"The Mystery of the Blue Train," by Agatha Christie
Another, earlier pre-Orient-Express train ride for Hercule Poirot comes complete with jewel robberies, blackmail, and...
05:03
"The Mystery of the Blue Train," by Agatha Christie
Another, earlier pre-Orient-Express train ride for Hercule Poirot comes complete with jewel robberies, blackmail, and...
05:03
"The Laughing Dog," by Francis Vivian
On the Classic Mysteries podcast this week, you might call it a portrait of the artist as a young...dog? Inspector...
04:34
"Murder in Vienna," by E.C.R. Lorac
On the Classic Mysteries blog, Scotland Yard Inspector Macdonald thought he was going on holiday in Vienna. So how...
04:55
"Murder in Vienna," by E.C.R. Lorac
On the Classic Mysteries blog, Scotland Yard Inspector Macdonald thought he was going on holiday in Vienna. So how...
04:55
"The Orange Axe," by Brian Flynn
A grim solution to a grim problem: how to deal with a loathsome blackmailer who may also be a serial killer? For...
05:29
"Death of a Doxy," by Rex Stout
In Archie Goodwin’s world view, the word that best fits Isabel Kerr is a four-letter word: doxy. The dictionary...
06:17
"Some Die Eloquent," by Catherine Aird
The dead woman was a humble chemistry teacher at a girls' school. So, wonders Detective Inspector C.D. Sloan, why did...
05:21
"Unusual Suspects: Selected Non-Fiction," by Joseph Goodrich
On the Classic Mysteries podcast this week, a review of some non-fiction - a book of essays about mysteries and the...
08:31
"A Maigret Christmas and Other Stories," by Georges Simenon
Maigret stars in one of these holiday stories, while other associates of Maigret feature in two more tales of holiday...
06:50
"Halfway House," by Ellery Queen
Too bad about Joe Wilson. The itinerant traveling salesman had a secret. And it’s only fair to point out that...
04:55
"The Spiked Lion," by Brian Flynn
The victim's body turned up under a tree in a park, the body unusually battered and bruised – but that’s...
05:04
"It Walks By Night," by John Dickson Carr
It couldn't have been suicide - the victim was beheaded inside a watched and locked room - but the room was empty,...
06:07
"The Case of the Leaning Man," by Christopher Bush
A theatrical and criminal problem for Ludovic Travers to solve.
04:59
"It Might Lead Anywhere," by E.R. Punshon
Right from the start, it was clearly going to be an interesting case – the murder of an inoffensive little man...
05:09
"Crossed Skis, by Carol Carnac
What connection could there be between a gruesome fire in a London house and a ski holiday in Lech Am Arlberg in the...
05:25
"The Christmas Egg," by Mary Kelly
Princess Olga Karukhin escaped from Russia after the revolution. Was she murdered for her supposed collection of art...
04:49
"Death and the Dutch Uncle," by Patricia Moyes
The death of a two-bit hustler was just the tip of the iceberg – that iceberg being a delicate international...
05:20
"The Glimpses of the Moon," by Edmund Crispin
a mystery with artfully rearranged bodies & missing heads & eccentric characters & assorted mayhem - and...
06:49
"The French Powder Mystery," by Ellery Queen
Passersby watching the daily advertising show in French's Department Store window got a lot more than they expected...
06:16
"Tread Softly," by Brian Flynn
Claude Merivale admits he strangled his wife - but he says he did so while in a sleep so deep that everything he did,...
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