Audiobooks by Jacques Futrelle

The Problem of Cell 13

"'The Problem of Cell 13' is a short story by Jacques Futrelle. It was first published in 1905 and later collected in The Thinking Machine (1907), which was featured in crime writer H. R. F. Keating's list of the 100 best crime and mystery books ever published. Like Futrelle's other short stories, 'The Problem of Cell 13' features Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen as the main character, although most of the story is seen through the perspective of a prison warden. While in a scientific debate with two men, Dr. Charles Ransome and Alfred Fielding, Augustus, 'The Thinking Machine', insists that nothing is impossible when the human mind is properly applied. To prove this, he agrees that he will take part in an experiment in which he will be incarcerated in a prison for one week and given the challenge of escaping."

Jacques Futrelle (Author), Peter Coates (Narrator)

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Anthology of Classic Short Stories. Mystery and Adventure. Vol. 4: The Adventure of the Blue Carbunc

"Read the best mystery and adventure short stories. Be it cozy, historical, detective or murder mystery stories; our collection includes them all: The Red-Headed League by Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle The Arrow of Heaven by G. K. Chesterton The Sign of the Broken Sword by G. K. Chesterton The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe The Master of Mystery by Jack London The Problem of Cell 13 by Jacques Futrelle The Three Strangers by Thomas Hardy The Diamond as Big as the Ritz by F. Scott Fitzgerald A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell"

Edgar Allan Poe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, G.K. Chesterton, Jack London, Jacques Futrelle, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Susan Glaspell, Thomas Hardy (Author), Carl Hughes, Chris Dabbs, Mark Bowen, Peter Coates (Narrator)

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Classic American Detective

"'It is quite possible that the time will come when literary historians, discussing works created in English in the twentieth century, will only briefly dwell on the works of serious writers, and all attention will be focused on the extensive and diverse staging of detective stories.. And then they will have to answer first, which explains the unheard-of popularity of this genre.' This, perhaps contradictory, but remarkable statement belongs to the critic of detective fiction, the famous English writer William Somerset Maugham. What could be more exciting and interesting than a well-written detective story? The audiobook is read by American actor Brent Bradley in English. Content: 1. Jacques Futrelle. The Phantom Motor 2. Gelett Burgess. The Denton Boudoir Mystery 3. Melville Davisson Post. Naboth's Vineyard 4. Jack London. The Leopard Man's Story 5. Suzan Glaspell. A Jury of Her Peers"

Gelett Burgess, Jack London, Jacques Futrelle, Melville Davisson Post, Suzan Glaspell (Author), Brent Bradley (Narrator)

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[German] - Die Denkmaschine, Folge 1: Der unterbrochene Funktelegraph

"Herbst 1906: Der Funker Charlie Ingram wird tot im Funkraum des Ozeandampfers URANUS aufgefunden. Erstochen. Bei ihm der erste Offizier Harald Tennel. Die Tatwaffe: ein Messer, das Tennel gehört. Der Fall scheint klar. Doch Kapitän Dyle vertraut seinem langjährigen Weggefährten und will ihm helfen, seine Unschuld zu beweisen. Er kontaktiert DIE DENKMASCHINE."

Jacques Futrelle, Markus Winter (Author), Anne Helm, Hans-Ackart Eckhardt, Oliver Siebeck, Oliver Stritzel, Pierre Peters-Arnolds, Rieke Werner, Thomas Nero Wolff (Narrator)

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The Rivals: Tales of Sherlock Holmes’ rival detectives: 16 BBC Radio full-cast dramas

"The complete collection of all 16 episodes from this gripping BBC Radio crime series Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now he gets his own back, introducing sixteen tales of detectives whose abilities rival that of the great Sherlock Holmes. Starring James Fleet (Series 1, 3 and 4) and Tim Piggott-Smith (Series 2) as Lestrade, with casts featuring Andrew Scott, Paul Rhys, Anton Lesser, Honeysuckle Weeks, Rupert Vansittart, John Sessions, Marcia Warren and Tim McInnerny. Dramatised for radio by Chris Harrald, these stories are written by masters of the crime and thriller genre, all contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle. They include: The Murders on the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe The Problem of Cell 13 by Jacques Futrelle Murder By Proxy by Matthias McDonnel Bodkin The Mystery of Redstone Manor by Catherine Louisa Pirkis The Problem of the Superfluous Finger by Jacques Futrelle The Clue of the Silver Spoons by Robert Barr The Intangible Clue by Anna Katharine Green The Game Played in the Dark by Ernest Bramah The Kinght's Cross Signal Problem by Ernest Bramah A Snapshot by Matthias McDonnel Bodkin Seven, Seven, Seven - City by Julius Chambers The Moabite Cipher - by R Austin Freeman The Clairvoyants - by Arthur B Reeve The Stanway Cameo Mystery - Arthur Morrison The Secret of Dunstan's Tower - Ernest Bramah The Mystery of the Scarlet Thread - Jacques Futrelle Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko (Series 1) and Liz Webb (Series 2, 3, 4) (c) BBC Studios Distribution Ltd 2021 (p) BBC Studios Distribution Ltd 2021"

