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The Woman in the Alcove by Anna Katharine Green ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Dec 14, 2022

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The Woman in the Alcove by Anna Katharine Green audiobook.

Genre: mystery

At a glittering New York ball, plain, practical Rita Van Arsdale is stunned when Anson Durand, the man she has quietly admired, proposes marriage. Moments later the night turns sinister: the celebrated beauty Mrs. Fairbrother is discovered murdered in a curtained recess known as the alcove, and the spectacular diamond that drew every eye has vanished. Whispers race through the mansion, the guests become suspects, and the police close in - with Anson uncomfortably near the center of suspicion. Refusing to let her future be decided by rumor and circumstantial evidence, Rita begins to watch, listen, and reconstruct the evening's hidden movements for herself. Moving between drawing rooms and back corridors, she confronts coded conversations, social rivalries, and a household full of people with something to conceal, while working alongside official investigators whose methods do not always match her instincts. Anna Katharine Green blends courtroom-sharp logic with high-society tension in a mystery where love complicates testimony, appearances mislead, and one secluded alcove holds the key to a deadly truth.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:25:48) Chapter 02

(00:52:14) Chapter 03

(01:23:30) Chapter 04

(01:42:50) Chapter 05

(02:06:02) Chapter 06

(02:20:28) Chapter 07

(02:54:19) Chapter 08

(03:00:25) Chapter 09

(03:13:16) Chapter 10

(03:25:37) Chapter 11

(03:38:01) Chapter 12

(03:56:58) Chapter 13

(04:17:53) Chapter 14

(04:40:17) Chapter 15

(04:59:53) Chapter 16

(05:11:47) Chapter 17

(05:26:54) Chapter 18

(05:37:32) Chapter 19

(05:43:42) Chapter 20

(05:55:19) Chapter 21

(06:11:16) Chapter 22

(06:21:07) Chapter 23

(06:51:34) Chapter 24

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The Thief by Anna Katharine Green ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Dec 14, 2022

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The Thief by Anna Katharine Green audiobook.

Genre: mystery

In Anna Katharine Green's classic short mystery The Thief, an elegant dinner party is interrupted by a small disaster with big consequences: a valuable coin, passed from hand to hand for everyone to admire, suddenly vanishes. With polite society teetering on the edge of scandal, the host tries to restore order by proposing a simple, seemingly fair test - each gentleman will empty his pockets to prove his innocence. The plan works at once for most of the company...until one guest flatly refuses the search and abruptly leaves the house. His defiance turns a parlor-room puzzle into a question of character, motive, and appearances: is the bold objector the obvious culprit, or is he protecting something else that would be just as damaging if revealed? As suspicion spreads, Green uses tight, conversational narration and keen social observation to explore how quickly reputations can be dismantled, and how easily circumstantial evidence can mislead. The result is a compact, sharply constructed whodunit in which every gesture and hesitation matters, and the truth hides in the details everyone thinks they can safely ignore.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:25:35) Chapter 02

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The Sword of Damocles by Anna Katharine Green ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Dec 14, 2022

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The Sword of Damocles by Anna Katharine Green audiobook.

Genre: mystery

In gilded Gilded Age New York, Bertram Mandeville has talent, charm, and a rising reputation as a concert pianist - yet love makes him restless. Convinced that art alone cannot win the woman he adores, Bertram turns from the keyboard to the ruthless promises of Wall Street, placing his future in the hands of his powerful relative, Mr. Sylvester. Then a strange summons arrives, carried through the city by a shadowy messenger, and Bertram is drawn into a web that reaches far beyond romance: a young woman named Paula, shaken by recent tragedy and guarded by formidable aunts, moves like a quiet riddle through drawing rooms and village lanes, while whispers gather around a grand house, a lingering old woman, and questions no one dares ask aloud. As money, reputation, and affection become dangerously intertwined, doors that should stay closed begin to open - in banks, in homes, and in human hearts. With the threat of scandal and judgment hanging overhead like the fabled sword, Green builds a story of ambition and conscience, where justice and mercy may demand very different prices.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:04:27) Chapter 02

