Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective - Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express

A. Frank Pinkerton

Dyke Darrel investigates an audacious train robbery that included the murder of a friend, and embarks on a man-hunt. High Victorian serial melodrama at its best! (Summary by Sibella Denton).

Genre(s): Detective Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 01 - A Startling Crime Sibella Denton
00:07:56
Play 02 02 - Dyke Darrel's Trick Sibella Denton
00:09:07
Play 03 03 - Professor Darlington Ruggles Sibella Denton
00:06:20
Play 04 04 - Scalped Sibella Denton
00:08:34
Play 05 05 - Elliston's Rebuff Sibella Denton
00:08:54
Play 06 06 - Dyke Darrel's Danger Sibella Denton
00:07:01
Play 07 07 - What a Hankerchief Revealed Sibella Denton
00:08:34
Play 08 08 - A Plunge to Death Sibella Denton
00:06:27
Play 09 09 - Words that Startle Sibella Denton
00:09:44
Play 10 10 - Black Hollow Sibella Denton
00:07:38
Play 11 11 - Poor Sybil Sibella Denton
00:08:49
Play 12 12 - A Burning Trap Sibella Denton
00:07:50
Play 13 13 - A Sad Fate Sibella Denton
00:08:05
Play 14 14 - Dyke Darrel Astounded Sibella Denton
00:08:08
Play 15 15 - A Baffled Villian Sibella Denton
00:10:52
Play 16 16 - Nell Missing Sibella Denton
00:07:08
Play 17 17 - Nell in the Toils Sibella Denton
00:06:43
Play 18 18 - Beaten Back Sibella Denton
00:08:58
Play 19 19 - The Detective Fooled Sibella Denton
00:10:06
Play 20 20 - Overmatched by a Girl Sibella Denton
00:05:00
Play 21 21 - A Bout In the Cellar Sibella Denton
00:10:16
Play 22 22 - The Empty Seat Sibella Denton
00:11:15
Play 23 23 - Dyke Darrel on the Trail Sibella Denton
00:09:05
Play 24 24 - A Race for Life Sibella Denton
00:08:35
Play 25 25 - Saved Sibella Denton
00:08:20
Play 26 26 - The Mysterious Wart Sibella Denton
00:09:48
Play 27 27 - The Story of a Wart Sibella Denton
00:06:49
Play 28 28 - The Revelations of a Satchel Sibella Denton
00:07:52
Play 29 29 - Retribution Sibella Denton
00:11:38