Classic Audiobook Collection

The Pagan’s Cup by Fergus Hume audiobook. Genre: mysteryIn the sleepy English seaside village of Colester, where an ancient chapel and older families still govern daily life, newcomer Richard Pratt arrives with money, charm, and a disconcerting talent for winning his way into closed doors. To ingratiate himself with the locals, Pratt offers an extravagant gift to the church: a remarkable antique cup to serve as an altar chalice. But the village peace cannot survive the cup's arrival. Whispers spread about its origins and ownership, and when the prized object disappears, suspicion swiftly settles on Leo Haverleigh, the anxious adopted son of the formidable Mrs. Gabriel, whose iron will controls his future and threatens his budding romance with Sybil Tempest, the vicar's bright, idealistic daughter. As reputations fray and old grudges surface, a London detective is drawn into the case, and Pratt's polished facade begins to look less like generosity and more like design. Moving between village gossip, private bargains, and hidden histories, Fergus Hume builds a tense web of motive and misdirection around a single, dangerous treasure - and the lengths people will go to possess it, or to bury the truth about it.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:19:35) Chapter 02(00:38:45) Chapter 03(00:57:29) Chapter 04(01:20:23) Chapter 05(01:38:27) Chapter 06(02:01:04) Chapter 07(02:20:31) Chapter 08(02:37:46) Chapter 09(02:57:08) Chapter 10(03:16:09) Chapter 11(03:36:08) Chapter 12(03:55:43) Chapter 13(04:16:36) Chapter 14(04:37:31) Chapter 15(04:59:15) Chapter 16(05:17:53) Chapter 17(05:38:26) Chapter 18(05:59:05) Chapter 19(06:26:04) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Opal Serpent by Fergus Hume audiobook. Genre: mysteryIn Edwardian London, young Paul Beecot breaks away from a stifling life in the country to chase a writing career and a chance at independence. His new start takes an ominous turn when he crosses paths with the guarded pawnbroker Aaron Norman and Norman's captivating daughter, Sylvia, whose loyalty to her father is matched only by her fear of a peculiar piece of jewelry: an opal brooch shaped like a coiled serpent. When the old man is found murdered in a scene as theatrical as it is brutal, the serpent brooch becomes the story's chilling signature and its most valuable clue. Rumors of superstition swirl, but the real menace lies in greed, hidden relationships, and the sudden appearance of competing claims over Norman's fortune and Sylvia's very identity. As Detective Hurd and other investigators push through contradictory testimony and carefully staged alibis, Paul finds himself pulled deeper into the case, torn between ambition, conscience, and his growing attachment to Sylvia. Blending street-level London atmosphere with twists of inheritance, disguise, and motive, The Opal Serpent is a classic puzzle mystery where every secret has a price.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:24:12) Chapter 02(00:50:10) Chapter 03(01:13:52) Chapter 04(01:36:44) Chapter 05(01:59:51) Chapter 06(02:23:13) Chapter 07(02:43:55) Chapter 08(03:05:56) Chapter 09(03:27:40) Chapter 10(03:48:38) Chapter 11(04:09:24) Chapter 12(04:30:41) Chapter 13(04:55:34) Chapter 14(05:16:29) Chapter 15(05:39:23) Chapter 16(05:59:31) Chapter 17(06:21:06) Chapter 18(06:41:21) Chapter 19(06:57:57) Chapter 20(07:21:39) Chapter 21(07:45:00) Chapter 22(08:07:30) Chapter 23(08:29:22) Chapter 24(08:53:53) Chapter 25(09:24:47) Chapter 26 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mikado Jewel by Fergus Hume audiobook. Genre: mysteryIn fog-bound Edwardian London, Patricia Carrol, an out-of-work Irish governess, is scraping by at a shabby Bayswater boarding house optimistically nicknamed The Home of Art. When the lodgers troop off to celebrate a play premiere, Patricia stays behind to tend Mrs. Pentreddle, the landlady's grim, secretive sister. The old woman offers Patricia five pounds for a simple errand: meet a stranger by the Serpentine and collect a small box. But the favor turns into a nightmare when Patricia returns to find Mrs. Pentreddle brutally murdered and the quiet house suddenly crawling with suspicion. With the police asking hard questions and the other boarders whispering, Patricia must piece together what really happened during that empty, silent night. The mysterious box points to a much larger story: a legendary jewel linked to hidden motives, dangerous passions, and a Japanese connection that draws in outsiders far beyond Crook Street. Moving from theatrical boarding-house gossip to family secrets and diplomatic intrigue, Fergus Hume spins a classic puzzle where innocence is fragile, alibis are slippery, and the truth has a long shadow.