The Secret of Father Brown
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Published: 2023
Language: eng
Subjects: England -- Fiction; Clergy -- Fiction; Detective and mystery stories, English; Catholics -- Fiction; Brown, Father (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Fiction; Mystery; Shorts
Description: <p><a href="https://standardebooks.org/collections/father-brown">Father Brown</a> returns in his fourth collection of stories, and his sidekick Flambeau makes a return as well, although only in the two framing stories at the beginning and end of the collection.</p> <p>In the intervening ten stories, Father Brown is alone, and investigating mysteries involving objects as varied as mirrors, literal goldfish (made out of gold), and a suit of armor. As always, his investigations also provide him an opportunity to expound on the nature of evil, the differences between a charlatan’s representation of the supernatural and the real thing, and the opportunities for thieves and murderers to repent of their deeds.</p>