Love the commentary at the end. Rly appreciate it as an aspiring writer. Doyle has to be my fav detective writer, because of his scientific approach to forensics. Can't stand Poirot, because he's the opposite. Of the two, Holmes aged better because of CSI. Poirot is more profiling, which is not a hard science and cant be used as evidence. These old detective stories is why I started getting into true crime, police procedure, Law Tube, criminology, etc. Now modern detective books just annoy me, because of all the filler, lack of evidence, no profiling, bad interrogations and bad police procedure. I might give that guy jou interviewed a chance. I wish there were good modern detective books written like Holmes, lots of evidence and if the reader is smart enough they'll figure much of it out. Doyle would have enjoyed strands of hair, luminol, geneological tracking, CCTV, etc, I'm sure. Imagine!

Wonderful story, beautifully narrated. I'd rather listen to your audio of a classic story than watch TV. Thank you.

The biggest reason people with acute mental illness live in the mainstream in the US is that long term residential mental health care got Largely shut down, partly from altruistic reasons and partly for financial reasons. Long term care is rarely covered by insurance. So the streets it is.

I've tried 3 times but it's just not going in my solid smooth brain 😂 This is when I'm extremely grateful for your waffle afterwards. Good waffle, not bad 😅

We most Definitely Enjoyed This!!~Thank you Very Much Tony!! Yet again you have done another Great Narration, and a very Enjoyable Synopsis!! Please give your Pups an Extra Fuss from us, Here at the "Dingbatts Den"!! Namaste, 🙏 Andrea, Jasper Mutt, George the Pigeon, Mr Dingbatt and Other Animals. ...XxX...

Dear Mr Walker, Thank you for your fantastic story-telling, awesome choices of tale, and we both enjoy the post story thoughts and short biography.

Ahh !! Yesssss!! Thank you Tony, Im going to be quiet and listen now!!

I think "boiling the brandy" is a reference to making homemade brandy from wine. Heat wine to around 175 degrees (alcohol boils at 173 degrees, water at 212). The resulting steam will be mostly alcohol, which you then condense and distill. I grew up in Tennessee; I know a lot about distilling. 😅

What makes these stories different is not just the excellent reading, but the after-lecture that is as enjoyable as a post-prandial glass of port. Thanks, Tony, for another delightful evening.

I do really love these stories this is my third or fourth. I will point out that in this one it sounds like some of the ends of words are getting cut off in editing which is not something I noticed in the others.

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Nice narration, Tony, thanks for

Really enjoyed this but then I always do, beautifully read you really are excellent 👌

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I thought you'd double released it, but this is a great teaser

Thanks, great presentation

Thank you for great narration and giving us your considered thoughts too.

Thanks

Mr. Tony, excellent story. Enjoyed!! Also, an ardent Bond fan!! Favs are Brosnan & Connery. Come on Mr. Tony, you're letting me down... as a spy fan and as a nurse you should know about it (56:52) scopolamine. It was used for years a truth serum by nefarious regimes to make caught spy's "spill the beans"! 😂😂

The only accent you do that is not particularly good is your American accent. I have to say you completely butcher it. Your French, Irish, Austrian/German and others seem to be spot-on and I have a good ear for accents. They're not perfect, I'm sure, but certainly convincing.

I listen to your ghost story channel and just started to use this channel I have to say it's very good Tony

great stuff, nice to hear some more contemporary tales. Thank you ❤

I must say I loved the detective accent you did, read the whole thing in one day thank you for your effort! <3

The Troubles. They changed museums too for me - I automatically put my bag for examination ? years ago. The girl looked at me as if I was crazy. I'm just happy she didn't know or get why. A war that no-one except both sides knew about. RD Wingfield did some crackers of books! Deadfall is excellent.

Thanks. Loved it.

