I didn't much care for Wiederman's narration, which made me resort to following along or rereading certain sections in my Kindle edition in order to understand what was happening. Oh well, it was free so nothing lost! ( )

2.5*

There is something about Chesterton's writing style that I don't quite like. I noticed this before in reading some of the Father Brown stories. The plots are interesting enough yet I can't say that I like them. ( )

Horne Fisher, un peculiar funcionario del Imperio que va tropezando a lo largo de su carrera con una serie de misteriosos asesinatos cuya solución se encuentra más allá de las apariencias. Como en la mayoría de los thrillers de Chesterton, cada relato encierra una ingeniosa paradoja sobre la condición de la sociedad o sobre la naturaleza humana.

A strange book, hard to follow. ( )

These eight tales trace the activities of Horne Fisher, the man who knew too much. A member of a wealthy and socially prominent family. Fisher is extraordinary well acquainted with the ways of the rich and powerful (in fact, he knows too much about them). A keen mind and powerful deductive gifts make Fisher a natural sleuth, and he conducts his investigations of crimes committed on the great country estates of the aristocracy with the able assistance of his friend and confidant, the writer Harold March.