The wisdom of Father Brown

"The Wisdom of Father Brown" (1914) is a collection of twelve stories by G.K. Chesterton, featuring his empathetic detective Father Brown. Sherlock Holmes might be sexier, but GK Chesterton's atmospheric Father Brown stories are the best the genre has ever seen. The 12 stories in this collection are: THE ABSENCE OF MR GLASS THE PARADISE OF THIEVES THE DUEL OF DR. HIRSCH 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 ...