(00:17:40) Chapter 03

(00:40:24) Chapter 04

(01:04:46) Chapter 05

(01:31:56) Chapter 06

(01:36:34) Chapter 07

(01:53:16) Chapter 08

(02:10:02) Chapter 09

(02:39:28) Chapter 10

(02:55:58) Chapter 11

(03:19:18) Chapter 12

(03:43:39) Chapter 13

(04:12:14) Chapter 14

(04:47:00) Chapter 15

(05:06:46) Chapter 16

(05:35:38) Chapter 17

(06:02:19) Chapter 18

(06:10:19) Chapter 19

(06:25:19) Chapter 20

(06:45:32) Chapter 21

(07:06:55) Chapter 22

(07:30:49) Chapter 23

(07:54:07) Chapter 24

(08:18:36) Chapter 25

(08:44:29) Chapter 26

(09:15:59) Chapter 27

(09:30:17) Chapter 28

(09:59:09) Chapter 29

(10:03:48) Chapter 30

(10:23:33) Chapter 31

(10:36:31) Chapter 32

(11:07:34) Chapter 33

(11:31:29) Chapter 34

(11:55:52) Chapter 35

(12:31:46) Chapter 36

(12:43:25) Chapter 37

(13:24:30) Chapter 38

(13:34:25) Chapter 39

(14:38:13) Chapter 40

(14:42:09) Chapter 41

(15:20:10) Chapter 42

(15:33:24) Chapter 43

(15:41:03) Chapter 44

(16:02:47) Chapter 45

(16:20:38) Chapter 46

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The Staircase at the Heart’s Delight by Anna Katharine Green ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Dec 14, 2022

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The Staircase at the Heart’s Delight by Anna Katharine Green audiobook.

Genre: mystery

In turn-of-the-century New York, veteran police detective Ebenezer Gryce is unsettled by a pattern of deaths that look like simple accidents: prominent, well-to-do men pulled from the water, drowned under circumstances that never quite add up. With no obvious suspect and only the city's whispers to guide him, Gryce's attention sharpens when a shaken young man arrives with a disturbing story: a crooked pawnbroker who hints, with chilling confidence, that the death of a rich father can be arranged like any other transaction. Following that thread leads Gryce away from respectable parlors and into the riverfront shadows, toward a rough drinking house known as The Heart's Delight, where desperate men gamble, talk too freely, and vanish. To reach the truth, Gryce must risk an undercover role that tests his nerve and his judgment, navigating a web of greed, intimidation, and carefully engineered misdirection. At the center of it all is a notorious staircase and a place built to turn a single misstep into silence, unless Gryce can read the trap before it closes.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:16:21) Chapter 2

(00:36:03) Chapter 3

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The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow by Anna Katharine Green ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Dec 14, 2022

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The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow by Anna Katharine Green audiobook.

Genre: mystery

It is the noon hour at a museum in New York City. The date: May 23, 1913. The weekday, attendance is light; the attendees are scattered between two floors. Suddenly a cry rings out from the second floor. Scrambling to Section II, the museum director discovers a teenage girl dead with an arrow through her heart. An older woman hovers over her whispering incoherent phrases in the girl's ear and offering incomprehensible answers to the director's questions. She is the only witness to the crime, or accident, as the case may be. How will the feeble, 83 year-old Mr. Gryce unravel this mystery when this witness is apparently insane?

Anna Katharine Green was noted for her scientific approach to the murder mystery. In The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow she breaks more ground with her in-depth study of the psychological interplay between the murderer, the victim and the witnesses. Although more quietly paced, this mystery presents many elements of a current psychological thriller: blind ambition, narcissism, obsession and betrayal. Green adds a peculiar twist with the fact that two heartbroken relatives of the victim sacrifice virtually everything to protect the murderer

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:13:22) Chapter 02

(00:34:43) Chapter 03

(00:50:58) Chapter 04

(01:12:04) Chapter 05

(01:34:12) Chapter 06

(01:42:22) Chapter 07

(02:10:54) Chapter 08

(02:38:19) Chapter 09

(02:56:37) Chapter 10

(03:10:29) Chapter 11

(03:17:40) Chapter 12

(03:30:16) Chapter 13

(03:41:12) Chapter 14

(04:01:41) Chapter 15

(04:10:27) Chapter 16

(04:27:00) Chapter 17

(04:36:14) Chapter 18

(04:54:09) Chapter 19

(05:21:32) Chapter 20

(05:42:46) Chapter 21

(05:51:39) Chapter 22

(06:03:54) Chapter 23

(06:17:24) Chapter 24

(06:40:48) Chapter 25

(06:53:33) Chapter 26

(07:21:28) Chapter 27

(07:30:26) Chapter 28

(07:36:44) Chapter 29

(07:56:53) Chapter 30

(08:16:34) Chapter 31

(08:28:00) Chapter 32

(08:35:37) Chapter 33

(09:09:42) Chapter 34

(09:38:41) Chapter 35

(09:44:53) Chapter 36

(10:13:19) Chapter 37

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The Millionaire Baby by Anna Katharine Green ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Dec 14, 2022

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The Millionaire Baby by Anna Katharine Green audiobook.

