Historical Fiction audiobooks

After the Funeral

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Hercule Poirot is called on to investigate the murder of a brother and sister, in this classic Agatha Christie mystery now available in an updated edition with a foreword Sophie Hannah. “He was murdered, wasn’t he?”When Cora Lansquenet is savagely murdered, the extraordinary remark she had made the previous day at her brother Richard’s funeral... Read more

The Secret of Chimneys

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

What is The Secret of Chimneys? A young drifter finds out when a favor for a friend pulls him into the heart of a deadly conspiracy in this captivating classic from Agatha Christie.Little did Anthony Cade suspect that an errand for a friend would place him at the center of a deadly conspiracy. Drawn into a web of intrigue, he begins to realize... Read more

Hercule Poirot's Christmas

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, the holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murder—and the notoriously fastidious investigator is quickly on the case.Christmas Eve, and the Lee family’s reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead... Read more

Home by Nightfall

By: Alexis Harrington

Narrated by: Amy Rubinate

Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1918, Susannah Braddock is devastated by the news that her beloved husband, Riley, has been killed in battle in France. Heartbroken, she turns to Tanner Grenfell for support. Though technically the Braddocks’ hired hand, Tanner has been helping Susannah run the family horse farm since Riley shipped out, and he has become a true and trusted... Read more

The Secret Adversary

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 7 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

From the brilliant pen of Agatha Christie comes the first novel in her Tommy and Tuppence mystery series featuring the beloved sleuthing duo—now a movie on both Acorn TV and PBS.Tommy and Tuppence are young, in love… and flat broke. Restless for excitement, they decide to embark on a daring business scheme: Young Adventurers Ltd.—""willing to do... Read more

The Pale Horse

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Soon to be a Prime original limited series!
In the classic mystery by Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie, an elderly priest is murdered, quite possibly doomed by a woman’s deathbed confession and by the secrets kept safely locked behind closed doors of a mysterious local pub. When an elderly priest is murdered, the killer searches the victim so... Read more

The Chain of Destiny

By: Bram Stoker

Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn

Length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Abridged: No

While Frank is boarding at Mrs. Trevor's home, she decides to play matchmaker between him and another boarder, Diana Fothering. While Frank has not yet met the young lady, he is assured of her beauty by means of a painting in his room that she strongly resembles. Mysteriously, the painting has been a feature of Frank's nightmares while he has... Read more

Jade Star

By: Catherine Coulter

Narrated by: Chloe Campbell

Length: 11 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Fourth in the Star Quartet from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter.Vowing to save a young girl from her painful past, Saint Morris marries her out of duty. He thinks of himself as her protector and brother. But she has other ideas.... Read more

The Mystery of the Blue Train

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Robbery and brutal murder aboard a luxury transport ensnares the ever-attentive Hercule Poirot in The Mystery of the Blue Train, from Queen of Mystery Agatha ChristieWhen the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again—for a heavy blow has killed her,... Read more

The Woman at the Light

By: Joanna Brady

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of Leila Meacham and Dorothea Benton Frank comes a stunning debut novel about a well-born Southern woman who finds courage and strength to overcome tragedy with an unexpected new love.One afternoon in 1839, Emily Lowry’s husband vanishes from Wreckers’ Cay, an isolated island off the coast of Key West where he tends the... Read more

The Body in the Library

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Stephanie Cole

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The iconic Miss Marple must investigate the case of a girl found dead in Agatha Christie’s classic mystery, The Body in the Library.It’s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing an evening dress and heavy makeup, which is now smeared across her cheeks. But who is she? How did she... Read more

The Big Four

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Famed private eye Hercule Poirot tackles international intrigue and espionage in this classic Agatha Christie mystery.Framed in the doorway of Hercule Poirot's bedroom stands an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man stares for a moment, then he sways and falls. Who is he? Is he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above... Read more

Spider's Web

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A classic from the queen of mystery: Agatha Christie. Read more

Sad Cypress

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: David Suchet

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

In Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery Sad Cypress, a woman damned by overwhelming evidence stands accused of murdering her romantic rival, and only Hercule Poirot stands between her and the gallows.Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence was damning:... Read more

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Joan Hickson

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

In Agatha Christie’s classic mystery, The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, a fatal dose of poison meant for a glamorous movie star fells her ardent admirer instead—and Miss Marple is there to unmask a murderer.One minute, silly Heather Babcock had been babbling on at her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Gregg. The next, Heather suffered a... Read more

Mrs. McGinty's Dead

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In Mrs. McGinty’s Dead, one of Agatha Christie’s most ingenious mysteries, the intrepid Hercule Poirot must look into the case of a brutally murdered landlady.Mrs. McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion falls immediately on her shifty lodger, James Bentley, whose clothes reveal traces of the victim’s blood and hair.... Read more

Murder Is Easy

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A quiet English village is plagued by a fiendish serial killer in Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie’s classic thriller, Murder is Easy.Luke Fitzwilliam does not believe Miss Pinkerton’s wild allegation that a multiple murderer is at work in the quiet English village of Wychwood and that her local doctor is next in line.But within hours, Miss... Read more

Murder on the Links

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

In Agatha Christie’s class mystery Murder on the Links, Hercule Poirot attempts to unravel the grisly conundrum of not one, but two dead bodies discovered on a French golf course. An urgent cry for help brings Hercule Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save his client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies face down in a shallow grave... Read more

N or M?

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Set during the dark days of World War II, Agatha Christie’s N or M? puts two most unlikely espionage agents, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, on the trail of a pair of Nazi spies who have murdered Britain’s top agent.World War II is raging, and while the RAF struggles to keep the Luftwaffe at bay, Britain faces a sinister threat from “the enemy... Read more

Peril at End House

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

In the Agatha Christie classic Peril at End House, a young woman who has recently survived a series of very close calls appears to be the target of a dedicated killer—and it’s up to Hercule Poirot to save her life.On holiday on the Cornish Riviera, Hercule Poirot is alarmed to hear pretty Nick Buckley describe her recent “accidental brushes with... Read more

Sleeping Murder

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Stephanie Cole

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

In Agatha Christie’s classic, Sleeping Murder, the indomitable Miss Marple turns ghost hunter and uncovers shocking evidence of a perfect crime.Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts to modernize the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its past. Worse, she felt an irrational sense... Read more

Jade Star - Abridged

By: Catherine Coulter

Narrated by: Chloe Campbell

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Fourth in the Star Quartet from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter.Vowing to save a young girl from her painful past, Saint Morris marries her out of duty. He thinks of himself as her protector and brother. But she has other ideas.... Read more

A Poisoned Season

By: Tasha Alexander

Narrated by: Nic Frances

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Stolen jewels, secret identities, and death abound in this sparkling tale of suspense set in Victorian England, from New York Times bestselling author Tasha Alexander.London's social season is in full swing, and Victorian aristocracy can't stop whispering about a certain gentleman who claims to be the direct descendant of Louis XVI and Marie... Read more

Home by Morning

By: Alexis Harrington

Narrated by: Amy Rubinate

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

October 1918: En route from New York to Seattle, Jessica Layton stops for a visit in her hometown of Powell Springs, Oregon, and comes face-to-face with Cole Braddock, her first and only love from years ago. Now Jessica is a highly accomplished clinical physician preparing for an exciting new job in Washington, and Cole is a successful horse... Read more