The Secret of Father Brown

Father Brown, an unassuming and shabbily dressed priest, possesses an incredible ability to solve crimes and murders. Here he reveals the secret of his success. He discovers the culprit by imagining himself to be inside the mind of the criminal. This fourth collection of Father Brown stories contains the magnificent ‘The Chief Mourner of Marne’—a fascinating story with unexpected twists—about a duel and a case of mistaken identity.

Contents: The secret of Father Brown — The mirror of the magistrate — The man with two beards — The song of the flying fish — The actor and the alibi — The vanishing of Vaudrey — The worst crime in the world — The Red Moon of Meru — The chief mourner of Marne — The secret of Flambeau