American Murder Mysteries: 60 Thrillers & Detective Stories in One Collection (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Detective Craig Kennedy Books, The Silent Bullet, The Poisoned Pen, The War Terror, The Soul Scar…By Arthur B. Reeve
Length139h 32m
About this audiobook
American Murder Mysteries: 60 Thrillers & Detective Stories in One Collection gathers a wide-ranging body of early twentieth-century crime fiction in which murder, espionage, fraud, and psychological menace are subjected to the new authority of scientific detection. Reeve's prose is brisk, procedural, and suspenseful, combining the sensational energies of magazine fiction with the rational architecture of the classical detective tale. In its emphasis on laboratories, machines, poisons, fingerprints, and experimental method, the collection stands at a formative point in American mystery writing, between Victorian ratiocination and the modern forensic thriller. Arthur B. Reeve (1880–1936), best known as the creator of Professor Craig Kennedy, was educated at Princeton and worked as a journalist before becoming one of the most popular mystery writers of his day. His fascination with emerging technologies, criminology, and public fears about modern urban life shaped his fiction. Reeve wrote for a readership newly conscious of electricity, chemistry, mass media, and scientific expertise, making detection a distinctly modern intellectual adventure. This collection is recommended for readers interested in the genealogy of detective fiction, especially those drawn to ingenious plots, period atmosphere, and the birth of forensic imagination in popular literature.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length139 hrs 32 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 20, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
179III. The Watching Eye
2Introduction
180IV. The Vengeance of Wu Fang
3Historical Context
181V. Shadows of War
4Synopsis (Selection)
182VI. The Lost Torpedo
5American Murder Mysteries: 60 Thrillers & Detective Stories in One Collection
183VII. The Gray Friar
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6The Craig Kennedy Series
184VIII. The Vanishing Man
7The Dream Doctor
185IX. The Submarine Harbor
8I. The Dream Doctor
186X. The Conspirators
9II. The Soul Analysis
187XI. The Wireless Detective
10III. The Sybarite
188XII. The Death Cloud
11IV. The Beauty Shop
189XIII. The Searchlight Gun
12V. The Phantom Circuit
190XIV. The Life Chain
13VI. The Detectaphone
191XV. The Flash
14VII. The Green Curse
192XVI. The Disappearing Helmets
15VIII. The Mummy Case
193XVII. The Triumph of Elaine
16IX. The Elixir of Life
194The Soul Scar
17X. The Toxin of Death
195I. The Death-Dream
18XI. The Opium Joint
196II. The Marble Heart
19XII. The “Dope Trust”
197III. The Freud Theory
20XIII. The Kleptomaniac
198IV. The “Hesitation Complex”
21XIV. The Crimeometer
199V. The Psychanalysis
22XV. The Vampire
200VI. The “Other Woman”
23XVI. The Blood Test
201VII. The Crook Detective
24XVII. The Bomb Maker
202VIII. The Poisoned Glass
25XVIII. The “Coke” Fiend
203IX. The Association Test
26XIX. The Submarine Mystery
204X. The Ordeal Bean
27XX. The Wireless Detector
205XI. The Rascon Reports
28XXI. The Ghouls
206XII. The “New Morality”
29XXII. The X-Ray “Movies”
207XIII. The Mechanical Ear
30XXIII. The Death House
208XIV. The “Jung” Method
31XXIV. The Final Day
209XV. The Conflicting Clues
32The War Terror
210XVI. The Finesse
33Introduction