Anna Katherine Green, Arthur B. Reeve, Arthur Morrison, Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Bramah, Jacques Futrelle, Julius Chambers, Louisa Pirkis, Matthias Mcdonnel Bodkin, R.Austin Freeman, Robert Barr (Author), Andrew Scott, Anton Lesser, Full Cast, Honeysuckle Weeks, James Fleet, John L. Sessions, Marcia Warren, Paul Rhys, Tim Mcinnerny, Tim Pigott-Smith (Narrator)

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The Thinking Machine at Work

"“Logic will solve any problem; not most of them, but any problem.” —The Thinking Machine Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, with the help of his friend Hutchison Hatch, solves a variety of mysteries using cold, hard logic. No matter how twisted the trail of clues or how clever the perpetrator, Professor Van Dusen, aptly dubbed “The Thinking Machine,” reminds us that “two and two make four, not some times, but all the time.” So when a woman begs a surgeon to amputate part of her finger or when a pearl necklace disappears from a woman’s neck at a party or when a man presents the court with his “perfect” alibi, The Thinking Machine methodically investigates all of the (logical) possibilities. In fact, the author’s own wife, May Futrelle, set out to stump her husband’s talented detective with an unsolvable mystery of her own, in which a lonely traveler takes a wrong turn and ends up in a mysterious house. Was she successful? Discover for yourself in this original audio compilation produced by Skyboat Media for Blackstone Publishing. Full contents: Introduction – read by Paul Boehmer“Problem of Dressing Room A” – read by Stefan Rudnicki“Problem of the Perfect Alibi” – read by Paul Boehmer“The Problem of Cell 13” – read by Stefan Rudnicki“Problem of the Superfluous Finger” – read by Paul Boehmer“Problem of the Cross Mark” – read by Paul Boehmer“Problem of the Stolen Bank Notes” – read by Paul Boehmer“Problem of the Green Eyed Monster” – read by Paul Boehmer“My First Experience with the Great Logician” – read by Stefan Rudnicki“The First Problem” – read by Paul Boehmer“Problem of the Missing Necklace” – read by Paul Boehmer“Problem of the Souvenir Cards” – read by Paul Boehmer“The Tragedy of the Life Raft” – read by Paul Boehmer“Problem of the Deserted House” – read by Paul Boehmer“The Grinning God, Part I: Wraiths of the Storm” – read by Stefan Rudnicki with Gabrielle de Cuir“The Grinning God, Part II: The House That Was” – read by Paul Boehmer"

Jacques Futrelle (Author), Gabrielle De Cuir, Paul Boehmer, Stefan Rudnicki (Narrator)

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The Problem of the Superfluous Finger

"Inspector Lestrade joins Professor SFX Van Dusen -- The Thinking Machine -- in trying to solve a strange case involving self-mutilation."

Jacques Futrelle (Author), Jacques Futrelle (Narrator)

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The Rivals: Tales of Sherlock Holmes' Rival Detectives (Dramatisation): 12 BBC radio dramas of myste

"Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard introduces 12 dramatised stories, featuring detectives whose abilities rival that of the great Sherlock Holmes. Dramatised for radio by Chris Harrald, these 12 stories are written by masters of the crime and thriller genre, all contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle. They include: The Murders on the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe The Problem of Cell 13 by Jacques Futrelle Murder By Proxy by Matthias McDonnel Bodkin Mystery of Redstone Manor by Catherine Lousia Pirkis The Problem of the Superfluous Finger by Jacques Futrelle The Clue of the Silver Spoons by Robert Barr The Intangible Clue by Anna Katherine Green The Game Played in the Dark by Ernest Bramah"

Edgar Allan Poe, Jacques Futrelle (Author), James Fleet, Tim Pigott-Smith (Narrator)

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Elusive Isabel

"Elusive Isabel is a novel by Jacques Futrelle (April 9, 1875 – April 15, 1912) first published in 1909. Set in Washington, D.C., it is a spy novel about an international conspiracy of the “Latin” countries against the English-speaking world with the aim to take over world control."

Jacques Futrelle (Author), Unknown (Narrator)

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The Diamond Master

"A perfect diamond worth millions is mailed, in a plain package, to a diamond dealer. Then he finds that identical diamonds were delivered to other diamond dealers. Where did the gems come from? Who sent them? And why? (Introduction by Dawn)"

Jacques Futrelle (Author), Dawn Larsen (Narrator)

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