Yes, I certainly did enjoy it. Addressing gender and the tendency of the author to set the story in his or her youth, I am presently reading the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov. Although he was born around the early 1920's, about the same as my parents, he is writing in the vast future of mankind. I think he makes a very good effort not to be overtly sexist in his assumptions. Of course, the argument could be made that we have no way of knowing how gender roles will be seen in such a large amount of time; for all we know, some worlds may regress in their way of thinking. But, still, I am impressed at how he resists the conditioning he must have undergone as he grew up and manages to tell a story where these attitudes are not dominant.

Loved the story!

Oh yes, always root for Bond. Agree about hard boiled

If you only knew how sexy is the English "lef-tenant" to an American ear. No idea why.

Such a relaxing Saturday night story! Thank you, Mr. Walker! 🎉

Often heard it said that when an Irishman leaves his house it's with a gun and a stick of dynamite.

Thanks for another great video!

Oh, drop the analysis: he was just an idiot who had been brainwashed by the religious. The story makes no sense to an atheist. It is 'sub Graham Greene' trash.

Best Wimsey yet! More! Thank you.

Thanks Tony, that was great. Re the wordiness, sometimes it really suits a story or else the odd bit here and there adds something- like the judicious use of a strong condiment!!!! In this story, like you I found it rather tedious. I liked the bit about coming down being harder than going up and its reference to singing. I’m a big fan of detective fiction and hadn’t realised it was started by Poe. In the early detective stories there seems to be a star detective and his “magician’s assistant”. It’s interesting how the role of the partner has changed subsequently and we have plenty of investigative duos now. Val McDermid’s Tony Hill and Carol Jordan are one of my favourite duos, also Louisa Luna’s Alice Vega and Max Caplan. Often they bring very different skills to the table, are flawed, plus the relationship between them can be a thing of interest in it’s own right. Even when one of them has a streak of wild brilliance, they’re now both necessary. The partner’s role started off as the scribe who records the great man’s achievements - also shows his brilliance by being a bit dull. The star detective is more fallible now and is allowed to make some grave errors, as long as s/he resolves things satisfactorily in the end. The story combined with your excellent chat made me realise I’d like to investigate the history of detective fiction further. Thanks again Tony, excellent stuff!

These shorts are a great idea. The links do work, I just hope those with poor eyesight or short attention spans notice them.

Thank you!

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I always get mixed up with the Adams family and the Munsters!

It is such a relief to listen to you, Tony. After listening to too many AI audiobooks with mispronunciations, weird pauses and sudden loudness, your smooth nstural modulated narration feels like I am receiving a brain massage.

Oddly, I find Chandler’s writing reminiscent of Dickens in some aspects. They both use highly tuned language and acute observation to develop nuanced characters set across wide societal spheres. They they both resist making generalized judgments of those that the world has written off. As a social commentator Dickens uses satire to reveal injustice; we pity his characters, often feel they are blameless, and are angered by the issues that have destroyed their lives. Chandler is not a crusader but is concerned, rather, with revealing the universality of human behavior. His characters are often violent, avaricious, or cowardly, but because he gives us glimpses of their underlying humanity we still end up identifying with them. Detective stories are not an area I have ever studied and so I my thoughts may be way out, but thank you for the wonderfully entertaining and thought provoking content.

Ah, poor Inspector Slack! How Miss Marple vexes him! My main entertainment in this story is Miss Marple's innate suspicion of "paragons" and the sticky candy. At the point in life I got that immediately I was approaching Miss Marple's age. I should be so lucky as to stay as sharp as Marple

Subscribed, looking forward to more of your videos

Great story. But i wondered why matilda wasnt suspected right away.

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Tony, sir, please stop working with a KZbin coach. A youtube coach is a vampire. You're doing great on your own. The coach is going to give you advice that's good for himself and bad for you, long-term. You're maxxing this audience already, and will continue to do so, according to a normal, organic growth curve.

So sorry your channel was take down but glad it's all on your website, which I've bookmarked and will visit

Wonderful. Thanks so much, Tony! I love the story and your reading.