211XVII. The Suppressed Desire
34I. The War Terror
212XVIII. The Confession
35II. The Electro-Magnetic Gun
213XIX. The Lie-Detector
36III. The Murder Syndicate
214XX. The Soul Scar
37IV. The Air Pirate
215The Film Mystery
38V. The Ultra-Violet Ray
216I. A Camera Crime
39VI. The Triple Mirror
217II. The Tiny Scratch
40VII. The Wireless Wiretappers
218III. Tangled Motives
41VIII. The Houseboat Mystery
219IV. The Fatal Script
42IX. The Radio Detective
220V. An Emotional Maze
43X. The Curio Shop
221VI. The First Clue
44XI. The “Pillar of Death”
222VII. Enid Faye
45XII. The Arrow Poison
223VIII. Lawrence Millard
46XIII. The Radium Robber
224IX. White-Light Shadows
47XIV. The Spinthariscope
225X. Chemical Research
48XV. The Asphyxiating Safe
226XI. Forestalled
49XVI. The Dead Line
227XII. Emery Phelps
50XVII. The Paste Replica
228XIII. Marilyn Loring
51XVIII. The Burglar's Microphone
229XIV. Another Clue
52XIX. The Germ Letter
230XV. I Become a Detective
53XX. The Artificial Kidney
231XVI. Enid Assists
54XXI. The Poison Bracelet
232XVII. An Appeal
55XXII. The Devil Worshipers
233XVIII. The Antivenin
56XXIII. The Psychic Curse
234XIX. Around the Circle
57XXIV. The Serpent's Tooth
235XX. The Banquet Scene
58XXV. The “Happy Dust”
236XXI. Merle Shirley Overacts
59XXVI. The Binet Test
237XXII. The Stem
60XXVII. The Lie Detector
238XXIII. Botulin Toxin
61XXVIII. The Family Skeleton
239XXIV. The Invisible Menace
62XXIX. The Lead Poisoner
240XXV. Itching Salve
63XXX. The Electrolytic Murder
241XXVI. A Cigarette Case
64XXXI. The Eugenic Bride
242XXVII. The Film Fire
65XXXII. The Germ Plasm
243XXVIII. The Phosphorus Bomb
66XXXIII. The Sex Control
244XXIX. Microscopic Evidence
67XXXIV. The Billionaire Baby
245XXX. The Ballroom Scene
68XXXV. The Psychanalysis
246XXXI. Physostigmin
69XXXVI. The Ends of Justice
247XXXII. Camera Evidence
70The Social Gangster
248The Silent Bullet
71I. The Social Gangster
249The Silent Bullet
72II. The Cabaret Rouge
250The Scientific Cracksman
73III. The Fox Hunt
251The Bacteriological Detective
74IV. The Tango Thief
252The Deadly Tube
75V. The “The Dansant”
253The Seismograph Adventure
76VI. The Serum Diagnosis
254The Diamond Maker
77VII. The Diamond Queen
255The Azure Ring
78VIII. The Anesthetic Vaporizer
256“Spontaneous Combustion”
79IX. The Twilight Sleep
257The Terror in the Air
80X. The Sixth Sense
258The Black Hand
81XI. The Infernal Machines
259The Artificial Paradise
82XII. The Submarine Bell
260The Steel Door
83XIII. The Super-Toxin
261The Poisoned Pen
84XIV. The Secret Agents
262The Poisoned Pen
85XV. The Germ of Anthrax
263The Yeggman
86XVI. The Sleepmaker
264The Germ of Death
87XVII. The Inter-Urban Handicap
265The Firebug
88XVIII. The Toxin of Fatigue
266The Confidence King
89XIX. The X-Ray Detective
267The Sand-Hog
90XX. The Mechanical Connoisseur
268The White Slave
91XXI. The Radiograph Witness
269The Forger
92XXII. The Absolute Zero
270The Unofficial Spy
93XXIII. The Vacuum Bottle
271The Smuggler
94XXIV. The Solar Plexus
272The Invisible Ray
95XXV. The Demon Engine
273The Campaign Grafter
96XXVI. The Electrolysis Clew
274The Treasure Train
97XXVII. The Perpetual Motion Machine
275The Treasure-Train
98XXVIII. The Cancer House
276The Truth-Detector
99XXIX. The Quack Doctors
277The Soul-Analysis
100XXX. The Filterable Virus
278The Mystic Poisoner
101XXXI. The Voodoo Mystery
279The Phantom Destroyer
102XXXII. The Fluoriscine Test
280The Beauty Mask
103XXXIII. The Respiration Calorimeter
281The Love Meter
