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Classic Detective & Noir Audiobooks: Private Detectives, Murder Mysteries & Dark Crime Stories
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Classic Detective & Noir Audiobooks is a growing collection of public domain detective fiction, noir crime stories, murder mysteries, hardboiled investigations, psychological crime fiction, and classic suspense curated for immersive long-form listening.
Inside the archive you will discover private investigators, shadowy conspiracies, dangerous criminals, unsolved murders, corrupt cities, femme fatales, courtroom mysteries, and influential detective stories that shaped the foundations of crime fiction.
From classic whodunits and noir investigations to dark psychological crime and suspenseful mysteries, each audiobook is selected to create a cinematic listening archive designed for fans of detective fiction, noir atmosphere, and timeless crime storytelling.
New recordings and restored editions are added regularly.
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13/06/2026#93
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Strange Disappearance (Full Audiobook) | Anna Katharine Green
Episode 48
vendredi 12 juin 2026 • Duration 01:16:43
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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 - April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories (no doubt assisted by her lawyer father).
Author: Anna Katharine Green Length: 5 hours 35 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction
Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 11:58 - Chapter 2 29:00 - Chapter 3 42:17 - Chapter 4 54:08 - Chapter 5 01:12:05 - Chapter 6 01:27:07 - Chapter 7 02:04:26 - Chapter 8 02:16:08 - Chapter 9 02:22:28 - Chapter 10 02:48:53 - Chapter 11 03:16:31 - Chapter 12 03:47:00 - Chapter 13 04:02:12 - Chapter 14 04:08:04 - Chapter 15 04:13:34 - Chapter 16 04:34:03 - Chapter 17 04:50:54 - Chapter 18 05:10:39 - Chapter 19 05:27:14 - Chapter 20
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Murders in the Rue Morgue (Full Audiobook) | Edgar Allan Poe
Episode 42
dimanche 31 mai 2026 • Duration 01:34:22
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1841. Poe referred to it as a "tale of ratiocination" featuring the brilliant deductions of C.
Author: Edgar Allan Poe Length: 1 hours 34 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction
Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 27:00 - Chapter 2 55:25 - Chapter 3
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Clue of the Twisted Candle (Full Audiobook) | Edgar Wallace
Episode 24
samedi 23 mai 2026 • Duration 05:54:02
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Well-known mystery writer John Lexman is charged with murder and sent to Broadmoor Prison. His friend T.
Author: Edgar Wallace Length: 5 hours 53 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction
Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 37:38 - Chapter 2 49:51 - Chapter 3 01:06:41 - Chapter 4 01:15:08 - Chapter 5 01:24:33 - Chapter 6 01:38:48 - Chapter 7 01:46:53 - Chapter 8 02:19:42 - Chapter 9 02:37:02 - Chapter 10 02:48:05 - Chapter 11 03:09:34 - Chapter 12 03:16:12 - Chapter 13 03:27:07 - Chapter 14 03:36:09 - Chapter 15 03:56:48 - Chapter 16 04:16:03 - Chapter 17 04:41:47 - Chapter 18 04:46:23 - Chapter 19 04:58:00 - Chapter 20 05:00:08 - Chapter 21 05:21:23 - Chapter 22 05:47:33 - Chapter 23
#FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #MysteryAudiobook #PublicDomain
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Paradise Mystery (Full Audiobook) | J. S. Fletcher
Episode 22
samedi 23 mai 2026 • Duration 08:39:23
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A quiet cathedral town in England, full of gossips and people who are not quite who they seem to be, is the setting for this murder mystery. (Summary by Gesine).
