G. K. Chesterton 
The Innocence of Father Brown 

Quirky, affable, Father Brown made his first appearance in the short story ‘The Blue Cross’ in 1910.

The Innocence of Father Brown, by G.K. Chesterton, is a collection of mystery stories published in 1911. The titular character, Father Brown, is a Catholic priest who solves mysteries using his powers of observation and insight, rather than physical prowess or forensic investigation.

This witty and entertaining collection of stories is sure to delight readers of all ages who are looking for a classic detective story.

List of Stories included here are mentioned below:

‘The Blue Cross’,
‘The Secret Garden’,
‘The Queer Feet’,
‘The Flying Stars’,
‘The Invisible Man’,
The Honour of Israel Gow (as ‘The Strange Justice’),
‘The Wrong Shape’,
‘The Sins of Prince Saradine’,
The Hammer of God (as ‘The Bolt from the Blue’),
‘The Eye of Apollo’,
‘The Sign of the Broken Sword’,
‘The Three Tools of Death’.

About the author

G. K. Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English writer, philosopher and literary and art critic. Chesterton created the fictional priest-detective Father Brown. He decided to follow art as a career, and studied at the Slade School, where, while attending or not attending to his studies, he met Ernest Hodder-Williams, who encouraged Chesterton in his writing. At his request he reviewed a number of books for the Bookman and found himself launched on a profession he was to follow all his life. Probably his most famous stories are those of Father Brown, but he wrote much about every conceivable subject under or beyond the sun. His fiction works would sell well, with titles such as ‘The Man Who Was Thursday’, a thriller combining espionage and metaphysics, and ‘The Everlasting Man’, which chronicles mankind’s spiritual journey.