Stan The Killer by Georges Simenon  

Love detective stories across the various genres. Simonen was a genius. Well rendered. Greetings from Australia.

Thank you for the commentaries. They add to the story for me 😊

Always love Maigret. Great job.

I really enjoy the characterization created by G. Simenon; they are not black/white, good/bad, but human and his lead character is like the sociologist detective. He often is sorting through the lives of those surrounding the crime to uncover the motivation behind each person as he looks for the criminal; very often he has compassion for the circumstances that create a regular everyday “Joe/Mary” to be compelled into a criminal act. Love all your choices & I ESPECIALLY like being able to come here for those stories or authors that are NOT anywhere else. Hope all is well! Cheers! 🪭

This story was the best kept plot FORSURE !!!!! 🥰🥰🥰

Masterful, thought-provoking, on all levels. Love the story, accents, commentary. Much needed, much appreciated, Tony. Thank you. Agree with you on TrueCrime.

Excellent, Tony. Appreciated the different accents. Also enjoyed the ramble after. Thank you.

Great commentary at the end, thanks. Very insightful and informative, for a relatively new Maigret fan, such as me. On the personality of the detective, i think there has to be qualities there which appeal to the audience. You mention Columbo, referring to his seemingly bungling, dim-wittedness. When all along the barrage of questions, his constant badgering of the perpetrators is a clever ruse to force the hand, and all done with a respectable humbleness. Maigret on the other hand, imho, relentless determination to solve the "puzzle ' as you termed it. I really like how Maigret keeps every one around him focused, he doesn't, to use the cliche, suffer fools gladly, yet still commands great respect from his colleagues as well as criminals and civilians alike. Straight down the line character, logical with no thrills. No deerstalker, pipe and 7% solution for this French detective. Not to say I'm not a Sherlock Holmes & Dr Watson fan. Hope this all made sense?

Wow! WHAT a story! For me, this one felt very different from the other Maigret stories- sure, it has us hoping- from what we know of Maigret's character- that he has cleverly put the pieces of the jigsaw together and the baddie gets caught, but there were the two very clever plot twists which prevents us from guessing the end- immensely enjoyable -partly because we get some surprises- right until the very end!- Thanks!

I love Maigret. Thanks.

Love Columbo , Agatha, all of them, love the interesting details

Wow, Tony, I have listened to this book at another RU-vid channel and I will just tell you the Reader makes all the difference! you really bring all your stories to life. Love it! I tell all my friends that I go to bed with Tony Walker every night L O L! Don’t worry, I’m 72, and quite content not chasing after men big smile, I often fall asleep at night and have to figure out where I left off and finish the story in the morning. You’re really the best! Thanks. 2:38

Stumbled upon your reading in the middle of the night and listened again this morning. Maigret is one of my absolute favorites. Listened to every audio reading I could find. Enjoyed your commentary and looking forward to more.

Good voice and reading for Simenon's psychological style.

I'm into Norse hard boiled detective Harry Hole`. I'm of Scandinavian descent and my grandparents spoke Norwegian so it's very cozy for me. But Harry feels very American to be nevertheless, because he's jaded and traumatized, damaged and also never runs shorts of horrendous murderers to chase. I can't imagine Norway being stuffed with serial killers like in Yank country. But Jo Nesbo is fantastic, imo, even if the genre is a well beaten path.

I really like this reader and, while I don’t disdain readers who take the trouble to read even while they are poor at accents, it especially nice to hear a reader comfortable with diverse accents.

Enjoyed the reading and especially the thought-provoking insights afterwards, Tony. More, please. 👏🏻

I've never heard of this story...What a delightful treat for the weekend ✨️ Thank you, Mr. Walker 🎉

Intelligent well spoken talented self possessed likable high class narrator 👍

Good voice spooky reader.

Your teeth coming in are painful -- but they're just as painful coming out as well.😅 I've said it many times before but I'll say it one more time: I love the commentary, the sleeping dogs, the page turnings and the teething grandchild. I wouldn't take your channel any other way. As for the story I knew it would be good, being one of your narrations, but this one felt even more immersive. I thoroughly enjoyed the foreign (to me) aspect along with all the incredible accents -- as well as the dry humor so rarely featured in American boilers. To this homogenized American, the old Paris Ghetto holds quite a bit of romance. As always, thank you so much for your time and hard work. Love to Sheila, the dogs, kids, grand-kids, the scrapman, random parakeets and everyone else whose generosity forms the part of you that your audience has the good sense to engage with. Live long, Tony Walker.

Lots of the American detectives were posh amateurs also, Ellery Queen, Philo Vance etc.

The fantastic but unknown author that you think no one will click on - if he/she is as good as Simenon, please don’t keep it to yourself!

Love your stories but man you’ve got to quit apologizing. You do what you do best and we’ll be there. Those that don’t want to or have the time to listen to the commentary will click off. Keep putting them up.

the analysis is great. informed, well spoken, a plus. The story reading top drawer, thanks -

Not heard this one before, thoroughly enjoyed it, thanks dude

WOW, HOW WONDERFUL TO FIND MAIGRET AMONG THE LISTINGS, I AM RAPT. SO GOOD TO HEAR SOMEBODY PRONOUNCE POIROT'S NAME CORRECTLY. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND OUT WHICH SERIES IT IS WHERE MAIGRET SPEAKS A LOT OF FRENCH, PARTICULARLY WHERE ADDRESSES ARE CONCERNED. I JUST LOVE HIS VOICE. I HAVE BEEN TO FRANCE ON A CAT JUDGES TOUR IN 1977 BUT NOT LONG ENOUGH TO LEARN MUCH FRENCH AND OF COURSE BY THEN THE FRENCH WERE SPEAKING A FAIR BIT OF ENGLISH. I WAS GIVEN A HINT, WE WERE TOLD THAT IF WE WENT FOR A WALK, WALK AS THOUGH YOU KNEW WHERE YOU WERE GOING, DO NOT ACT AS A TOURIST AND YOU WOULD BE A LOT SAFER. ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU FOR MAIGRET. BLESSINGS, TRIXIE, 87, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. XXX

Nice reading Tony, the story was a good one also.

I don't think we are completely misdirected. Margaret says in the story he isn't sure which one is Stan and he goes on to then count off each person with Lucas. That is when I figured out who he was. That is misdirection for pre-war France, though. Hope you will do more Maigret stories!

It's the first time I've heard Tony's voice and I'm finding it hard to get used to. Maybe I will by the end of the story hopefully as I love those stories ❤❤❤

Working a sudoku puzzle while listening, and Tony mentions sudoku.

Thank you for this, sir. Very much enjoyed :)

No your French is excellent! I’m not French but it sounds perfect to me, I do know the difference 😅and this commentary makes the story even more interesting so thanks for the extra ❤

Super tale and commentary

Well done! Enjoyed!

This reminds me eerily of the Brabant killers. Edit: I wrote this before you said you dislike true crime, disregard this 😂😅

Ha! Maigret the 4 and a half minute egg! 😁🥚

Tony, is that your voice??

Can anyone explain the creosote fake cigar? It sounds disgusting.

Much better at speed 1.25

One of his weakest stories. Maigret solves the case only after it's been solved for him.

I enjoyed this but every time the narrator said LucaS it grated on my nerves. Why pronounce Maigret or Janvier correctly but not Lucas? It’s lazy and just so poor.

A brilliant tale THANK ❤ YOU 🙏