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:27:40) Chapter 02(00:46:20) Chapter 03(01:09:48) Chapter 04(01:32:33) Chapter 05(01:54:15) Chapter 06(02:16:22) Chapter 07(02:39:39) Chapter 08(03:04:52) Chapter 09(03:27:22) Chapter 10(03:49:01) Chapter 11(04:12:38) Chapter 12(04:34:58) Chapter 13(04:56:44) Chapter 14(05:18:46) Chapter 15(05:43:43) Chapter 16(06:09:39) Chapter 17(06:33:53) Chapter 18(07:01:11) Chapter 19(07:33:13) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Lady From Nowhere by Fergus Hume audiobook. Genre: mysteryOn a warm July night in 1896, the quiet London suburb of Grangebury is jolted awake by a single cry: murder. Maria Presk, a hard pressed landlady in Paradise Row, has found her newest lodger, the reclusive Miss Ligram, strangled inside a lavish chamber drenched in yellow silk and candlelight. Called in to assist the plodding local inspector, Scotland Yard detective Absolom Gebb arrives to face a puzzle that is equal parts crime scene and theatrical tableau: an eerie 'death-card' left as if to taunt the law, a locked house full of frightened witnesses, and a victim who seems to have stepped into town without history, friends, or even a true name. As newspapers swarm and rumors multiply, Gebb follows the few tangible clues outward from the Yellow Room into a trail of vanished addresses, cautious solicitors, disputed inheritances, and whispers from an old country estate where money and respectability hide dangerous secrets. To solve the killing, he must first discover who Miss Ligram really was, and why someone wanted the lady from nowhere erased before her past could be found.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:14:46) Chapter 02(00:31:43) Chapter 03(00:46:20) Chapter 04(01:00:45) Chapter 05(01:13:31) Chapter 06(01:28:09) Chapter 07(01:41:38) Chapter 08(01:55:42) Chapter 09(02:09:13) Chapter 10(02:22:00) Chapter 11(02:37:02) Chapter 12(02:51:45) Chapter 13(03:05:43) Chapter 14(03:18:43) Chapter 15(03:33:13) Chapter 16(03:46:50) Chapter 17(04:00:15) Chapter 18(04:14:39) Chapter 19(04:28:41) Chapter 20(04:42:15) Chapter 21(04:56:02) Chapter 22(05:08:09) Chapter 23(05:23:07) Chapter 24(05:37:32) Chapter 25(05:55:01) Chapter 26 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Girl From Malta by Fergus Hume audiobook. Genre: mysteryOne evening as the P. and O.'s vessel 'Neptune' steams away from Australia to Britain, Ronald Monteith, a young, wealthy Australian is taken into the confidence of a fellow-passenger Lionel Ventin who relates the story of his rather tragic life. When Ventin is found stabbed to death in his cabin the next morning Monteith vows to find the murderer, thinking it must surely be the vengeful wife of whom he spoke who is responsible. When arriving in London he immediately seeks the help of a barrister and a detective. However, as he delves deeper into the mystery, he is mortified to find the evidence begins to point to the girl he has fallen in love with - the girl from Malta..For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:36:23) Chapter 02(01:06:41) Chapter 03(01:38:50) Chapter 04(02:03:44) Chapter 05(02:30:03) Chapter 06(02:59:24) Chapter 07(03:27:44) Chapter 08(03:52:07) Chapter 09(04:13:41) Chapter 10(04:36:53) Chapter 11(05:02:35) Chapter 12(05:26:37) Chapter 13(05:44:52) Chapter 14 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Crimson Cryptogram by Fergus Hume audiobook. Genre: mysteryIn late-Victorian England, young Dr. Robert Ellis is running out of money, patience, and hope. Night after night, he and his journalist friend, Harry Cass, talk in their shabby rooms