Chesterton portrays Father Brown as a short, stumpy Roman Catholic priest, with shapeless clothes and a large umbrella, and an uncanny insight into human evil. "How in Tartarus," cried Flambeau, "did you ever hear of the spiked bracelet?" — "Oh, one's little flock, you know!" said Father Brown, arching his eyebrows rather blankly. "When I was a curate in Hartlepool, there were three of them with spiked bracelets." Not long after he published Orthodoxy, G. K. Chesterton moved from London to Beaconsfield, and met Father O'Connor. O'Connor had a shrewd insight to the darker side of man's nature and a mild appearance to go with it—and together those came together to become Chesterton's unassuming Father Brown. Chesterton loved the character, and the magazines he wrote for loved the stories. The Innocence of Father Brown was the first collection of them, and it's a great lot of fun.

"And the young woman of the house," asked Dr. Hood, with huge and silent amusement, "what does she want?" "Why, she wants to marry him," cried Father Brown, sitting up eagerly. "That is just the awful complication." "It is indeed a hideous enigma," said Dr. Hood. "This young James Todhunter," continued the cleric, "is a very decent man so far as I know; but then nobody knows very much. He is a bright, brownish little fellow, agile like a monkey, clean-shaven like an actor, and obliging like a born courtier. He seems to have quite a pocketful of money, but nobody knows what his trade is. Mrs. MacNab, therefore (being of a pessimistic turn), is quite sure it is something dreadful, and probably connected with dynamite.

De las historias de G.K. Chesterton protagonizadas por el padre Brown, Jorge Luis Borges dijo una vez que aún se recordarían cuando el género policíaco hubiese caducado. Pero en las historias detectivescas del padre Brown hay un rasgo que llama la atención: el protagonista no es un detective privado, ni un policía, ni siquiera un aficionado a resolver crímenes; es un sacerdote católico, toda una provocación, dado que Chesterton situó además a este sacerdote papista en plena Inglaterra anglicana, y ni siquiera se preocupó de hacerlo simpático a los lectores. Todo lo contrario: lo retrató como un personaje resabiado, de aspecto y trato corrientes, muy lejos del porte aristocrático de un Sherlock Holmes o del cosmopolitismo de un Hercule Poirot. Al final, sin embargo, da lecciones con una humildad insoportable a todos los que le rodean, ya sea la policía inglesa o las autoridades locales, y, para colmo, en nombre de la razón y de la lógica, a pesar de que casi siempre la explicación inicial del misterio sea de tipo demoníaco o mágico. El presente volumen, La incredulidad del padre Brown, tercer título de los cinco que integran la serie completa del padre Brown, reúne los siguientes episodios: La resurrección del padre Brown, La flecha del cielo, El oráculo del perro, El milagro de la «Luna Creciente», La maldición de la cruz de oro, El puñal alado, La condenación de los Darnaway, El fantasma de Gideon Wise.

Father Brown, an unassuming and shabbily dressed priest, possesses an incredible ability to solve crimes and murders. Here he reveals the secret of his success. He discovers the culprit by imagining himself to be inside the mind of the criminal. This fourth collection of Father Brown stories contains the magnificent ‘The Chief Mourner of Marne’- a fascinating story with unexpected twists – about a duel and a case of mistaken identity.

წიგნი პირველად 1935 წელს გამოქვეყნდა და ჩესტერტონის დეტექტიური მოთხრობების ციკლის ბოლო კრებულს წარმოადგენს. მამა ბრაუნი გარეგნულად არაფრით წააგავს თავის სახელგანთქმულ "კოლეგებს" - შერლოკ ჰოლმსსა თუ ერკიულ პუაროს. იგი ჩია,პროვინციელი კათოლიკე მღვდელია,არც რაიმე სისტემა გააჩნია ჩახლართული დანაშაულების გასახსნელად.ბოროტმოქმედების მხილება მისი ჰობია,რადგან "სიმართლე ჯერაც ნახევარი საათით ჩამორჩება ცილისწამებას".ამ საქმიანობაში მისი მთავარი იარაღი ადამიანის სულის სიღრმეში ჩამალული ვნებებისა ცოდნაა...

'You had better see this for yourself,' he said heavily. 'But I warn you to be prepared.' 'Prepared for what?' asked the other. 'Only for the most horrible thing I ever saw in my life,' said Father Brown. Sir Arthur Vaudrey vanishes without a trace; a young girl is haunted by an invisible man and an Admiral 'drowns' in a slimy pool. Strange, sinister and terrifying things are afoot in this compelling collection of stories strictly for the strong of heart. Thankfully, always present is the relentless little priest, Father Brown, who manages to unravel the most unfathomable mysteries and solve the most sensational cases—including the worst crime in the world... Here is a taste of G.K. Chesterton's famous stories featuring the eccentric amateur detective who has entertained generations of readers since his first appearance in 1911. Cover illustration by Edward Mortelmans

Isa Brownist pole Chesterton kogu oma elu jooksul suutnud loobuda, ning tema loomingu kõige hinnatavamaks osaks ongi enamasti peetud Browni-lugusid kui kunstiliselt kõige õnnestunumaid. Nende lugude kandjaks on lihtne kohmakas külapreester, kelle ilmetu, puhuti koomiline välimus ja kohmetu käitumine varjavad paindlikku mõistust, sügavat humaansust ja kahtlevat vaimu, mille abil ta harutabki lahti ühe kriminaalmõistatuse teise järel, tehes seda hämmastava kerguse ja taibukusega.

Forty-nine quietly sensational cases investigated by the high-priest of detective fiction FATHER BROWN Immortalized in these famous stories, G.K. Chesterton's endearing amateur sleuth has entertained countless generations of readers. For, as his admirers know, Father Brown's cherubic face and unworldly simplicity, his glasses and his huge umbrella, disguise a quite uncanny understanding of the criminal mind at work. This Penguin omnibus edition contains \ The Innocence of Father Brown \ The Wisdom of Father Brown \ The Incredulity of Father Brown \ The Secret of Father Brown \* The Scandal of Father Brown