The Complete Father Brown Mysteries

by G.K. Chesterton

This collection of the Complete Father Brown Mysteries has all of the following The Innocence of Fathers; The Blue Cross; The Secret Garden; The Queer Feet; The Flying Stars; The Invisible Man; The Honour of Israel Gow; The Wrong Shape; The Sincs of Prince Saradine; The Hammer of God; the Eye of Apollo; The Sign of the Broken Sword; The Three Tools of Death; The Wisdom of Father; The Absence of Mr. The Paradise of Thieves, The Duel of Dr. Hirsh; The Man in the Passage; The Mistake of the Machine; The Head of Caesar; The Purple Wig; The Perishing of the Pendragons; The God of the Congs; The Salad of Colonel Cray; The Strange Crime of John Boulnois; The Fairy Tale of Father Brown; The credulity of Father Brown; The Resurrection of Father The Arrow of Heaven, The Oracle of the Dog; The Miracle of Moon Crescent; The Curse of the Golden Cross; The Dagger with Wings; The Doom of the Darnaways; The Ghost of Gideon Wise; The Secret of Father Brown; The Secret of Father Brown; The Mirror of the Magistrate; The Man With Two Beards, The Song of the Flying Fish; The Actor and the Alibi; The Vanishing of Vaudrey; The Worst Crime in the World; The Red Moon of Meru; The Chief Mourner of Marne; The Secret of Flambeau; The Scandal of Father; The Quick One; The Blast of the Book; The Green Man; The Pursuit of Mr. Blue; The Crime of the Communist; The Point of a Pin; The Insoluble Problem; and The Vampire of the Village.

Genres: Mystery

530 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2015

About the author

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic.

He was educated at St. Paul’s, and went to art school at University College London. In 1900, he was asked to contribute a few magazine articles on art criticism, and went on to become one of the most prolific writers of all time. He wrote a hundred books, contributions to 200 more, hundreds of poems, including the epic Ballad of the White Horse, five plays, five novels, and some two hundred short stories, including a popular series featuring the priest-detective, Father Brown. In spite of his literary accomplishments, he considered himself primarily a journalist. He wrote over 4000 newspaper essays, including 30 years worth of weekly columns for the Illustrated London News, and 13 years of weekly columns for the Daily News. He also edited his own newspaper, G.K.’s Weekly.

Chesterton was equally at ease with literary and social criticism, history, politics, economics, philosophy, and theology.

Reviews

[A.K. Frailey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this series of mystery stories. They were unlike any mysteries I have ever read before, but the characters were unique, the plots unusual, and the settings vivid enough to give the imagination room to roam. As befits Chesterton, there were philosophical insights that offered food for thought along the way, making the read both enjoyable and memorable.

[L.D. Stewart-Author · Rating 5 out of 5]

My book contained 24 Father Brown stories, and truly every one of them was riveting to read. So many times, I laughed out loud and other times when I was interrupted, I jumped from the scene I was in in the book at the moment. I have watched the television series and found the books to be so much more interesting, and I have loved the show. I was interested in reading G.K. Chesterson from the show actually. Flambeau, a masterfully executed 'Watson' for Father Brown. He grabs you from the first story, 'The Blue Cross.' I actually chuckle thinking about the writing style and humor layered in by Chesterson, with the crafty Father Brown. 'The Honour of Israel Gow,' The Sins of Prince Sardine,' 'The Hammer of God,' 'The Purple Wig,' 'The Salad of Colonel Cray,' I could go on and on with favorites from this series and honestly will read this book again and be very happy about it! There is a great series of episodes on YouTube from the 1990's I believe, that are amazingly captivating from some of these stories.

[Terence · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well told stories about a pastor that solved murders. Similar to Sherlock Holmes, but there tends to be more psychological analysis, versus forensic analysis, involved.