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The third collection of short stories featuring G.K. Chesterton's iconic priest-detective, Father Brown. In this brilliantly thrilling volume, Father Brown, our quiet yet sharp-minded amateur detective, once again solves a series of baffling mysteries which perplex the local community.

The Secret of Father Brown sees our wise and moral amateur detective navigate more tales of crime and violence. Although quiet and unassuming, Father Brown has sharp skills of deduction and a deep, empathetic understanding of human nature, putting himself into the minds of the criminals he faces.

The humble yet shrewd Father Brown returns in a series of epic mysteries that see him use his gift of human understanding to solve the crimes at play. After all, it is not just logic and rational thinking that can get to the root of these crimes – but moral reasoning too.

Father Brown, a modest, mild-mannered priest with a sharp intellect and even sharper sense of the human condition, is thrown into a series of mysteries which often baffle both his peers and the authorities.

Effortlessly blending biography, philosophy and humour, Chesterton recounts with great imaginative depth the renowned Italian priest and theologist, Thomas Aquinas.

Here are the six final stories from The Innocence of Father Brown relating the crime-solving adventures of a rather unconventional detective....

Father Brown is an eccentric priest with his own particular ways of dealing with crime....

A fictional priest and amateur detective named Father Brown had a face once described “as round and dull as a Norfolk dumpling”. This made him appear somewhat clumsy and naïve, but that didn’t take into account his keen understanding of human nature....

Squire Vane, a noble man from Cornwall, has three 'peacock trees' in his local village, imported by his ancestors. However, a sinister legend hovers around these trees: it is said that they are destined to spread disease and bring severe misfortune to those who cross them.

Orthodoxy addresses one main problem: How can we contrive to be at once astonished at the world and yet at home in it? Chesterton has an answer....

Shabby and lumbering, with a face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown makes for an improbable super-sleuth. But his innocence is the...

Every story of Chesterton's unassuming little priest detective, from the first four published collections: The Innocence of Father Brown (1911), The Wisdom of Father Brown (1914), The Incredulity of Father Brown (1926), and The Secret of Father Brown (1927)....

Spirited and unpretentious, Chesterton's romp through English history recounts the thrilling story of a somewhat complicated nation, told through the soul of its people.

A Short History of England (1917) is Chesterton’s commentary on the philosophical, social, and religious history of England. The book focuses on those highlights that have shaped the nation, and is presented in the author’s customary wit....

A thoroughly engaging collection of classic short stories from some of the greatest writers who lived....

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was a British writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary critic. Chesterton wrote around 80 books, several hundred poems, some 200 short stories, several plays, plus 4,000 essays and newspaper columns....

In The Napoleon of Notting Hill, his first novel, Chesterton creates a witty satire of staid government, set in a London of the future....

Classic Poems for Boys comprises a delightfully varied set of over 20 poems for 5- to 10-year olds....

During the first three decades of the 20th century, eugenics, the scientific control of human breeding, was a popular cause....

Chesterton takes us on a merry ride of mystery, intrigue, and above all, fantasy in this tale of anarchism....