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Long-form mystery audiobooks for late-night listening. Original Golden Age Murder Mystery-inspired cases, classic-style whodunits, with new detectives like Veronica Lakewood – all told in a cinematic, immersive way with careful historical detail. Settle in, press play, and let the night take over. Our contact info: https://www.lavertyprod.ie/nocturnal-tales contact@lavertyprod.ie
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July 21, 2026
📌 Patreon — ad-free, early access, bonus content (tiers from $2.99/month)<br>https://www.patreon.com/NocturnalTales<br><br>At the Vernon Hotel, twelve gentlemen sit down to the annual dinner of an absurdly exclusive club called The Twelve True Fishermen — twelve members, twelve seats, and a set of silver fish knives and forks so precious the club is half-defined by them; and in a small dark office off the passage a little priest sits alone, writing, and hears something strange: a pair of feet passing up and down the lighted corridor outside, walking at one moment with the swift deference of a servant and at the next with the slow, easy swagger of a gentleman — the same feet, the same man, changing. Nobody has cried out. Nothing appears to be missing. There is nothing at all to investigate, except a sound, and a small priest in a dark room who listens his way straight to the heart of a perfect crime. With Father Brown comes the return of an old acquaintance last met in "The Blue Cross," and one of the most elegant thefts in all detective fiction — presented complete and unabridged, exactly as G. K. Chesterton wrote it, from the Midnight Archive, Nocturnal Tales' library of the classic detective stories that built the genre.<br><br>ℹ️ FOR LISTENERS<br>This is a complete, unabridged reading of The Queer Feet by G. K. Chesterton, first published in 1910 and now in the public domain. Every word is the author's own. Part of The Midnight Archive: three nights of classics every week, alongside four original Nocturnal Tales mysteries.<br><br>🗳️ YOU CHOOSE WHAT'S NEXT<br>The Archive is deep — more Father Brown? Sherlock Holmes? Lady Molly? Arsène Lupin? Martin Hewitt? Violet Strange? Vote in the poll attached to this episode, or tell us in the comments which classic you want to hear by lamplight.<br><br>💬 QUESTION FOR THE COMMENTS<br>Father Brown solves it by hearing what a walk sounds like — a servant's step and a gentleman's swagger worn by the same man. How much of who we appear to be is just posture, tone, and the way we move through a room? 🕵️<br><br>📖 GET THE EBOOK — $3.99<br><br>📌 Patreon — included with Writing Table & Archive Society, or one-time purchase<br>https://www.patreon.com/posts/156573383<br><br>🛒 Gumroad — EPUB + PDF included<br>https://nocturnaltalespod.gumroad.com/l/ebookvol2<br><br>❤️ Buy Me a Coffee — EPUB + PDF included<br>https://buymeacoffee.com/nocturnaltales/e/532495<br><br>❤️ SUPPORT & LISTENING OPTIONS<br><br>📌 Patreon — ad-free, early access, bonus content<br>https://www.patreon.com/NocturnalTales<br><br>📺 Rumble — free, supports us with ad revenue<br>https://rumble.com/c/c-7820714<br><br>❤️ Buy Me a Coffee — one-time support<br>https://buymeacoffee.com/nocturnaltales<br><br>💛 PayPal — one-time tip<br>https://paypal.me/nocturnaltalesprod<br><br>🎧 Spotify — follow the show<br>https://open.spotify.com/show/0OQ7OEseXIMbMt2NTI7oHy<br><br>🎧 Apple Podcasts<br>https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories/id1896195848<br><br>🧾 CREDITS<br>Story by G. K. Chesterton (public domain). Narrated and produced by Nocturnal Tales.<br><br>🔖 TAGS / KEYWORDS<br>g k chesterton audiobook, father brown audiobook, the queer feet audiobook, the innocence of father brown, flambeau story, twelve true fishermen, hotel theft mystery, silver fish knives, edwardian mystery audiobook, classic detective story audiobook, public domain audiobook, full-length classic audiobook, unabridged classic mystery<br><br>
