Four Faultless Felons includes The Moderate Murderer, The Honest Quack, The Ecstatic Thief, and The Loyal Traitor. Chesterton's protagonist's faultless crimes include: murder, fraud, theft, and treason. They are motivated by good intentions of course, by altruism and virtues.
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- PROLOGUE OF THE PRESSMAN
- THE MODERATE MURDERER
- I. — THE MAN WITH THE GREEN UMBRELLA
- II. — THE BOY WHO MADE A SCENE
- III. — THE MAN WHO COULD NOT HATE
- IV. — THE DETECTIVE AND THE PARSON
- V. — THE THEORY OF MODERATE MURDER
- VI. — THE THING THAT REALLY HAPPENED
- THE HONEST QUACK
- I. — THE PROLOGUE OF THE TREE
- II. — THE MAN WITH THE BLACK BAG
- III. — THE TRESPASSER IN THE GARDEN
- IV. — THE DISEASE OF DUODIAPSYCHOSIS
- V. — THE SECRET OF THE TREE
- VI. — THE EPILOGUE OF THE GARDEN
- THE ECSTATIC THIEF
- I. — THE NAME OF NADOWAY
- II. — THE BURGLAR AND THE BROOCH
- III. — A QUEER REFORMATION
- IV. — THE PROBLEMS OF DETECTIVE PRICE
- V. — THE THIEF ON TRIAL
- VI. — THE CLEANSING OF THE NAME
- THE LOYAL TRAITOR
- I. — THE MENACE OF THE WORD
- II. — THE PROCESSION OF THE PLOTTERS
- III. — THE PRINCESS INTERVENES
- IV. — THE UNREASONABLENESS OF WOMAN
- V. — THE TERMS OF A TRAITOR
- VI. — THE SPEAKING OF THE WORD
- EPILOGUE OF THE PRESSMAN