Classic Audiobook Collection

The Curved Blades by Carolyn Wells audiobook. Genre: mysteryAt the showplace Long Island estate known as Garden Steps, wealth is a performance and every visitor has a role to play, until the household's formidable mistress, Lucy Carrington, is found dead in her private rooms. She is discovered bizarrely posed for display, dressed in finery and glittering with jewels, with unsettling details at the scene that hint at more than one method of murder. The local police face a maze of motives and alibis, and suspicion quickly spreads through Lucy's inner circle, including her charming niece, a devoted social secretary, a cousin entangled in financial affairs, a sharp-eyed maid, and a mysterious man styling himself a count. To cut through the elegant lies, celebrated criminologist Fleming Stone is summoned, bringing patience, logic, and an instinct for the small inconsistencies others miss. But the case turns dangerously personal when Stone finds himself drawn to the very person the evidence seems to circle. As interviews tighten and secrets surface, Stone must balance heart and duty before the killer can vanish behind the estate's polished manners and cultivated beauty.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:34:50) Chapter 02(01:05:18) Chapter 03(01:39:24) Chapter 04(02:10:07) Chapter 05(02:42:56) Chapter 06(03:12:02) Chapter 07(03:43:37) Chapter 08(04:17:36) Chapter 09(04:53:08) Chapter 10(05:22:12) Chapter 11(05:55:43) Chapter 12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Faulkner's Folly by Carolyn Wells audiobook. Genre: mysteryEric Stannard, wealthy artist and portrait painter of international reputation is found dead in his studio, an etching needle protruding from his chest. The lights had gone out momentarily just before he was found by a footman and a long-time friend. Standing beside the victim is Joyce his wife and his model Natalie both seeming to be struck with terror and shock!! At first glance the suspects seem obvious...but what about the artist's son who is in love with Natalie, the neighbor in love with the wife, a burglar? Will a psychic help find the murderer? Or will it fall upon the great detective Alan Ford to solve this one?For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:17:22) Chapter 02(00:34:27) Chapter 03(00:52:05) Chapter 04(01:09:44) Chapter 05(01:27:44) Chapter 06(01:45:04) Chapter 07(02:02:21) Chapter 08(02:21:14) Chapter 09(02:39:01) Chapter 10(02:56:25) Chapter 11(03:15:03) Chapter 12(03:35:07) Chapter 13(03:50:08) Chapter 14(04:06:50) Chapter 15(04:23:36) Chapter 16(04:40:13) Chapter 17(04:57:15) Chapter 18(05:14:13) Chapter 19(05:30:55) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anybody But Anne by Carolyn Wells audiobook. Genre: romanceNarrated in the first person by Raymond Sturgis, Anne's old high-school beau, the story opens with a lavish house party hosted by the Van Wycks. David Van Wyck has suddenly decided to become a philanthropist and proposes to give away his entire fortune to the building of a new library in the community, thus leaving his family penniless. The morning following his late meeting with the library committee, David is found dead in his locked study. The Van Wyck pearls are missing as is the deed giving away the fortune. But is it murder or suicide? A detective is hired but when he fails to solve the mystery Fleming Stone is called in to wrap things up. The characters are diverse & interesting, not to mention that a few of the men are extremely anxious to become Anne's next husbandFor ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:34:46) Chapter 02(01:11:56) Chapter 03(01:49:58) Chapter 04(02:28:16) Chapter 05(03:01:31) Chapter 06(03:39:10) Chapter 07(04:18:00) Chapter 08(05:04:02) Chapter 09(05:42:41) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mystery of the Iron Box by Bruce Campbell audiobook. Genre: mysteryKen Holt, a sharp, levelheaded teenage reporter for the Brentwood Advance, is counting the days until his father, Richard Holt, a globe-traveling newspaper correspondent, finally comes home for a Christmas visit. The reunion feels like a holiday gift in itself - until Richard arrives with an odd present for the Allens (the family Ken lives with): an antique iron box, heavy, ornate, and seemingly not worth the trouble it soon attracts. Almost immediately, Ken and his best friend, Sandy Allen, notice unsettling signs around the house: strange noises, unexplained drafts, and the sense that someone has been prowling where they do not belong. When an attempted burglary and other escalating incidents point back to the box, the boys' reporter instincts kick in. Why would anyone risk arrest for an old metal container? Following their hunch from the Allens' home to local shops and shadowy encounters, Ken and Sandy dig into the box's history and the people desperate to get their hands on it. Each clue pulls them deeper into a web of deception that tests their courage, their judgment, and the line between curiosity and real danger.