G. K. Chesterton 
The Innocence of Father Brown 

The Innocence of Father Brown is the first, and in many people’s view the best, collection of Chesterton’s much-loved Father Brown stories. Father Brown, the unassuming Roman Catholic Priest from East Anglia, has long been a favorite of detective story fans everywhere for his charming and disarming personality and his infallible ability to solve crimes by skillful intuitive methods.