July 20, 2026
<p>📌 Patreon — ad-free, early access, bonus content (tiers from $2.99/month)<br>https://www.patreon.com/NocturnalTales<br>Dublin, and the young Arthur & Anne detective agency takes its second client: Mrs Vale, a handsome, iron-composed widow whose impractical nephew Julian has just announced his engagement to a Hungarian countess. Countess Ilona Várady is staying at the Shelbourne — though not, it seems, as an ordinary guest, but as a companion and interpreter. The aunt suspects a common fortune-hunter.<br>What Arthur, Anne and Pip uncover is stranger and far cleverer: a three-afternoon exhibition of portrait miniatures on Merrion Square, a dealer with a smooth manner, and a crate booked for the evening mailboat from Dún Laoghaire. It is the countess herself who leans close to a glass case and quietly announces that the exquisite little portrait within is not the one that stood there before. A chip in the glass that has somehow healed. A landscape hung to distract the eye. And a crisp new pound note that could not possibly have changed hands on the day everyone swears it did.<br>The Countess in the Frame is the seventh volume of the Arthur, Anne and Pip mysteries — an original Golden Age-style story of art forgery, sharp eyes, and a partnership settling at last behind its second desk.</p><p><strong>The seven Captain Hastings, Anne and Pip stories, in chronological order:</strong></p><li>The Case of the Unwitting Detective</li><li>The Bridegroom Who Mislaid Himself</li><li>The Corpse at the Costume Ball</li><li>Pip and the Bell at Whitehaven</li><li>The Stag’s Head Has Lost His Crown</li><li>The Favourite Who Refused to Run</li><p>The Countess in the Frame<br>ℹ️ FOR LISTENERS<br>This is an original Golden Age-style mystery presented as a respectful homage to classic detective fiction. All characters and events in this story are fictional. No affiliation, endorsement, or official connection is implied.<br>💬 QUESTION FOR THE COMMENTS<br>A forged miniature nearly sailed for the Continent, and it was a borrowed countess with a sharp eye — not the detective — who saw the swap first. When the cleverest person in the room is the one everyone underestimated, how often does the real solution walk in as somebody's fiancée? 🕵️<br>📖 GET THE EBOOK — $3.99<br>📌 Patreon — included with Writing Table & Archive Society, or one-time purchase<br>https://www.patreon.com/posts/156573383<br>🛒 Gumroad — EPUB + PDF included<br>https://nocturnaltalespod.gumroad.com/l/ebookvol2<br>❤️ Buy Me a Coffee — EPUB + PDF included<br>https://buymeacoffee.com/nocturnaltales/e/532495<br>❤️ SUPPORT & LISTENING OPTIONS<br>📌 Patreon — ad-free, early access, bonus content<br>https://www.patreon.com/NocturnalTales<br>📺 Rumble — free, supports us with ad revenue<br>https://rumble.com/c/c-7820714<br>❤️ Buy Me a Coffee — one-time support<br>https://buymeacoffee.com/nocturnaltales<br>💛 PayPal — one-time tip<br>https://paypal.me/nocturnaltalesprod<br>🎧 Spotify — follow the show<br>https://open.spotify.com/show/0OQ7OEseXIMbMt2NTI7oHy<br>🎧 Apple Podcasts<br>https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories/id1896195848<br>🧾 CREDITS<br>Written by Nocturnal Tales. Narrated by Nocturnal Tales.<br>🔖 TAGS / KEYWORDS<br>Captain Arthur Anne Foster, Dublin mystery audiobook, art forgery mystery, portrait miniature mystery, fake countess mystery, Shelbourne hotel mystery, detective agency mystery, 1920s Dublin mystery, spaniel detective sidekick, Pip the spaniel mystery, romantic mystery audiobook, golden age mystery audiobook, cosy detective story, classic whodunit audiobook, full-length mystery audiobook<br>🏷️ HASHTAGS<br>#NocturnalTales #ClassicMystery #GoldenAgeMystery #FullAudiobook #DublinMystery #CosyMystery #DetectiveFiction #Whodunnit</p>
July 19, 2026