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:19:25) Chapter 02(00:37:33) Chapter 03(00:53:13) Chapter 04(01:08:41) Chapter 05(01:24:28) Chapter 06(01:46:20) Chapter 07(01:59:10) Chapter 08(02:13:51) Chapter 09(02:34:24) Chapter 10(02:50:44) Chapter 11(03:06:55) Chapter 12(03:22:42) Chapter 13(03:42:54) Chapter 14(03:56:34) Chapter 15(04:08:03) Chapter 16(04:21:25) Chapter 17(04:35:29) Chapter 18(04:49:26) Chapter 19(04:59:40) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Chain of Destiny by Bram Stoker audiobook. Genre: horrorFrank Stanford, strapping young man, heads out to the countryside to visit his old friends Mr. and Mrs. Trevor as the Scarp estate. What begins as a warm visit with his ersatz parental figures turns into something both ominous and wonderful with the announcement by Mrs. Trevor that they are to be visited by a young Miss Fothering who Mrs. Trevor feels Frank will fall in love with almost immediately. Frank takes it all in stride until he has a terrible nightmare that evening of dreadful things to come upon Miss Fothering's arrival. Will there be a 'happily ever after' for the pair of lovebirds or will an ancient family curse finally come to bare?For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:21:32) Chapter 02(00:42:05) Chapter 03(01:12:22) Chapter 04 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recollections of Napoleon at St. Helena by Betsy Balcombe audiobook. Genre: biographyIn this memoir written by Betsy Balcombe, who was a precocious 14 year old at the time of events, we are provided with a rare account of the character, the moods and humanity of Napoleon Bonaparte. She recalls her initial shock and fear at the arrival of the famous, exiled prisoner on the remote Island of St. Helena where she and her family resided. And how surprised she was when Napoleon decided he wanted to live with them at 'the Briars' until his home in Longwood would be made ready for him. She relates from memory how she came to think of him as a friend, a delightful companion, and a remarkable man.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:02:28) Chapter 01(00:25:58) Chapter 02(00:47:42) Chapter 03(01:07:00) Chapter 04(01:23:42) Chapter 05(01:44:16) Chapter 06(02:10:51) Chapter 07(02:33:42) Chapter 08(02:59:38) Chapter 09(03:17:09) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The ABC of Atoms by Bertrand Russell audiobook. Genre: scienceWritten at the dawn of modern physics, Bertrand Russell's The ABC of Atoms invites the general reader into a world where solid matter turns out to be mostly empty space, stitched together by forces that are stranger than common sense. With a philosopher's clarity and a teacher's patience, Russell explains how scientists moved from chemistry's periodic law to the discovery of electrons, nuclei, and the architecture of atoms. He guides listeners through the evidence hidden in light itself: the hydrogen spectrum and its puzzling lines, the emerging quantum ideas needed to account for atomic behavior, and the refinements that reshaped what an atom could be. Along the way, the story broadens to include rings and shells of electrons, the revelations of X-rays and radioactivity, and the developing picture of nuclear structure. The book also places atomic theory inside the wider revolution of early twentieth-century science, touching on wave theories of light and the unsettling implications of relativity. Both an accessible primer and a snapshot of scientific thinking in 1923, this concise classic captures the thrill, uncertainty, and rigor of learning what matter is made of.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:10:51) Chapter 02(00:24:22) Chapter 03(00:42:45) Chapter 04(00:59:18) Chapter 05(01:11:27) Chapter 06(01:25:53) Chapter 07(01:42:51) Chapter 08(01:58:48) Chapter 09(02:13:19) Chapter 10(02:30:43) Chapter 11(02:45:46) Chapter 12(03:00:30) Chapter 13 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Octave of Claudius by Barry Pain audiobook. Genre: horrorClaudius Sandell is young, clever, and nearly broken: disowned by his father, rejected by publishers, and left to starve on the streets of London. When the formidable surgeon Dr. Gabriel Lamb rescues him from the brink of death, the help comes with a proposition that is as tempting as it is terrifying. Lamb offers Claudius a fortune and an octave of time - eight days to live as he pleases - but at the end of that brief holiday Claudius must report back to the doctor and submit to a secret experiment that Lamb insists will benefit mankind. Suddenly armed with money and possibility, Claudius tries to rebuild everything that seemed lost: his work, his reputation, his future, and the chance of love. Yet every triumph only sharpens the same question: what is a life worth when it has already been sold? As the eighth day draws closer, Claudius is pulled between pride, gratitude, fear, and a growing suspicion that Dr. Lamb's household hides darker histories than any simple bargain can explain. Barry Pain blends social satire with mounting dread in a compact tale of ambition, debt, and the cost of desperation.