Father Brown (Complete Collection)

Father Brown is a short, stumpy Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective with shapeless clothes, a large umbrella, and an uncanny insight into human evil. He solves mysteries and crimes using his intuition and keen understanding of human nature.

Table of Contents:

The Innocence of Father Brown:

The Blue Cross

The Secret Garden

The Queer Feet

The Flying Stars

The Invisible Man

The Honour of Israel Gow

The Wrong Shape

The Sins of Prince Saradine

The Hammer of God

The Eye of Apollo

The Sign of the Broken Sword

The Three Tools of Death

The Wisdom of Father Brown:

The Absence of Mr Glass

The Paradise of Thieves

The Duel of Dr Hirsch

The Man in the Passage

The Mistake of the Machine

The Head of Caesar

The Purple Wig

The Perishing of the Pendragons

The God of the Gongs

The Salad of Colonel Cray

The Strange Crime of John Boulnois

The Fairy Tale of Father Brown

The Incredulity of Father Brown:

The Resurrection of Father Brown

The Arrow of Heaven

The Oracle of the Dog

The Miracle of Moon Crescent

The Curse of the Golden Cross

The Dagger with Wings

The Doom of the Darnaways

The Ghost of Gideon Wise

The Secret of Father Brown:

The Secret of Father Brown

The Mirror of the Magistrate

The Man With Two Beards

The Song of the Flying Fish

The Actor and the Alibi

The Vanishing of Vaudrey

The Worst Crime in the World

The Red Moon of Meru

The Chief Mourner of Marne

The Secret of Flambeau

The Scandal of Father Brown:

The Scandal of Father Brown

The Quick One

The Blast of the Book

The Green Man

The Pursuit of Mr Blue

The Crime of the Communist

The Point of a Pin

The Insoluble Problem

The Vampire of the Village

Uncollected Stories:

The Donnington Affair

The Mask of Midas

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. He is often referred to as the "prince of paradox". Chesterton is best known for his fictional priest-detective Father Brown, but also for his reasoned apologetics.



G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. Chesterton is well known for his fictional priest-detective Father Brown, and for his reasoned apologetics. Even some of those who disagree with him have recognized the wide appeal of such works as Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox".