Father Brown: Difference between revisions

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** From the same story: "Has it never struck you that a man who does next to nothing but hear men's real sins is not likely to be wholly unaware of human evil?"

* [[Be My Valentine]]: Aristide Valentin in "The Blue Cross" and "The Secret Garden."

* [[Beneath Notice]]: In "The Invisible Man," a man is murdered and witnesses say they saw nobody. Father Brown figures out that the murderer was dressed as a postman, and the witnesses didn't pay any attention to him.

* [[Beneath Notice]]: In "The Invisible Man," a man is murdered and witnesses say they saw nobody. Father Brown figures out that the murderer was {{spoiler|dressed as a postman}}, and the witnesses didn't pay any attention to him.

* [[Blue Blood]]: Despite GKC's very commonly expressed dislike of aristocratic systems of government, his work abounds in noblemen, both sympathetic and unsympathetic, ''e.g.'', in "The Purple Wig." Some of them are even of ''real'' aristocratic lineage, too.

* [[Brown Note]]: "The Blast Of The Book" revolves around a book that is reported to drive anyone who reads even a few words of it to self-destruction.

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* [[Depth Deception]]: Referenced in "The Song of the Flying Fish."

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Not uncommon in the ''Father Brown'' stories, as for instance, in "The Secret Garden": "...and on the blind face of the suicide was all the pride of Cato."

* [[Duel to the Death]]: In "The Duel of Dr. Hirsch," the eponymous doctor ~~issues~~ is a party in a duel that does not quite come off.

* [[Duel to the Death]]: In "The Duel of Dr. Hirsch," the eponymous doctor is a party in a duel that does not quite come off {{spoiler|because he's faked it as a publicity stunt, and he's actually '''both''' parties in the duel}}.

* [[Everyone Is a Suspect]]: "The Arrow of Heaven" is a good example.

* [[Evil-Detecting Dog]]: Subverted heavily

* [[Exact Words]]: Father Brown suffers from this constantly, as in "The Quick One": "...I never said he was a murderer. I said he was the man we wanted."

* [[Exact Words]]: Father Brown suffers from this constantly, as in "The Quick One": "...I never said he was a murderer. I said he was the man we wanted." As a witness.

* [[Fairy Tale]]: As in "The Fairy Tale of Father Brown."

* [[Genteel Interbellum Setting]]: Reasonably enough, as all of the stories were written between 1910 and 1936.

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* [[Impoverished Patrician]]: "The Doom of the Darnaways," for example.

* [[Interdisciplinary Sleuth]]: Father Brown is, as the name would imply, a priest.

* [[Intrepid Reporter]]: Not a positive example. He observed Father Brown helping a woman run from an ugly man with a handsome one and, assuming it's a typical [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]] scenario, immediately sent a story about how a priest broke a sacred marriage, ruining his reputation. {{spoiler|The ugly one was the lover.}}

* [[Intrepid Reporter]]: Not a positive example. He observed Father Brown helping a woman run from an ugly man with a handsome one and, assuming it's a typical [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]] scenario, immediately sent a story about how a priest broke a sacred marriage, ruining his reputation. {{spoiler|The ugly one was the lover -- she'd been attracted to him briefly only because he was a talented poet -- and yes, her lawful husband was decidedly better-looking.}}

* [[Malicious Slander]]

* [[Mirror Scare]]: The key to the murderer's identity in "The Mirror of the Magistrate." {{spoiler|He shot at a mirror -- because unexpectedly seeing his own reflection, he thought he was looking at the man he'd come to kill. Meaning they looked a lot alike....}}