104XXXIV. The Evil Eye
282The Vital Principle
105XXXV. The Buried Treasure
283The Rubber Dagger
106XXXVI. The Weed of Madness
284The Submarine Mine
107The Ear in the Wall
285The Gun-Runner
108I. The Vanisher
286The Sunken Treasure
109II. The Black Book
287Other Mysteries
110III. The Safe Robbery
288Guy Garrick
111IV. The Anonymous Letter
289I. The Stolen Motor
112V. The Suffragette Secretary
290II. The Murder Car
113VI. The Woman Detective
291III. The Mystery of the Thicket
114VII. The Gang Leader
292IV. The Liquid Bullet
115VIII. The Shyster Lawyer
293V. The Blackmailer
116IX. The Jury Fixer
294VI. The Gambling Den
117X. The Afternoon Dance
295VII. The Motor Bandit
118XI. The Typewriter Clue
296VIII. The Explanation
119XII. The “Portrait Parle”
297IX. The Raid
120XIII. The Conviction
298X. The Gambling Debt
121XIV. The Beauty Parlour
299XI. The Gangster's Garage
122XV. The Phantom Circuit
300XII. The Detectaphone
123XVI. The Sanitarium
301XIII. The Incendiary
124XVII. The Society Scandal
302XIV. The Escape
125XVIII. The Wall Street Wolf
303XV. The Plot
126XIX. The Escape
304XVI. The Poisoned Needle
127XX. The Metric Photograph
305XVII. The Newspaper Fake
128XXI. The Morgue
306XVIII. The Vocaphone
129XXII. The Canard
307XIX. The Eavesdropper Again
130XXIII. The Confession
308XX. The Speaking Arc
131XXIV. The Debacle of Dorgan
309XXI. The Siege of the Bandits
132XXV. The Blood Crystals
310XXII. The Man Hunt
133XXVI. The White Slave
311XXIII. The Police Dog
134XXVII. The Election Night
312XXIV. The Frame-Up
135Gold of the Gods
313XXV. The Scientific Gunman
136I. The Peruvian Dagger
314The Master Mystery
137II. The Soldier of Fortune
315Chapter I
138III. The Archaeological Detective
316Chapter II
139IV. The Treasure Hunters
317Chapter III
140V. The Wall Street Promoter
318Chapter IV
141VI. The Curse of Mansiche
319Chapter V
142VII. The Arrow Poison
320Chapter VI
143VIII. The Anonymous Letter
321Chapter VII
144IX. The Paper Fibres
322Chapter VIII
145X. The X-Ray Reader
323Chapter IX
146XI. The Shoe-Prints
324Chapter X
147XII. The Evil Eye
325Chapter XI
148XIII. The Poisoned Cigarette
326Chapter XII
149XIV. The Interferometer
327Chapter XIII
150XV. The Weed of Madness
328Chapter XIV
151XVI. The Ear in the Wall
329Chapter XV
152XVII. The Voice From the Air
330Chapter XVI
153XVIII. The Antidote
331Chapter XVII
154XIX. The Burglar Powder
332Chapter XVIII
155XX. The Pulmotor
333Chapter XIX
156XXI. The Telescribe
334Chapter XX
157XXII. The Vanisher
335Chapter XXI
158XXIII. The Acetylene Torch
336Chapter XXII
159XXIV. The Police Dog
337Chapter XXIII
160XXV. The Gold of the Gods
338Chapter XXIV
161The Exploits of Elaine
339Chapter XXV
162I. The Clutching Hand
340Constance Dunlap
163II. The Twilight Sleep
341I. The Forgers
164III. The Vanishing Jewels
342II. The Embezzlers
165IV. “the Frozen Safe”
343III. The Gun Runners
166V. The Poisoned Room
344IV. The Gamblers
167VI. The Vampire
345V. The Eavesdroppers
168VII. The Double Trap
346VI. The Clairvoyants
169VIII. The Hidden Voice
347VII. The Plungers
170IX. The Death Ray
348VIII. The Abductors
171X. The Life Current
349IX. The Shoplifters
172XI. The Hour of Three
350X. The Blackmailers
173XII. The Blood Crystals
351XI. The Dope Fiends
174XIII. The Devil Worshippers
352XII. The Fugitives
175XIV. The Reckoning
353The Conspirators
176The Romance of Elaine
354Analysis
177I. The Serpent Sign
355Reflection
178II. The Cryptic Ring
356Memorable Quotes
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