-📌 Patreon — ad-free, early access, bonus content (tiers from $2.99/month)<br>https://www.patreon.com/NocturnalTales<br><br>On a pale March afternoon, Laura Vale comes to a sharp-eyed village sleuth with a frightened confession. Her husband Henry is jealous, suspicious and cruel. He has discovered the foolish letters she exchanged with Gerald Fenwick, a handsome young mechanic, and now he watches her, opens her post and smiles as he warns that women who make fools of men sometimes come to bad ends. The next night Henry Vale is stabbed in the lane beyond Larkspur Cottage. Laura says she saw two men struggling from her upstairs window. Gerald is found walking towards the neighbouring town with blood on his cuff and Laura's letters in his pocket. He had threatened Henry the evening before. The village has its murderer before breakfast. But moonlight is theatrical, windows are public stages, and letters preserved in a locked drawer can tell precisely the story somebody wants the police to believe. Between an estranged cousin, a missing knife, a torn button, a pawn ticket and another woman seen in the lane wearing white fur, the village sleuth begins to suspect that too many frightened people arrived at the same place that night — each hiding a different piece of the truth. The Woman at the Window is an original Golden Age-style village mystery about jealousy, romantic fantasy and the dangerous moment when words written carelessly are treated as proof of murder.<br><br>ℹ️ FOR LISTENERS<br>This is an original work of historical mystery fiction presented as a respectful homage to classic detective fiction and inspired by the 1922 Thompson-Bywaters case, in which private letters became central evidence in a sensational murder trial. The characters, English village setting, investigation and solution presented here are entirely fictional. No affiliation, endorsement, or official connection is implied.<br><br>💬 QUESTION FOR THE COMMENTS<br>Laura's private letters sound damning once a murder has taken place — but should words written in fantasy ever be treated as proof of criminal intent? Where would you draw the line between foolish language and genuine evidence? 🕵️<br><br>📖 GET THE EBOOK — $3.99<br><br>📌 Patreon — included with Writing Table & Archive Society, or one-time purchase<br>https://www.patreon.com/posts/156573383<br><br>🛒 Gumroad — EPUB + PDF included<br>https://nocturnaltalespod.gumroad.com/l/ebookvol2<br><br>❤️ Buy Me a Coffee — EPUB + PDF included<br>https://buymeacoffee.com/nocturnaltales/e/532495<br><br>❤️ SUPPORT & LISTENING OPTIONS<br><br>📌 Patreon — ad-free, early access, bonus content<br>https://www.patreon.com/NocturnalTales<br><br>📺 Rumble — free, supports us with ad revenue<br>https://rumble.com/c/c-7820714<br><br>❤️ Buy Me a Coffee — one-time support<br>https://buymeacoffee.com/nocturnaltales<br><br>💛 PayPal — one-time tip<br>https://paypal.me/nocturnaltalesprod<br><br>🎧 Spotify — follow the show<br>https://open.spotify.com/show/0OQ7OEseXIMbMt2NTI7oHy<br><br>🎧 Apple Podcasts<br>https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories/id1896195848<br><br>🧾 CREDITS<br>Written by Nocturnal Tales. Narrated by Nocturnal Tales.<br><br>🔖 TAGS / KEYWORDS<br>English village mystery audiobook, woman at the window mystery, 1920s murder mystery, love letters murder mystery, jealous husband mystery, young lover accused, country lane murder, village sleuth mystery, sharp-eyed spinster detective, cosy golden age mystery, historical crime inspired fiction, Edith Thompson inspired story, atmospheric British mystery, full-length mystery audiobook<br><br>🏷️ HASHTAGS<br>#NocturnalTales #ClassicMystery #GoldenAgeMystery #FullAudiobook #VillageMystery #CosyMystery #HistoricalMystery #Whodunnit
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Long-form mystery audiobooks for late-night listening. Original Golden Age Murder Mystery-inspired cases, classic-style whodunits, with new detectives like Veronica Lakewood – all told in a cinematic, immersive way with careful historical detail. Settle in, press play, and let the night take over.
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