Quirky, affable, Father Brown made his first appearance in the short story The Blue Cross in 1910.
Chesterton\'s wildly popular Father Brown stories-which he continued to write until his death in 1936-are among the most beloved of the detective fiction genre..
Hercule Flambeau.
Characteristically humble and usually rather quiet, except to say something profound, Father Brown relies more on intuition than deduction to solve mysteries, often assisted by the reformed criminal M.
Chesterton describes his unlikely crack detective as a short, stumpy Roman Catholic priest, with shapeless clothes, a large umbrella, and an uncanny insight into the criminal mind.
The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) collects this story and eleven others in what is the first of five Father Brown volumes.
Quirky, affable, Father Brown made his first appearance in the short story The Blue Cross in 1910
