Favorite Father Brown Stories

A Chestertonian version of Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown is a little cleric from Essex—with “a face as round and dull as a Norfolk dumpling” and “eyes as empty as the North Sea”—appears in six suspenseful, well-plotted tales. An essential item in any mystery collection, these delightful works offer a particular treat for lovers of vintage detective stories, and will engage any reader.

Six well-plotted and suspenseful tales by the noted British critic, author and debunker extraordinaire feature the “little cleric from Essex” in “The Blue Cross,” “The Sins of Prince Saradine,” “The Sign of the Broken Sword,” “The Man in the Passage,” “The Perishing of the Pendragons” and “The Salad of Colonel Cray.”