The Innocence of Father Brown

Father Brown, a Catholic priest who doubles as a sleuth, is the main character in 52 short stories written by G. K. Chesterton. Father Brown uses exacting logical deduction without reducing the world around him to a mere mechanistic fabrication. This volume includes 12 short stories: 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; and The Three Tools of Death.