about a future that never seems to arrive - until a frantic neighbor, the young and shaken Mrs. Moxton, bursts in with a nightmare announcement: her husband has been found dead, murdered in the garden. Ellis and Cass rush to the scene and discover a chilling detail the police cannot ignore - a strange set of marks, scrawled in blood on the victim's sleeve, like a message meant to survive its writer. With no clear suspect and motives buried beneath respectable appearances, the pair are pulled into an investigation that tests Ellis's nerve and Cass's instincts for hidden stories. As they follow a trail of coded clues, uneasy friendships, and carefully guarded secrets, the crimson cryptogram becomes both a puzzle and a warning, hinting at a larger design behind a single violent act. Fergus Hume blends brisk detective work with social tension and mounting suspense, inviting you to solve the code before it is too late.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:14:24) Chapter 02(00:26:51) Chapter 03(00:41:13) Chapter 04(00:57:25) Chapter 05(01:12:47) Chapter 06(01:28:29) Chapter 07(01:42:23) Chapter 08(01:57:59) Chapter 09(02:13:01) Chapter 10(02:26:56) Chapter 11(02:39:52) Chapter 12(02:53:08) Chapter 13(03:07:05) Chapter 14(03:21:29) Chapter 15(03:34:39) Chapter 16(03:49:22) Chapter 17(04:03:35) Chapter 18(04:18:16) Chapter 19(04:33:48) Chapter 20(04:46:03) Chapter 21(04:59:48) Chapter 22(05:13:46) Chapter 23(05:26:56) Chapter 24(05:39:44) Chapter 25(05:52:55) Chapter 26 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Clock Struck One by Fergus Hume audiobook. Genre: mysteryIn the sun-baked lanes outside Canterbury, Dora Carew rides her bicycle with the confidence of a modern young woman, but the home she returns to - the lonely Red House - is steeped in old fears. Her guardian, Julian Edermont, has lived in strict seclusion for years, yet a single church service rattles him to the core: at the prayer for deliverance from murder and sudden death, he nearly collapses, and the name of a newly arrived society guest, Lady Burville, begins to haunt his mutterings. Dora turns to her fiance, Dr. Allen Scott, for help, only to find his own behavior growing strained and secretive as the household tensions sharpen. Then, after a night of uneasy silence and the hall clock chiming one, Edermont is found violently slain in his study. With the village hungry for scandal and suspicion shifting from friend to stranger, Dora is forced to sift gossip, grudges, and half-buried history for the truth. Fergus Hume blends country-house unease, Victorian intrigue, and a determined heroine into a whodunit where the past refuses to stay locked behind closed gates.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:26:26) Chapter 02(00:51:57) Chapter 03(01:18:06) Chapter 04(01:45:13) Chapter 05(02:14:50) Chapter 06(02:43:37) Chapter 07(03:14:03) Chapter 08(03:41:25) Chapter 09(04:09:33) Chapter 10(04:39:09) Chapter 11(05:08:07) Chapter 12(05:37:13) Chapter 13 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bishop’s Secret by Fergus Hume audiobook. Genre: mysteryBishop Pendle is the Church of England bishop in a small fictitious English cathedral town. Several years into his work, he receives a visit from a disreputable-looking visitor. The bishop is much upset. What transpired between them that has so upset the good churchman? And then there is the murder. Fergus Hume was one of the most prolific and most popular of 19th century novelists. 'Mr. Hume won a reputation second to none for plot of the stirring, ingenious, misleading, and finally surprising kind, and for working out his plot in vigorous and picturesque English. In 'The Bishop's Secret,' while there is no falling off in plot and style, there is a welcome and marvelous broadening out as to the cast of characters, representing an unusually wide range of typical men and women. These are not laboriously described by the author, but are made to reveal themselves in action and speech in a way that has, for the reader, all the charm of personal intercourse with living people....'For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:02:55) Chapter 01(00:22:30) Chapter 02(00:43:39) Chapter 