{"id":8442,"date":"2013-05-25T00:01:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T06:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/?p=8442"},"modified":"2013-05-24T20:25:45","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T02:25:45","slug":"book-review-scandal-father-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/book-review-scandal-father-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: The Scandal of Father Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=adamsblog03-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=0755100263&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is the final Father Brown collection, containing eight stories (or nine, depending on the collection.) From my point view, G.K. Chesterton really hadn&#8217;t lost a step in this last collection the year before Chesteron&#8217;s death in 1936.<\/p>\n<p>The stories all are wonderfully unexpected with a great twist. Why for example would the very orthodox priest seem to help a woman escape with her lover in the title story. Or what was the real misdoing of a radical professor in &#8220;The Crime of the Communist?&#8221; And who is the mysterious Mr. Blue? And why can&#8217;t the combined duo of Father Brown and Flambeau solve &#8220;The Insoluable Problem?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These are the some good little mysteries here. Others that I really enjoyed included, &#8220;The Quick One&#8221; and also if your edition includes it, &#8220;The Vampire of the Village&#8221; is probably the best story in the collection even though it was in the first edition as Chesterton published it.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this is a fine final collection and shows the enduring power of Chesterton and his little priest with the umbrella to surprise, amuse, and entertain us while also making us thing.<br \/>\nRating: 4.75 out of 5.0<\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoyed this post, you can have new posts about Detective stories and the golden age of radio and television delivered\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004U8SET2\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=adamsblog03-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004U8SET2\">automatically to your Kindle<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This post contains affiliate links, which means that items purchased from these links may result in a commission being paid to the author of this post at no extra cost to the purchaser.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the final Father Brown collection, containing eight stories (or nine, depending on the collection.) 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