Mystery & Detective audiobooks
Clues, alibis and one brilliant mind.
The golden age of the detective story, from Sherlock Holmes's first case to Hercule Poirot's early triumphs. Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie anchor the shelf, with Wilkie Collins's sensation novels, Dorothy L. Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey, G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown, Maurice Leblanc's gentleman thief Arsène Lupin and Sax Rohmer's pulp thrillers. Follow along with the text on screen and see if you can spot the clue before the detective does.
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The best-known mystery & detective titles in the libraryShort listens
Under 5 hours — finish one this weekAll 69 mystery & detective audiobooks
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
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A Study in Scarlet
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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The Seven Dials Mystery
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
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The Woman in White
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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The Maltese Falcon
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The Sign of the Four
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The Murder at the Vicarage
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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
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Poirot Investigates
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The Moonstone
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The Secret of Chimneys
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The Murder on the Links
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The Valley of Fear
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The Secret Adversary
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The Big Four
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
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Partners in Crime
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar
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The Mystery of the Yellow Room
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The Man in the Brown Suit
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Lady Audley's Secret
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The Secret of the Old Clock
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Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel
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Clouds of Witness
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Strong Poison
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The Mysterious Mr. Quin
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No Name
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The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
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Unnatural Death
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Armadale
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The Circular Staircase
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The Red House Mystery
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The Law and the Lady
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Mr. Standfast
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The Grand Babylon Hotel
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Basil
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Trent's Last Case
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The Old Man in the Corner
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Lord Peter Views the Body
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The Problem of Cell 13
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The Amateur Cracksman
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The Cask
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The Silent Barrier
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A Case in Camera
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Caleb Williams
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His Last Bow
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Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories
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Minute Mysteries [Detectograms]
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Peter the Brazen: A Mystery Story of Modern China
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Red Harvest
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The Big Bow Mystery
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The Dain Curse
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The Four Just Men
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The Green Mummy
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The Hand of Fu-Manchu: Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor
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The Innocence of Father Brown
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The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu
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The Leavenworth Case
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The Lodger
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
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The Plymouth Express Affair
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The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu
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The Secret of Father Brown
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The Wisdom of Father Brown
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Are these mystery & detective audiobooks free?
The first chapter of every book plays free with no account. A free account adds the opening chapters of every book, plus one whole book of your choice from a shelf of five classics. The full library — all 69 mystery & detective titles and everything else — is $4.99 a month or $49 a year after a 7-day free trial, cancel anytime.
Can I read along while I listen?
Yes. Every Compendium audiobook shows the full chapter text on screen as it plays, on the web and in the iPhone and Android apps.
What's the shortest and longest mystery & detective audiobook here?
The Plymouth Express Affair is the shortest at 30 min; Armadale is the longest at 27 hr 4 min. The whole collection runs about 550 hours.
