisonous Gas? Help Detective Dobson find the real suspect with paleontology and geology! Will Dobson ever be able to truly find the killer?

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

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 ...

You are about to listen to one of the rare stories to come to light involving "Sigerson", the name Sherlock Holmes went by during the years when the world thought he was dead - his Great Hiatus! This story also has the distinction of being the true first sequel to Horace Holly's She. The only heretofore known sequel, Ayesha: The Return of She, records events that occurred two decades after She. This new tale, then, is a record of the events that took place between the previously published adventures.

You're marooned on Ship-Wreck Island and dashing wildly through the jungle. Behind you, a pack of baying hounds known to tear men limb from limb track your scent. Ahead of you is a swamp filled with quicksand. Your breath is coming in ragged pants, your legs are weary. You would give anything to stop for a moment's rest, but you can't. You're being hunted by a madman. Could you survive The Most Dangerous Game? Your name is Leiningen and an army of ants, ten miles long and two miles wide, is marching through the Brazilian jungle, devouring everything in its path. The ants can swarm over a ...

From 1891 to 1894, Sherlock Holmes was presumed to be dead, having perished during the epic struggle with Professor Moriarty atop the Reichenbach Falls. But unknown to most, even his friend Dr. Watson, Holmes survived. During those three years, he roamed the world, acting as an agent for the British government and using his very special skills along the way. In volume one of Holmes Away from Home, the incredible two-volume collection of new traditional Holmes adventures, we find our hero crisscrossing the world - Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the US.

Undoubtedly the best-known detective in literature, Sherlock Holmes was the creation of British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), who endowed his super sleuth with an extraordinary facility for solving crimes. Drawing on his remarkable powers of observation and deduction, coupled with an encyclopedic knowledge of crimes and criminals, Holmes seeks out his prey in the London underworld, where no evildoer is safe from his keen wits and tenacious pursuit.

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?

Friends Become Strangers, and Strangers Become Friends... When Ricky Kidd first hears about the curse of the Jewel of Madagascar, he is pretty sure he doesn’t believe in it. But almost immediately, strange things start happening. First he knocks over a statue that crushes part of Mrs. McEwan’s antique jewelry collection. Ricky is convinced his life is over—paying off the debt will take years! As if that weren’t bad enough, all of his friends seem to be deliberately avoiding him. And then there is Mrs. McEwan’s mysterious nephew—Ricky is sure he is not who he seems. Can the curse...

A baffling invitation to an archaeological dig in Mexico defies all logic, but it is too good to pass up. Along with Joel and Old Lady Bugsby, Ricky and his friends head south and encounter a chilling mix of ancient legends and present-day mysteries. Their search for the truth leads to people they wouldn’t have suspected…and places they’d prefer to avoid.

A vacation to Florida is a dream come true for Ricky and his friends. But when their hotel room is robbed, it is only the beginning of a nightmare that leads Ricky, Joel, and Lisa deep into the Everglade. . .and to a man-eating alligator.

"Wenn man das Unmögliche ausgeschlossen hat, muss das, was übrig bleibt, die Wahrheit sein, so unwahrscheinlich sie auch klingen mag." Sherlock Holmes ist der berühmteste Detektiv aller Zeiten. Mit seinem Freund und Assistenten Dr. Watson geht er im viktorianischen London auf Verbrecherjagd. 55 spannende Fälle werden in dieser Box vereint und laden dazu ein, das berühmte wie auch clevere Ermittlerduo durch die dunklen Gassen Londons zu begleiten.

At the offices of the Hatton Garden diamond merchant, Duke and Peabody, the body of old Mr Gething is discovered beside a now empty safe. With multiple suspects, the robbery and murder is clearly the work of a master criminal and requires a master detective to solve it. Meticulous as ever, Inspector Joseph French of Scotland Yard embarks on an investigation that takes him from the streets of London to Holland, France and Spain and finally to a ship bound for South America.

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?

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.

Pension plans and small-town mayhem Chief Inspector Nigel Cockett could have retired at the age of 55, but like a fool he stayed on for that last promotion that would raise his pension just a little more. Unfortunately, just then a corpse turned up in the holding cell of his own police station. Inspector Manson, his young colleague fresh from police college—the chappy that was supposed to succeed him—seemed to think that he, Nigel, was the culprit. Just because he was the only person who had the key to the lock-up in his possession. “This won’t do at all,” the policeman thought, ...

Step into the gritty world of late 19th-century Yorkshire and meet Robert Montgomery, a young doctor's assistant and medical student. Montgomery needs £60 to complete his medical degree and fulfill his dream of becoming a doctor. But he has no way of raising the funds with his scanty wage. Fate takes a surprising turn when a violent encounter with a part-time boxer offers a glimmer of hope—the opportunity to enter a boxing match with a tantalizing £100 prize.

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