Genre: mystery

When six-year-old Gwendolen Ocumpaugh vanishes from her wealthy family's estate, New York is jolted by a chilling headline and an even more startling offer: a five-thousand-dollar reward for information leading to the child's recovery, alive or dead. The announcement is irresistible to Mr. Trevitt, a private detective whose recent failures have left his reputation frayed and his finances desperate. He knows the Ocumpaugh name, understands how quickly public sympathy can curdle into suspicion, and senses that the case is far more intricate than a simple snatch-and-run. As the search expands from polished drawing rooms to shadowed lanes and riverbanks, every clue seems to point in two directions at once, and every witness carries a private motive. With the police pressing for answers, the press inflaming rumors, and the family's own relationships tightening into knots, Trevitt must separate performance from truth in a world where money buys both silence and deception. Anna Katharine Green blends methodical investigation with social tension, building a suspenseful puzzle about status, secrecy, and the perilous distance between public appearances and private lives.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:34:12) Chapter 02

(00:45:25) Chapter 03

(01:01:46) Chapter 04

(01:23:18) Chapter 05

(01:38:01) Chapter 06

(02:02:07) Chapter 07

(02:15:16) Chapter 08

(02:31:16) Chapter 09

(02:44:19) Chapter 10

(02:54:00) Chapter 11

(03:42:42) Chapter 12

(04:06:53) Chapter 13

(04:11:59) Chapter 14

(04:18:51) Chapter 15

(04:24:09) Chapter 16

(04:50:23) Chapter 17

(05:11:33) Chapter 18

(05:28:29) Chapter 19

(05:42:22) Chapter 20

(06:00:40) Chapter 21

(06:35:50) Chapter 22

(06:43:51) Chapter 23

(06:55:45) Chapter 24

(07:04:40) Chapter 25

(07:07:12) Chapter 26

(07:19:17) Chapter 27

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The Mill Mystery by Anna Katharine Green ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Dec 14, 2022

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The Mill Mystery by Anna Katharine Green audiobook.

Genre: mystery

In a quiet New England village, an abandoned mill becomes the scene of a scandal that the town cannot stop talking about. The Reverend Mr. Barrows, admired for his gentleness and moral certainty, is discovered dead in the mill's shadowy interior, and the simplest explanations spread fast: a tragic accident, or a despairing suicide. But the facts do not sit easily with Ada Reynolds, the young woman bound to him by a secret engagement, and her certainty makes her an immediate target for gossip and suspicion. When Ada herself dies the very same day, her grieving roommate, Constance Sterling - an orphan with little money, fewer allies, and a fierce sense of loyalty - finds she cannot accept the story the village has already chosen. Drawn into a web of whispered motives, guarded relationships, and a second, unexpected connection to a wealthy matron on the far side of town, Constance begins to trace the narrow path between what is publicly believed and what is privately true. As each new clue deepens the mystery of the mill, Constance must decide how far she will go to clear a name, expose a lie, and survive the consequences of asking forbidden questions.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:16:20) Chapter 02

(00:49:01) Chapter 03

(01:16:09) Chapter 04

(01:29:55) Chapter 05

(01:47:15) Chapter 06

(02:04:38) Chapter 07

(02:21:29) Chapter 08

(02:42:39) Chapter 09

(02:59:43) Chapter 10

(03:18:42) Chapter 11

(03:51:13) Chapter 12

(04:06:01) Chapter 13

(04:27:21) Chapter 14

(04:42:52) Chapter 15

(05:09:23) Chapter 16

(05:35:12) Chapter 17

(05:54:11) Chapter 18

(06:12:30) Chapter 19

(06:28:27) Chapter 20

(06:48:35) Chapter 21

(07:16:33) Chapter 22

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The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Dec 14, 2022

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The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green audiobook.

Genre: mystery

When a wealthy New York banker is found murdered in his own home, the crime threatens to shatter a powerful family and ignite a public scandal. The victim's household is full of secrets: anxious relatives, wary servants, and visitors whose alibis crumble under scrutiny. Into this uneasy maze steps detective Ebenezer Gryce, a methodical investigator whose quiet persistence and sharp eye for detail make him uniquely suited to unraveling contradictions that others overlook. As the inquiry deepens, Gryce must weigh hard evidence against social appearances, navigate the rigid expectations placed on women and family honor, and follow a trail of letters, locked rooms, and troubling omissions. Each witness seems to know just enough to mislead, and every new discovery raises a fresh question about motive, opportunity, and the hidden histories that bind the Leavenworth name together. With tension building in courtrooms and drawing rooms alike, the case becomes a battle between truth and reputation, and Gryce must solve the puzzle before an irreversible accusation destroys the wrong life.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:13:04) Chapter 02