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:11:07) Chapter 02(00:24:02) Chapter 03(00:35:40) Chapter 04(00:48:23) Chapter 05(01:03:16) Chapter 06(01:27:39) Chapter 07(01:42:35) Chapter 08(02:07:44) Chapter 09(02:42:18) Chapter 10(03:10:50) Chapter 11(03:34:21) Chapter 12(03:54:44) Chapter 13(04:20:58) Chapter 14(04:44:38) Chapter 15(05:03:00) Chapter 16(05:18:24) Chapter 17(05:40:25) Chapter 18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bronze Eagle - A Story of the Hundred Days by Baroness E. Orczy audiobook. Genre: adventureFrance, 1815: the Bourbons have been restored, loyalties are brittle, and then a startling rumor becomes reality - Napoleon has escaped Elba and is marching back toward Paris. In this charged moment, Crystal de Cambray, proud daughter of an uncompromising royalist exile, is being drawn into a brilliant match with Victor de Marmont, a polished young aristocrat who carefully hides a dangerous truth: his heart belongs to the Emperor. Standing between them is Bobby Clyffurde, an English gentleman whose affection for Crystal is complicated by his outsider's view of French politics and by his growing alarm at the webs of deception tightening around her family. As factions maneuver, friends become rivals, and private promises collide with public cause, Crystal is forced to question what honor demands when the country itself is changing shape overnight. Sweeping from glittering salons to shadowed meetings, The Bronze Eagle blends romance and intrigue with the thunder of history, as the Hundred Days rush toward an inevitable reckoning.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:13:00) Chapter 01(01:01:01) Chapter 02(01:38:56) Chapter 03(02:36:01) Chapter 04(03:09:41) Chapter 05(04:15:50) Chapter 06(05:22:49) Chapter 07(06:32:17) Chapter 08(07:42:00) Chapter 09(08:42:18) Chapter 10(09:17:50) Chapter 11(10:20:37) Chapter 12(11:21:09) Chapter 13(12:10:35) Chapter 14(12:51:08) Chapter 15(13:30:48) Chapter 16(14:14:39) Chapter 17(14:46:01) Chapter 18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beau Brocade by Baroness E. Orczy audiobook. Genre: romanceIn the tense aftermath of the Jacobite defeat, the moors and villages of Derbyshire fill with King George's troops, proclamations, and rewards for anyone accused of treason. Philip James Gascoyne, young Earl of Stretton, has become a hunted man - not for what he has done, but for what a powerful enemy insists he has done. Forced into rough disguise and desperate secrecy, Philip finds precarious shelter at the forge of John Stitch, an honest blacksmith whose loyalty could cost him everything. Philip's one hope lies in reaching his sister, Lady Patience Gascoyne, and placing in her hands the letters that can clear his name. But the road to London is watched, and Sir Humphrey Challoner is determined to tighten the net. Into this danger rides Beau Brocade, a masked highwayman whispered of with equal parts fear and admiration, who steals boldly from the privileged and seems to answer to a private code of honor. As Patience wagers her safety on trust and speed, Orczy weaves romance, pursuit, and secret identity into a swashbuckling struggle against injustice, where one misstep could mean ruin for them all.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:23:42) Chapter 02(00:36:25) Chapter 03(00:53:41) Chapter 04(01:12:55) Chapter 05(01:36:53) Chapter 06(01:47:52) Chapter 07(02:02:01) Chapter 08(02:07:42) Chapter 09(02:29:07) Chapter 10(02:53:13) Chapter 11(03:01:12) Chapter 12(03:13:15) Chapter 13(03:32:07) Chapter 14(03:55:47) Chapter 15(04:03:36) Chapter 16(04:20:15) Chapter 17(04:30:58) Chapter 18(05:02:26) Chapter 19(05:17:56) Chapter 20(05:34:37) Chapter 21(05:54:16) Chapter 22(06:08:12) Chapter 23(06:20:49) Chapter 24(06:33:04) Chapter 25(06:47:52) Chapter 26(07:01:06) Chapter 27(07:16:36) Chapter 28(07:32:38) Chapter 29(07:50:05) Chapter 30(08:03:14) Chapter 31(08:13:16) Chapter 32(08:24:53) Chapter 33(08:42:37) Chapter 34(09:05:30) Chapter 35(09:20:16) Chapter 36(09:43:38) Chapter 37(09:54:50) Chapter 38 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices