The man who knew too much

by G. K. Chesterton

Overview

This contains the first 8 of the 12 stories in the published book The Man Who Knew Too Much and Other Stories. In these 8 detective thrillers, the main protagonist is Horne Fisher. (The omitted four are individual stories with separate heroes/detectives.)Due to close relationships with the leading political figures in the land, Fisher knows too much about the private politics behind the public politics of the day. This knowledge is a burden to him because he is able to uncover the injustices and corruptions of the murders in each story, but in most cases the real killer gets away with the killing because to bring him openly to justice would create a greater chaos: starting a war, reinciting Irish rebellions, or removing public faith in the government.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781541243026
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	12/21/2016
Pages:	130
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.28(d)

About the Author

British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies. A man of strong opinions, with a humorous style that earned him the title of the "prince of paradox," he is impossible to categorize as "liberal" or "conservative": he was a literary critic, historian, playwright, novelist, columnist, and poet. His thousands of essays and 80 books remain among the most beloved in the English language.

Table of Contents

I.	The Face in the Target	1
II.	The Vanishing Prince	21
III.	The Soul of the Schoolboy	41
IV.	The Bottomless Well	56
V.	The Fad of the Fisherman	73
VI.	The Hole in the Wall	92
VII.	The Temple of Silence	116
VIII.	The Vengeance of the Statue	140