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The Man Who Knew Too Much
- Author
- G. K. Chesterton
- Narrator
- Derek Perkins
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 5 December 2017
- Run Time
- 6 hours 21 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
First published in 1922 and filled with evocative portraits of pre–World War I society, these eight stories from the creator of the Father Brown mysteries recount the adventures of Horne Fisher, a socialite who uses his immense knowledge and powerful deductive gifts to investigate crimes committed on the sprawling country estates of the aristocracy—crimes that must, alas, go largely unpunished due to the greater harm that justice would unleash.
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Details
- Author
- G. K. Chesterton
- Narrator
- Derek Perkins
- Duration
- 6 hours 21 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 December 2017
- ISBN
- 9781538506776
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Crime and mystery fiction
Synopsis
First published in 1922 and filled with evocative portraits of pre–World War I society, these eight stories from the creator of the Father Brown mysteries recount the adventures of Horne Fisher, a socialite who uses his immense knowledge and powerful deductive gifts to investigate crimes committed on the sprawling country estates of the aristocracy—crimes that must, alas, go largely unpunished due to the greater harm that justice would unleash.
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