The Innocence of Father Brown

This compilation of Father Brown stories includes twelve of the best cases of the eccentric but competent priest/detective.

Invented by renowned author, essayist and journalist G.K. Chesterton, Father Brown is an amateur sleuth whose day job is one of church preacher. Chesterton, a religious Christian who wrote volumes of essays and fiction surrounding spirituality, would base his stories upon a priest he knew by the name of Father John O'Connor.

A popular hit in early 20th century Britain and the USA, the Father Brown detective stories remain a well-written and much-liked addition to the genre over a century after the first tales were published.

Characterised by his easily digestible style, ready use and exposure of paradox, and his use of wit and humour to advance argument, Chesterton's fiction and non-fiction writings on the topics of human behaviour and wider society remain relevant and poignant to this day.