(00:22:05) Chapter 03

(00:50:09) Chapter 04

(01:00:20) Chapter 05

(01:13:11) Chapter 06

(01:22:56) Chapter 07

(01:35:53) Chapter 08

(01:59:47) Chapter 09

(02:15:07) Chapter 10

(02:32:36) Chapter 11

(02:44:12) Chapter 12

(02:55:38) Chapter 13

(03:08:56) Chapter 14

(03:28:20) Chapter 15

(03:44:48) Chapter 16

(03:52:09) Chapter 17

(04:09:59) Chapter 18

(04:21:55) Chapter 19

(04:33:20) Chapter 20

(04:43:16) Chapter 21

(04:54:34) Chapter 22

(05:23:33) Chapter 23

(05:38:29) Chapter 24

(05:53:53) Chapter 25

(06:05:58) Chapter 26

(06:24:06) Chapter 27

(06:34:54) Chapter 28

(06:57:24) Chapter 29

(07:05:45) Chapter 30

(07:16:08) Chapter 31

(07:33:27) Chapter 32

(08:21:28) Chapter 33

(08:31:41) Chapter 34

(08:59:20) Chapter 35

(09:20:21) Chapter 36

(09:34:53) Chapter 37

(09:52:59) Chapter 38

(10:28:39) Chapter 39

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The House of the Whispering Pines by Anna Katharine Green ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Dec 14, 2022

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The House of the Whispering Pines by Anna Katharine Green audiobook.

Genre: mystery

In a snowbound corner of New York society, the seasonal clubhouse known as The Whispering Pines has been shut and locked for the winter - or so Elwood Ranelagh believes. Then, only a day after the closing, he spots smoke curling from its chimney. Uneasy, he forces his way inside and catches a startling glimpse in the gloom: Carmel Cumberland, his fiancee's sister - the woman he cannot stop thinking about - fleeing the house in tears. Upstairs, he finds the body of his betrothed, Adelaide Cumberland, and in an instant his private conflicts become a public scandal. With motives tangled in jealousy, inheritance, and long-buried resentments, suspicion spreads through the Cumberland circle and beyond, and Elwood's own divided heart makes him an easy target for rumor and accusation. When an experienced investigator is drawn into the case, every witness, every object left behind, and every carefully chosen word begins to matter. Set against a bleak winter landscape and a cloistered world of respectability, Anna Katharine Green builds a classic puzzle of alibis, misdirection, and quiet menace where the whispers in the pines are not the only secrets waiting to be uncovered.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:22:32) Chapter 02

(00:31:46) Chapter 03

(00:53:33) Chapter 04

(01:06:19) Chapter 05

(01:32:06) Chapter 06

(01:45:38) Chapter 1

(02:05:13) Chapter 2

(02:24:59) Chapter 08

(02:39:19) Chapter 09

(03:00:45) Chapter 10

(03:17:38) Chapter 11

(03:33:25) Chapter 12

(03:48:17) Chapter 13

(03:57:50) Chapter 14

(04:18:02) Chapter 15

(04:35:30) Chapter 16

(04:57:51) Chapter 3

(05:19:05) Chapter 4

(05:38:23) Chapter 18

(05:45:37) Chapter 19

(06:02:03) Chapter 20

(06:24:01) Chapter 21

(06:33:56) Chapter 22

(07:03:41) Chapter 23

(07:29:19) Chapter 24

(07:46:04) Chapter 5

(08:09:21) Chapter 6

(08:35:46) Chapter 26

(09:03:44) Chapter 27

(09:08:09) Chapter 7

(09:27:06) Chapter 8

(09:44:20) Chapter 9

(10:03:46) Chapter 10

(10:25:55) Chapter 11

(10:45:05) Chapter 12

(11:01:36) Chapter 31

(11:28:52) Chapter 32

(11:46:55) Chapter 33

(12:17:24) Chapter 34

(12:27:29) Chapter 35

(12:36:16) Chapter 36

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The House in the Mist by Anna Katharine Green ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Dec 13, 2022

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The House in the Mist by Anna Katharine Green audiobook.

Genre: mystery

It was a night to drive any man indoors. Not only was the darkness impenetrable, but the raw mist enveloping hill and valley made the open road anything but desirable to a belated wayfarer like myself.

Being young, untrammeled, and naturally indifferent to danger, I was not averse to adventure; and having my fortune to make, was always on the lookout for El Dorado, which, to ardent souls, lies ever beyond the next turning. Consequently, when I saw a light shimmering through the mist at my right, I resolved to make for it and the shelter it so opportunely offered.

But I did not realize then, as I do now, that shelter does not necessarily imply refuge, or I might not have undertaken this adventure with so light a heart. Yet, who knows? The impulses of an unfettered spirit lean toward daring, and youth, as I have said, seeks the strange, the unknown and, sometimes, the terrible. (Exerpt from Chapter I)

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:21:32) Chapter 2

(00:37:43) Chapter 2

(00:49:28) Chapter 3

(01:20:35) Chapter 4

(01:38:13) Chapter 4

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