Eighteen Father Brown stories. One of the problems many modern mystery writers have is that by setting their murders in a specific community it leads one to believe it a dangerous place. In the same way crime follows Father Brown wherever he goes. I love the way Chesterton writes; he can go from serious to breezy ebullience in one sentence. On the other hand, he is often quite long-winded.

A good line from The Secret Garden: "As a soldier, he loathed all this secretive carnage; where were these extravagant amputations going to stop? First one head was hacked off, and then another; in this case (he told himself bitterly) it was not true that two heads were better than one." ( )

I already have copies of "The Incredulity" and "The Innocence" of Father Brown so was glad to find additional stories from "The Wisdom", "The Secret" and "The Scandal" in this volume, which contains 18 stories and should not be confused with The Complete Father Brown.
Once again Chesterton's hero solves the mysteries with modesty and compassion and reminds us never to overlook even the most humble individual. My favourite quote: "To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it" (from "The Paradise of Thieves"). ( )

Women don't quite exist for G.K. Chesterton. I'm was puzzled that so many of the villians suicided. It seemed very cruel of Chesterton to deny his villains any forgiveness at all. ( )

Quite entertaining, but not as good as Sherlock Holmes. ( )

Detectiveverhaaltjes met een diepere laag. Mooie psychologische tekening en licht spirituele toets ( )