The Innocence of Father Brown (Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton)

12 detective stories are included in this book. Father Brown, small, round-faced and innocent, is a Roman Catholic priest from East Anglia - he also happens to be a top-hole detective. G.K. Chesterton was an English writer often referred to as "the prince of paradox." Chesterton wrote on a variety of different subjects including mystery fiction, religion, and literary critiques. Chesterton is best known for creating the priest-detective Father Brown and the popular book Orthodoxy. The Innocence of Father Brown is a collection of twelve short stories published in 1911. Between the silver ribbon of morning and the green glittering ribbon of sea, the boat touched Harwich and let loose a swarm of folk like flies, among whom the man we must follow was by no means conspicuous - nor wished to be.