Signal in the Dark: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Signal in the Dark, credited to Mildred A. Wirt Benson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Signal in the Dark by Mildred A. Wirt Benson. Read in English by Amanda Leung; During a school break, Penny convinces her father to give her a job as a reporter at the Riverview Star. She deals with a jealous co-worker and gets her first big story covering an explosion at the Conway Steel Plant. While helping a fellow reporter who is down on his luck, Penny uncovers a scheme to sell a fake explosive device and exposes the culprits! (Summary by Amanda Leung)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Signal in the Dark
• Author credits: Mildred A. Wirt Benson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 4:09:18

Catalogue topics

• female sleuths
• ya fiction
• female detective
• girl detective
• Stratemeyer Syndicate
• penny parker

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 01 - Help Wanted — 11:28
2. 02 - Explosion! — 9:28
3. 03 - Special Assignment — 9:14
4. 04 - The Missing Plates — 10:20
5. 05 - Shadow on the Skylight — 10:06
6. 06 - Ben's Story — 9:10
7. 07 - Man Overboard! — 11:18
8. 08 - A Swinging Chain — 9:40
9. 09 - The Metal Disc — 11:40
10. 10 - Country Skies — 9:51
11. 11 - A Familiar Car — 10:57
12. 12 - The Professor's Helper — 9:07
13. 13 - Behind Office Doors — 9:34
14. 14 - A Note From Ben — 9:18
15. 15 - The Demonstration — 10:07
16. 16 - Suspicion — 11:15
17. 17 - Major Bryan — 7:52
18. 18 - A Second Test — 10:48
19. 19 - The Lantern Signal — 9:27
20. 20 - A Crook Exposed — 10:25
21. 21 - In Search of Webb — 9:19
22. 22 - Salt's Missing Camera — 6:54
23. 23 - Escape by Night — 8:59
24. 24 - A Raid on the Snark — 9:11

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