Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Tragedy of Marsdon Manor

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

An aging, heavily-insured country squire whose estate is in financial ruin is thought to have committed suicide. Hercule Poirot investigates, in the guise of a representative of the victim's insurance company, to uncover the identity of the real murderer. Read more

The Shadow on the Glass

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

At Mr. and Mrs. Unkerton's party in Greenway's House, Mr. Satterthwaite learns of a haunted window: no matter how many times it is replaced, it always contains the image of a gentleman in a plumed hat. When gunshots are heard, Satterthwaite finds that two of the guests have been shot dead, which is shortly followed by a sighting of the gentleman... Read more

The Coming of Mr. Quin

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

On a dark evening, Mr. Harley Quin appears at the door of Royston Hall under the premise that his car has broken down. Once inside, he embarks upon the tragic tale of Royston Hall's former occupants, leading to a dramatic change in the perceptions of the current inhabitants – but has Mr. Quin's revelation come too late? Read more

Bianca

By: Bertrice Small

Narrated by: Jill Tanner

Length: 13 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times best-selling author Bertrice Small earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from RT Book Reviews for her captivating historical romances. Set in Florence during the Renaissance, Bianca begins a new series featuring a beautiful silk merchant's daughter who's sold into marriage following a family scandal. But even after her cruel husband... Read more

The Unfaithful Queen

By: Carolly Erickson

Narrated by: Stina Nielsen

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

From New York Times bestselling author of The Last Wife of Henry VIII, a novel about Catherine Howard, wife of Henry's later years

Amid the turbulent, faction-ridden late reign of the fearsome Henry, eager high-spirited Catherine Howard caught the king's eye—but not before she had been the sensual plaything of at least three other men. Ignorant... Read more

Midnight Haul

By: Max Allan Collins

Narrated by: Dan John Miller

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

When Crane, a graduate journalism student, hears that his fiancée has committed suicide, he’s immediately suspicious and launches into an investigation of her death. The tiny New Jersey town she lived in has seen a rash of suicides lately, with the unlikely coincidence that everyone who has died worked for Kemco, the chemical factory company... Read more

The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford wait anxiously for a letter from Russia that may contain information of international importance hidden beneath the stamp. The letter is anticipated by more than just the Beresfords, and they must fight to keep the information from getting into the wrong hands. Read more

The War of the Worlds Murder

By: Max Allan Collins

Narrated by: Dan John Miller

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Orson Welles is the bombastic wonder boy of radio and stage. But is he also a murderer?Walter Gibson—creator of pulp superhero the Shadow—travels to New York City to collaborate on a script with Welles, star of the radio show The Mercury Theatre on the Air. The young Welles is a charming but difficult taskmaster who relishes dramatic blowouts... Read more

The House at Shiraz

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Mr. Parker Pyne is having trouble trying to get to Beirut, what with his rusty linguistic skills and the less-than-comfortable travelling arrangements. But, with the help of a German pilot, Herr Schlagel, he is soon able to get his bearings. Herr Schlagel confesses that his thoughts are dominated by the mysterious and sudden death of one of his... Read more

The Gate of Baghdad

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Just as boredom is setting in on his long trip by motor coach across the desert to Baghdad, Mr. Parker Pyne reads about the case of the missing Mr. Long, the famous defaulting financier who, as the papers would have it, is in South America. Another member of his party, Captain Smethurst, tells Pyne that he is worried about something. But before... Read more

The Case of the Discontented Soldier

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

When civilian life proves too dull for Major Wilbrahams, he contacts Parker Pyne to escape his boredom. Pyne's assistant arranges a chance meeting with the beautiful Freda Clegg and the two join forces, but on leaving for Africa they encounter more than they had bargained for. Read more

The Titanic Murders

By: Max Allan Collins

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

When a passenger is found dead inside a locked cabin aboard the opulent Titanic, it’s a crime worthy of “the Thinking Machine,” the popular fictional investigator who solves mysteries using formidable logic. So who better to crack this real-life case than author Jacques Futrelle, the man behind America’s favorite detective?On board for a... Read more

The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Mr. Davenheim, a wealthy financier, leaves his home to mail a letter, then fails to return. The story fills the newspapers and intrigues Hercule Poirot, who challenges Inspector Japp with the claim that he can solve the case before the police, and without leaving his flat. Read more

