The Innocence of Father Brown, Volume 1
G. K. Chesterton, Frederick Davidson
MP3 CD
(Blackstone Audio, Jan. 20, 2012)
[This is the MP3CD audiobook format and is Read by Frederick Davidson.]Twelve mysteries featuring one of the most quirkily genial and lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction.Detective fans of all races and creeds, of all tastes and fancies will delight in the exploits of this wise and whimsical padre. Father Brown's powers of detection allow him to sit beside the immortal Holmes, but he is also ''in all senses a most pleasantly fascinating human being,'' according to American crime novelist Rufus King. You will be enchanted by the scandalously innocent man of the cloth, with his handy umbrella, who exhibits such uncanny insight into ingeniously tricky human problems. This collection of twelve mysteries solved by Father Brown includes: ''The Blue Cross,'' ''The Secret Garden,'' ''The Queer Feet,'' ''The Flying Stars,'' ''The Invisible Man,'' ''The Honour of Israel Gow,'' ''The Wrong Shape,'' ''The Sins of Prince Saradine,'' ''The Hammer of God,'' ''The Eye of Apollo,'' ''The Sign of the Broken Sword,'' and ''The Three Tools of Death.''