The Man Who Knew too Much

‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’ contains eight stories full of mystery and adventure, with a fair share of food for thought. Horne Fisher is extremely well-connected. The plans of prime ministers, foreign ambassadors, and chancellors are matters of table conversation, usually because these people are dining with him. And when a man so well connected is also a brilliant detective, all sinister motives and plots systematically unfold.
Whether it is a case of police corruption or a war with Sweden, Horne Fisher can always solve it. But Horne Fisher is also a philosopher and not a policeman, and the murderer is seldom punished. G.K. Chesterton, author of the Father Brown stories, here introduces another detective outside the realm of conventional law enforcement.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England, in 1874. He began his education at St Paul's School, and later went on to study art at the Slade School, and literature at University College in London. Chesterton wrote a great deal of poetry, as well as works of social and literary criticism. Among his most notable books are ‘The Man Who Was Thursday’, a metaphysical thriller, and ‘The Everlasting Man’, a history of humankind's spiritual progress. After Chesterton converted to Catholicism in 1922, he wrote mainly on religious topics. Chesterton is most known for creating the famous priest-detective character Father Brown, who first appeared in ‘The Innocence of Father Brown.’ Chesterton died in 1936 at the age of 62.