As punctilious as Poirot, as shrewd as Miss Marple and as sharp as Sherlock
Holmes, Father Brown ranks higher than all of them in the pantheon of literary
sleuths. For in the confessional this unassuming, innocent little priest has
gained a deep and intuitive knowledge of the paradoxes of human nature. So when
murder, mayhem and mystery stalk smart society, only Father Brown can be counted
upon to discover the startling truth.