This is a unique collection of ten of the famous Father Brown stories by popular author G.K. Chesterton. The selected stories put special emphasis on the role that Father Brown’s Catholic faith played in helping him solve the murder mysteries.

As Dorothy Sayers once wrote, Chesterton was “the first man of our time to introduce the great name of God into a detective story … to enlarge the boundaries of the detective story by making it deal with death and real wickedness and real, that is to say, divine judgment.”

This edition of Father Brown stories includes generous footnotes which clarify the literary and historical allusions made by Father Brown. It is based on the texts of the original editions for assurance of complete authenticity and is set in easily readable type.

These are excellent short detective tales in the classic British tradition of Sherlock Holmes – puzzling concoctions of mysterious crimes, dubious suspects and ambiguous clues. They are among the very best of the Father Brown stories.