The Further Adventures of Father Brown

by G.K. Chesterton

Father Brown is one of the best-loved sleuths from Golden Age of detective fiction. This handsome hardback volume collects four of his classic cases, presented with a modern cover design, dust jacket and gorgeous endpapers.

Hiding behind his genial appearance, this priest-come-detective has a razor-sharp mind. Through his experience as a confessor, Father Brown has gained has an intrinsic knowledge of humanity's capacity for evil which makes him an expert at solving crimes. This gifted sleuth uses intuition over scientific method, putting himself in the shoes and minds of the criminals he seeks.

Stories
• The Resurrection of Father Brown
• The Oracle of the Dog
• The Mirror of the Magistrate
• The Actor and the Alibi

Now streaming as a popular series on Netflix, Father Brown's crime-solving adventures remain as compelling now as they ever were. This complete and unabridged edition is the perfect companion title to Father Brown Short Stories.

Genres: Fiction

384 pages, Hardcover

Published October 15, 2020

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

[Corie Black · Rating 4 out of 5]

These short stories let me continue to follow Father Brown’s adventures- usually I will always choose a book over a show but in this case, how the characters are captured in the series has won my heart.

[Dianne · Rating 2 out of 5]

I only read the first two stories and thought that was enough to get the gist of Father Brown's adventures and what classic cosy crime is like. I found it a bit too cosy for me and just couldn't finish it.

[Hugh Coverly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good stories for most part.