The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Maria Packington suspects her husband of having an affair. In an attempt to revitalise her marriage, she responds to an ad from Mr. Parker Pyne – who promises to provide solutions to unhappiness. Maria's life soon undergoes a rapid transformation… Read more

The Lusitania Murders

By: Max Allan Collins

Narrated by: Jeff Cummings

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

The Lusitania’s final voyage is a newsman’s dream. First come the torpedo warnings. Then come the murders…Journalist and mystery writer Willard Huntington Wright boards the Lusitania in pursuit of a hot story. Under the guise of conducting interviews with prominent passengers, his real assignment is to investigate rumors that the luxury liner is... Read more

Helena

By: Evelyn Waugh

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Evelyn Waugh's personal favorite of his novels and "a superlatively well done book" (Chicago Tribune) set in the age of Emperor Constantine.

Helena is the intelligent, horse-mad daughter of a British chieftain who is thrown into marriage with the man who will one day become the Roman emperor Constantius. Leaving home for lands unknown, she... Read more

The Pearl Harbor Murders

By: Max Allan Collins

Narrated by: Dan John Miller

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Edgar Rice Burroughs created the wildly popular Tarzan of the Apes and John Carter of Mars, but the exploits of his heroes cannot rival the writer’s own explosive adventure, sparked by the tragic murder of a young beauty on a moon-swept Honolulu beach.The killing is written off as the tragic result of a lovers’ quarrel, but Burroughs suspects... Read more

The London Blitz Murders

By: Max Allan Collins

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

By day, she’s Mrs. Mallowan, hospital pharmacist. By night, she’s Agatha Christie, queen of crime.Doing her part for the war effort, Agatha dispenses medicine in shell-shocked London. But the world’s most renowned mystery writer is troubled. Compared to the horrors of World War II, her detective novels seem trivial and quaint. When a Jack the... Read more

Kill Your Darlings

By: Max Allan Collins

Narrated by: Dan John Miller

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Roscoe Kane is one of the last—and, in Mallory’s opinion, best—of the old-school mystery writers. Back in the day, he turned out crime thrillers filled with babes, bullets, and tough-guy banter. But today Kane is filled with bitterness over the nosedive his career took after he sued a publisher. For Mallory, who learned his craft at Kane’s knee,... Read more

The House of Lurking Death

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Throwing on an almost convincing French accent, Tommy is determined to act the Great Detective Hanaud to his and Tuppence’s latest, lovely client. Miss Hargreaves has recently received a box of chocolates from nobody knows who, and, due to her dislike of chocolates, was the only one to not fall afoul of the arsenic-spiked treats. But, Miss... Read more

The First Assassin

By: John J. Miller

Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell

Length: 13 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Winter 1861: the United States teeters on the brink of civil war. In Washington, D.C., Colonel Charles P. Rook is tapped to organize the district’s security and to protect president-elect Abraham Lincoln from the death threats pouring in to the White House. He surrounds the president with bodyguards and fills the city’s rooftops with... Read more

The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings are on holiday at the opulent Grand Metropolitan Hotel in Brighton, where they meet the wife of a wealthy stockbroker. As they discuss the jewels worn by Mrs. Opalsen, the great detective relates his experiences in cases which have concerned some of the best-known jewels in the world. Excited by his anecdotes,... Read more

No Cure for Death

By: Max Allan Collins

Narrated by: Dan John Miller

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

What kind of drama could happen in a small-town Iowa bus station? If you’re a guy like Mallory, it’s the kind that involves sidestepping trouble between a pretty, frightened blonde and a pretty frightening, two-fisted, one-eyed goon. With the help of a handy Pepsi bottle, Mallory saves the lady from the menacing lout, shares a heartfelt moment,... Read more

Nice Weekend for a Murder

By: Max Allan Collins

Narrated by: Dan John Miller

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A mountaintop mansion. A motley collection of guests. A murder. This weekend has all the makings of a classic, cozy mystery story. And a story is all it’s supposed to be—acted out by noted authors and eager fans at the atmospheric Mohonk Mountain House resort in upstate New York.Along with a gaggle of his peers, Mallory’s been invited to join... Read more