Father Brown of the Church of Rome »

A unique collection of ten of Chesterton's famous Father Brown stories with puts special emphasis on the role that Brown's Catholic faith played in helping him solve the murder mysteries. As Dorothy Sayers once wrote, chesterton was the first man of our time to introduce the great name of God into a detective story.

This special Father Brown edition includes generous footnotes which help to clarify the literary and historical allusions made by Father Brown. These are excellent short detective yarns in the classic British tradition of Sherlock Holmes—puzzling concoctions of mysterious crimes. They are among the very best of the Father Brown stories.

	Introduction	7
1	The Chief Mourner of Marne (1925)	13
2	The Red Moon of Meru (1927)	41
3	The Miracle of Moon Crescent (1924)	63
4	The Resurrection of Father Brown (1926)	93
5	The Man with Two Beards (1925)	115
6	The Curse of the Golden Cross (1925)	139
7	The Secret Garden (1910)	173
8	The Flying Stars (1911)	199
9	The Honour of Israel Gow (1911)	219
10	The Insoluble Problem (1935)	239
	A Note on the Texts	263
	A Note on the Notes	265