Mystery stories set in pre-WWI London, featuring Father Brown, a Roman Catholic priest with deep insight into criminals and crime — the Lt. Columbo of his day. “[Father Brown] is one of the greatest of all great detective figures…His field of knowledge is human nature, and his skills are observation, reason, and common sense.” KINGSLEY […]
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Father Brown Mysteries (Volume 1): The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton
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Father Brown Mysteries (Volume 2): Ten Classic Cases by G.K. Chesterton
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“[Father Brown] is one of the greatest of all great detective figures…His field of knowledge is human nature, and his skills are observation, reason, and common sense.” KINGSLEY AMIS “The Father Brown stories are brilliantly written in a style richly complex, imaginative, vigorous, poetic, and spiced with paradoxes…Chesterton was one of the first writers of […]
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
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“Any mystery writer who wants to learn how to plot should spend a few days reading Agatha Christie. She’ll show you everything you want to know.” DONNA LEON, author of the Commissario Guido Brunetti novels “Refreshingly original.” Times Literary Supplement (London) ABOUT THE BOOK: First published in 1922, The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie is […]
