By bringing murder and mayhem into the genteel setting of a village parish, Chesterton pioneered the ‘cozy’ mystery genre which Agatha Christie and others would further develop in subsequent decades. These mysteries are the original source material for the current hit BBC TV show Father Brown starring Mark Williams.Ĭhesterton’s priest-sleuth was loosely based on Father John O'Connor, a parish priest in Bradford, who was involved in Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922. Chesterton’s mystery anthologies featuring his eponymous Roman Catholic sleuth. 'That is just the awful complication.' 'It is indeed a hideous enigma,' said Dr. Hood, with huge and silent amusement, 'what does she want' 'Why, she wants to marry him,' cried Father Brown, sitting up eagerly. First published in 1914, The Wisdom of Father Brown is the second of G. 'And the young woman of the house,' asked Dr.
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