Author: J. S. Fletcher Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction
Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 18:33 - Chapter 2 40:49 - Chapter 3 01:03:36 - Chapter 4 01:22:31 - Chapter 5 01:42:50 - Chapter 6 02:00:15 - Chapter 7 02:22:39 - Chapter 8 02:40:44 - Chapter 9 03:00:17 - Chapter 10 03:21:55 - Chapter 11 03:41:36 - Chapter 12 04:00:10 - Chapter 13 04:19:14 - Chapter 14 04:38:56 - Chapter 15 04:58:03 - Chapter 16 05:13:10 - Chapter 17 05:33:49 - Chapter 18 05:48:40 - Chapter 19 06:09:52 - Chapter 20 06:31:40 - Chapter 21 06:49:07 - Chapter 22 07:10:44 - Chapter 23 07:28:34 - Chapter 24 07:46:53 - Chapter 25 08:03:36 - Chapter 26 08:20:13 - Chapter 27
#FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #MysteryAudiobook #PublicDomain
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Four Max Carrados Detective Stories (Full Audiobook) | Ernest Bramah
Episode 20
samedi 23 mai 2026 • Duration 03:38:39
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Ernest Bramah is mainly known for his 'Kai Lung' books - Dorothy L Sayers often used quotes from them for her chapter headings. In his lifetime however he was equally well known for his detective stories.
Author: Ernest Bramah Length: 3 hours 38 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction, Short Stories
Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 34:09 - Chapter 2 01:34:03 - Chapter 3 02:23:40 - Chapter 4
#FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #MysteryAudiobook #PublicDomain
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Moonstone (Full Audiobook) | Wilkie Collins
Episode 18
samedi 23 mai 2026 • Duration 20:09:14
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The story concerns a young woman called Rachel Verinder who inherits a large Indian diamond, the Moonstone, on her eighteenth birthday. The book is widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery and suspense novels.
Author: Wilkie Collins Length: 20 hours 8 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction
Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 14:25 - Chapter 2 20:49 - Chapter 3 31:55 - Chapter 4 48:32 - Chapter 5 01:09:29 - Chapter 6 01:27:47 - Chapter 7 01:53:01 - Chapter 8 02:02:56 - Chapter 9 02:30:40 - Chapter 10 02:46:10 - Chapter 11 03:13:14 - Chapter 12 04:06:43 - Chapter 13 04:35:24 - Chapter 14 04:52:18 - Chapter 15 05:10:44 - Chapter 16 05:40:10 - Chapter 17 05:59:08 - Chapter 18 06:13:18 - Chapter 19 06:27:42 - Chapter 20 06:38:06 - Chapter 21 06:46:53 - Chapter 22 07:14:36 - Chapter 23 07:37:22 - Chapter 24 08:07:27 - Chapter 25 08:39:45 - Chapter 26 09:07:31 - Chapter 27 09:33:53 - Chapter 28 09:55:51 - Chapter 29 10:17:54 - Chapter 30 10:48:16 - Chapter 31 11:23:10 - Chapter 32 11:49:20 - Chapter 33 12:23:51 - Chapter 34 12:52:03 - Chapter 35 13:12:32 - Chapter 36 13:47:17 - Chapter 37 14:08:59 - Chapter 38 14:31:16 - Chapter 39 15:03:44 - Chapter 40 15:35:24 - Chapter 41 16:11:50 - Chapter 42 16:47:00 - Chapter 43 17:18:05 - Chapter 44 17:54:21 - Chapter 45 18:32:47 - Chapter 46 19:15:28 - Chapter 47 19:42:56 - Chapter 48
#FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #MysteryAudiobook #PublicDomain
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Middle Temple Murder (Full Audiobook) | J. S. Fletcher
Episode 12
mardi 19 mai 2026 • Duration 08:16:44
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The dead body of a man is found on the steps to some chambers of Middle Temple Lane, near London's law courts. A journalist and a young lawyer start investigating.
