Historical Fiction audiobooks

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

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 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

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 Hindenburg Murders

By: Max Allan Collins

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

How the Hindenburg went from luxury airship to gargantuan fireball wasn’t the only mystery surrounding the zeppelin’s fatal flight. First came the murder.When a passenger vanishes during the Hindenburg’s trans-Atlantic voyage from Frankfurt to New Jersey, mystery writer Leslie Charteris is asked to use his knowledge of the criminal mind to... 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 Adventure of the ‘Western Star’

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Movie star Mary Marvell consults with Hercule Poirot after receiving threatening letters that warn her to return her diamond, the famous ""Western Star,"" to its rightful owner. But who does own the diamond, and is it even the genuine article? Read more

The Baby Blue Rip-Off

By: Max Allan Collins

Narrated by: Dan John Miller

Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Vietnam vet Mallory has been everywhere and done everything—from hippie life to construction work, from covering a reporter’s beat to walking a cop’s—before finally returning to small-town Iowa to try his hand at writing. In between crafting whodunits, he does his part for the community by ferrying hot meals to little old ladies. But then his... Read more

Finessing the King

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A personal advertisement written in code attracts the attention of Tuppence Beresford. When Tuppence suspects that the code involves the Three Arts Ball, she persuades Tommy to attend dressed in costume. Tuppence's suspicions prove to be correct when a murder takes place, but as all of the guests are dressed in masquerade, identifying the killer... 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 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 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 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

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 Affair of the Pink Pearl

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

While staying with the Kingston Bruce family, Mrs. Hamilton Betts discovers that her valuable pink pearl is missing. Presuming it to have been stolen by another houseguest, the concerned host contacts the Beresfords for help. Read more

A Cruel Harvest

By: Paul Reid

Narrated by: Sarah Coomes

Length: 13 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in 1790, A Cruel Harvest tells the epic tale of Orlaith and Brannon, young lovers whose futures are jeopardized when Moorish pirates raid their Irish fishing village. Orlaith and her infant son manage to escape the savage attack, but Brannon is captured. Thrown into the hold of the pirates’ ship, the young farmer is spirited away to the... 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 Moonstone

By: Wilkie Collins

Narrated by: The Moonstone Cast

Length: 20 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Stolen from the forehead of a Hindu idol, the dazzling gem known as "The Moonstone" resurfaces at a birthday party in an English country home - with an enigmatic trio of watchful Brahmins hot on its trail. Laced with superstitions, suspicion, humor, and romance, this 1868 mystery draws readers into a compelling tale with twists and turns ranging... Read more

Sunlight on the Mersey

By: Lyn Andrews

Narrated by: Julie Maisey

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The enthralling and heartwarming new novel from the hugely popular Sunday Times bestselling author of TO LOVE AND TO CHERISH and A SECRET IN THE FAMILY.

The Great War is over, and sisters Iris and Rose are adjusting to life in their modest Liverpool home after their brother Charlie has returned from the front. But when their mother sends Rose to... Read more

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie (Oprah's Book Club 2.0)

By: Ayana Mathis

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo, Bahni Turpin & Adam Lazarre-White

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The newest Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 selection.
 
The arrival of a major new voice in contemporary fiction. 
 
A debut of extraordinary distinction: Ayana Mathis tells the story of the children of the Great Migration through the trials of one unforgettable family.

In 1923, fifteen-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia and settles in Philadelphia, hoping... Read more

In This Hospitable Land

By: Lynmar Brock Jr.

Narrated by: David Baker

Length: 14 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Award Winning Finalist in the Fiction: Historical category of the International Book AwardsWhen the Germans invade Belgium in 1940, chemistry professor André Severin fears the worst. His colleagues believe their social and political positions will protect them during the occupation, but André knows better. He has watched Hitler’s rise to power... Read more

Highland Surrender

By: Tracy Brogan

Narrated by: Sarah Coomes

Length: 12 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A Desert Rose RWA Golden Quill Award Winner, Historical Romance.To seal a fragile truce, Fiona Sinclair’s brothers trade her in marriage to their sworn enemy. Though devastated by their betrayal, she has little choice in the matter, for if she refuses, her innocent young sister must take her place. The spirited Fiona is willing to sacrifice her... Read more

The South

By: Colm Toibin

Narrated by: Terry Donnelly

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A highly acclaimed novel from the author of Brooklyn and an “immensely gifted and accomplished writer” (The Washington Post), about an Irishwoman who creates a new life in post-war Spain.

In 1950, Katherine Proctor leaves Ireland for Barcelona, determined to escape her family and become a painter. There she meets Miguel, an anarchist veteran of... Read more