A Trap to Catch a Cracksman by E W Hornung

[@sheilakethley5351]

The older I get, the more I like those explanations at the end of a detective story!

[@nct948]

Just to let you know: St Jean de Luz is by the Atlantic ocean, not far from the Spanish frontier. In France, we have a similar gentleman cracksman called Arsene Lupin,created in 1905.

[@classicdetective]

Ah yes, I know of him! Thank you for the geographical information :)

[@carolmikolj5134]

Great to hear a Raffles story. A cracksman is a term for a safebreaker.

[@debbiethompson6240]

Safecracker

[@shadownet3d]

Highly enjoyable! Great narration and afterthoughts as always!

[@soundsilence2604]

Appreciated the commentary on this one, as I'd never caught the Holmes parody.

[@davidreed9671]

Surely Raffles was actually a professional cracksman and an amateur cricketer ? BBC radio did a very funny take on this story

[@classicdetective]

fair point

[@StoryVoracious]

This was great! 👏👏👏 Thanks Tony. I think that McGuire is my favorite of all the characters you have played. Very, very entertaining. 💗💗💗

[@MartiWilliams-r2z]

Very enjoyable. Thanks for introducing Raffles, new to me anyway. As always you're the best, Tony.

[@thurayya8905]

Unbelievably, although I have heard of Raffles, I don't think I have ever read any of the stories. Thank you for introducing us.

[@AndreaDingbatt]

Splendid!! (When I st moved to Carlisle, I used to wonder why Raffles, had his name was spray-painted Everywhere!!) ~Until I lived there for a while!!

[@MaggieatPlay]

Thank you, Tony! Loved the Raffles story.

[@shirleybewley6646]

Great story! Love the back story of the author too!

[@indigobunting2431]

The ending very clipped. Lovely speaking voice.

[@yesterdayitrained]

The best! Tony is so versatile- such a talent!

[@kristinabaade2343]

My new favorite - so funny!!!😂

[@ScottishLeo]

Ikr 😂

[@michaelgreaves2375]

Raffles!!! These are Good.

[@TeresaHolloway-xc2ss]

I LOVE RAFFLES STORIES

[@AlgorithmEngagementEntity]

Thanks, Tony. Always the proper chaser

[@AlgorithmEngagementEntity]

Thanks for the introduction to Raffles and Bunny, amusing antihero Watson Sherlock. Found their origin story equally entertaining

[@BertieShaul-mn4qc]

This was a wonderful story! Good commentary! ❤❤😊😊🎉🎉

[@TeresaHolloway-xc2ss]

THANK YOU

[@judikingsman6132]

I know of Raffles hotel. I've heard of Raffles the crook but this is my first listening to a Raffles story ❤❤❤❤

[@ropeburnsrussell]

I know you carefully research each change to your channel so I will simply accept them.

[@ropeburnsrussell]

Oh, the Brits and their American lingo!!! The dialogue, not the reading.

[@doreekaplan2589]

"On the right side of the Atlantic." There's a wrong side? Pretty silly.

[@footfault]

There's a left side.

[@iluvdamon17]

Love your voice! Yummy! So sophisticated sounding! Pure elan!

[@classicdetective]

Appearances can be deceptive. I narrate in a string vest while smoking woodbines and chewing jerky.

[@iluvdamon17]

Oh! You must know all this imagery just further augments your allure!

[@ClassicGhost]

@@iluvdamon17 That is a drawing of me breaking in through a window.

[@footfault]

"Bow" in "Bowery," a former New York City slum tenanted by derelicts (but now gentrified), rhymes with "now."

[@classicdetective]

thank you . I shall remember that

[@soylentgreennewdealtimeshare]

A sound engineer should deesser to soften sibilance and carve out the frequencies highlighting some clicking and plosives.