Father Brown is not an ordinary detective. Father Brown is an ordinary parish priest with extraordinary common sense. He never goes looking for mysteries but mysteries always find him. Knowing the very heart of man, with all its weaknesses and wiles, he sees the truth where others are blinded by their own illusions.

In these twelve stories, G.K. Chesterton's first published Father Brown collection, Father Brown meets the world famous, or infamous, thief Flambeau, sees the invisible man, causes three Flying Stars to fall to earth and much more...