69 audiobooks · 550 hours of listening

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.

  • First chapter free, no account
  • Full text on screen as you listen
  • 7-day trial, then $4.99/month or $49/year

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The best-known mystery & detective titles in the library
  1. The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle · 5h 19m
  2. A Study in Scarlet Arthur Conan Doyle · 3h 58m
  3. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Agatha Christie · 7h 18m
  4. The Seven Dials Mystery Agatha Christie · 6h 11m
  5. The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie · 5h 56m
  6. The Woman in White Wilkie Collins · 22h 21m

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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.

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