Father Brown Mysteries 5 Book Set By G.K Chesterton Innocence, Wisdom, Incredulity, Secret & Scandal

The Innocence of Father Brown

With Father Brown the author has entered upon a new literary field in a series of detective stories. Strange to say, his hero is not a Sherlock Holmes or a Lecoq, but a gentle little parish priest who uses his knowledge of human nature gained in his religious work to unravel mysterious crimes which have baffled the police.

The Wisdom of Father Brown

The small Catholic priest at his best again! "The Wisdom of Father Brown" is full of tales of crime and discovery, clues and false leads and all the rest of the thrilling material which will make any normal human being sit up and keep on sitting up long past the proper hour for bed.

The Incredulity of Father Brown

Set in the early twentieth century, each of the stories centres around the cunning investigations of Father Brown, an amateur detective who uses his incredible intuition to solve a variety of perplexing mysteries.

The Secret of Father Brown

The Secret of Father Brown is the fourth collection of short stories in G. K. Chesterton's famous detective series, and the volume reveals the truth behind the Roman Catholic priest's ingenious crime-solving abilities. When an American writer approaches Father Brown and asks him the secret of his excellent detective work, the modest clergyman decides it is time to reveal his methods.

The Scandal of Father Brown

The Scandal of Father Brown is the fifth and last collection of short stories in The Father Brown Series. G. K. Chesterton's intricate writing carries the mysteries as the unassuming priest returns once more to demonstrate his remarkable detective skills.