Trying to Find a Book

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Trying to Find a Book Jan 10, 2019 15:27:00 GMT Nalkarj likes this

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Post by General Kenobi on Jan 10, 2019 15:27:00 GMT

My mom heard about this on a TV program, but they didn't mention the title. It was a mystery by G.K. Ghesteron. A man was in locked office. People on the outside could hear voices. When they opened the door the man was outside, hanging from a tree.

Hopefully someone can help me find this.

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Trying to Find a Book Jan 10, 2019 21:00:06 GMT Nalkarj likes this

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Post by paislene on Jan 10, 2019 21:00:06 GMT

Gilbert Chesterton was a popular and respected intellectual British writer/broadcaster from the early 20th century . Currently
he is enjoyed through the BBC's Father Brown Series (2013> 7 Seasons) based on his Father Brown Story Series written over
25 years . But there have also been movies and other anthologies over many years , so check out the first link through his
name , which gives a movie and tv list to check . Cheers !

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Trying to Find a Book Jan 13, 2019 13:28:22 GMT Nalkarj and paislene like this

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Post by theravenking on Jan 13, 2019 13:28:22 GMT

This sounds like The Arrow of Heaven.

The new BBC show has very little in common with the original stories, but there was a short-lived TV series in 1974 which is relatively faithful to the source material: www.imdb.com/title/tt0069582/?ref_=ttep_ep_tt

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Trying to Find a Book Jan 13, 2019 13:52:28 GMT via mobile theravenking and paislene like this

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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 13, 2019 13:52:28 GMT

Sounds a bit like a conflation of “The Arrow of Heaven” (locked door, voices, but there the murder weapon is an arrow) and “The Miracle of Moon Crescent” (hanging on a tree, thought to be supernatural).

“Arrow” here: ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/c/chesterton/gk/c52fb/chapter26.html

“Miracle” here: ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/c/chesterton/gk/c52fb/chapter28.html

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