Author: J. S. Fletcher Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction
Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 14:37 - Chapter 2 28:52 - Chapter 3 45:08 - Chapter 4 58:24 - Chapter 5 01:11:34 - Chapter 6 01:25:46 - Chapter 7 01:40:10 - Chapter 8 01:54:28 - Chapter 9 02:07:31 - Chapter 10 02:23:24 - Chapter 11 02:40:30 - Chapter 12 02:52:38 - Chapter 13 03:04:52 - Chapter 14 03:18:36 - Chapter 15 03:34:02 - Chapter 16 03:46:40 - Chapter 17 03:59:44 - Chapter 18 04:13:39 - Chapter 19 04:28:50 - Chapter 20 04:43:00 - Chapter 21 04:57:36 - Chapter 22 05:10:48 - Chapter 23 05:22:29 - Chapter 24 05:36:04 - Chapter 25 05:50:02 - Chapter 26 06:03:24 - Chapter 27 06:15:57 - Chapter 28 06:27:44 - Chapter 29 06:39:00 - Chapter 30 06:52:10 - Chapter 31 07:07:42 - Chapter 32 07:18:23 - Chapter 33 07:32:53 - Chapter 34 07:45:33 - Chapter 35 08:04:05 - Chapter 36
#FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #MysteryAudiobook #PublicDomain
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Leavenworth Case (Full Audiobook) | Anna Katharine Green
Episode 16
mardi 19 mai 2026 • Duration 10:34:27
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Anna Katharine Green was one of the first female mystery writers to publish under her own name. She was never very successful as an author, but the technical excellence of her books caused several law schools to use The Leavenworth Case as a textbook in some of their classes, as an example of how misleading circumstantial evidence can be.
Author: Anna Katharine Green Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction
Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 13:02 - Chapter 2 22:02 - Chapter 3 50:02 - Chapter 4 01:00:11 - Chapter 5 01:13:00 - Chapter 6 01:22:43 - Chapter 7 01:35:38 - Chapter 8 01:59:28 - Chapter 9 02:14:46 - Chapter 10 02:32:12 - Chapter 11 02:43:46 - Chapter 12 02:55:10 - Chapter 13 03:08:26 - Chapter 14 03:27:47 - Chapter 15 03:44:12 - Chapter 16 03:51:32 - Chapter 17 04:09:19 - Chapter 18 04:21:13 - Chapter 19 04:32:36 - Chapter 20 04:42:30 - Chapter 21 04:53:46 - Chapter 22 05:22:41 - Chapter 23 05:37:35 - Chapter 24 05:52:56 - Chapter 25 06:04:59 - Chapter 26 06:23:04 - Chapter 27 06:33:50 - Chapter 28 06:56:17 - Chapter 29 07:04:36 - Chapter 30 07:14:57 - Chapter 31 07:32:13 - Chapter 32 08:20:07 - Chapter 33 08:30:18 - Chapter 34 08:57:52 - Chapter 35 09:18:50 - Chapter 36 09:33:20 - Chapter 37 09:51:23 - Chapter 38 10:26:58 - Chapter 39
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Man Who Knew Too Much (Full Audiobook) | G. K. Chesterton
Episode 10
dimanche 17 mai 2026 • Duration 05:49:23
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an influential and prolific English writer of the early 20th century. He was a journalist, a poet and a novelist.
Author: G. K. Chesterton Length: 5 hours 49 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction
Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 42:50 - Chapter 2 01:25:27 - Chapter 3 01:56:30 - Chapter 4 02:32:56 - Chapter 5 03:14:04 - Chapter 6 04:07:45 - Chapter 7 05:03:08 - Chapter 8
#FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #MysteryAudiobook #PublicDomain
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Secret Agent (Full Audiobook) | Joseph Conrad
Episode 8
dimanche 17 mai 2026 • Duration 09:53:13
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<em>The Secret Agent</em> is Conrad's dark, and darkly comic story of a band of spies, anarchists, agents-provocateurs plotting and counter-plotting in the back streets of London in the early 20th Century. The novel centers on Verloc, a shop-owner, phony-anarchist and double-agent, who becomes embroiled in an ambitious terrorist plan to bomb the Greenwich Observatory.
Author: Joseph Conrad Length: 9 hours 53 minutes Genre: Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers
Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 17:01 - Chapter 2 01:15:08 - Chapter 3 01:49:06 - Chapter 4 02:27:18 - Chapter 5 03:17:20 - Chapter 6 04:13:44 - Chapter 7 04:44:36 - Chapter 8 05:48:21 - Chapter 9 06:46:14 - Chapter 10 07:13:59 - Chapter 11 08:26:49 - Chapter 12 09:32:15 - Chapter 13
#FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #FreeAudiobook #PublicDomain
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