03(01:04:06) Chapter 04(01:24:42) Chapter 05(01:42:24) Chapter 06(01:58:54) Chapter 07(02:18:31) Chapter 08(02:36:21) Chapter 09(02:54:21) Chapter 10(03:12:23) Chapter 11(03:30:56) Chapter 12(03:47:31) Chapter 13(04:06:40) Chapter 14(04:24:22) Chapter 15(04:43:55) Chapter 16(05:02:05) Chapter 17(05:22:21) Chapter 18(05:39:55) Chapter 19(05:58:19) Chapter 20(06:18:12) Chapter 21(06:40:02) Chapter 22(06:57:33) Chapter 23(07:19:12) Chapter 24(07:37:56) Chapter 25(07:56:44) Chapter 26(08:16:03) Chapter 27(08:34:25) Chapter 28(08:53:54) Chapter 29(09:12:26) Chapter 30(09:29:54) Chapter 31(09:48:44) Chapter 32(10:06:53) Chapter 33(10:29:13) Chapter 34(10:50:09) Chapter 35(11:13:13) Chapter 36(11:33:25) Chapter 37(11:55:05) Chapter 38(12:18:14) Chapter 39 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Red Money by Fergus Hume audiobook. Genre: mysteryAt Lord Garvington's country estate, a languid shooting-season house party goes looking for novelty in Abbot's Wood: a traveling Romany camp offering fortunes, music, and a brush with the forbidden. The excursion would be harmless gossip, if the neighborhood were not already nervous about a string of burglaries - and if Garvington were not so eager to boast that any midnight intruder will be met with a bullet. When gunfire shatters the quiet and a wounded stranger is seen fleeing across the moonlit grounds, the Manor's polished social games turn instantly lethal. As the authorities close in, suspicion spreads through the guests and the servants alike, and the old tensions beneath the dinner-table chatter boil over: Lady Agnes Pine's uneasy marriage to a powerful millionaire, the return of her impoverished cousin Noel Lambert, and the sharp-eyed interference of Clara Greeby, an heiress with a talent for asking the questions polite society avoids. What begins as a country-house mystery leads into blackmail, hidden identities, and an inheritance whose origin is whispered about as 'red money' - wealth bought at too high a price.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:27:19) Chapter 02(00:54:36) Chapter 03(01:22:42) Chapter 04(01:48:43) Chapter 05(02:17:57) Chapter 06(02:48:41) Chapter 07(03:14:33) Chapter 08(03:40:57) Chapter 09(04:06:35) Chapter 10(04:34:20) Chapter 11(05:03:40) Chapter 12(05:33:02) Chapter 13(05:59:40) Chapter 14(06:26:55) Chapter 15(06:53:35) Chapter 16(07:20:56) Chapter 17(07:50:23) Chapter 18(08:17:08) Chapter 19(08:46:38) Chapter 20(09:22:07) Chapter 21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume audiobook. Genre: mystery“The following report appeared in the Argus newspaper of Saturday, the 28th July, 18--“Truth is said to be stranger than fiction, and certainly the extraordinary murder which took place in Melbourne on Thursday night, or rather Friday morning, goes a long way towards verifying this saying. A crime has been committed by an unknown assassin, within a short distance of the principal streets of this great city, and is surrounded by an impenetrable mystery. …“On the twenty-seventh day of July, at the hour of twenty minutes to two o'clock in the morning, a hansom cab drove up to the police station in Grey Street, St. Kilda, and the driver made the startling statement that his cab contained the body of a man who he had reason to believe had been murdered….” (Excerpt from the first chapter.) For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:06:28) Chapter 01(00:16:02) Chapter 02(00:26:05) Chapter 03(00:27:17) Chapter 04(00:35:13) Chapter 05(00:49:05) Chapter 06(01:03:55) Chapter 07(01:19:59) Chapter 08(01:37:35) Chapter 09(01:58:22) Chapter 10(02:12:52) Chapter 11(02:28:30) Chapter 12(02:44:39) Chapter 13(03:01:44) Chapter 14(03:14:38) Chapter 15(03:30:59) Chapter 16(03:41:41) Chapter 17(03:59:20) Chapter 18(04:11:23) Chapter 19(04:28:35) Chapter 20(04:36:05) Chapter 21(04:50:43) Chapter 22(05:00:40) Chapter 23(05:14:10) Chapter 24(05:29:12) Chapter 25(05:42:58) Chapter 26(05:51:39) Chapter 27(06:05:33) Chapter 28(06:21:16) Chapter 29(06:33:07) Chapter 30(06:48:15) Chapter 31(06:59:18) Chapter 32(07:08:08) Chapter 33(07:23:43) Chapter 34(07:35:41) Chapter 35 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices