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[[File:FatherBrown.jpg|frame|"The little priest was so much the essence of those Eastern flats; he had a face as round and dull as a Norfolk dumpling; he had eyes as empty as the North Sea; he had several brown paper parcels, which he was quite incapable of collecting."]]
'''Father Brown''' is a fictional detective created by [[
The ''Father Brown'' [[Mystery Fiction|mysteries]] generally appeared first as independent short stories in various magazines; (most of) the stories were eventually collected in a series of five books:
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* [[Confessional]]: Is very often Father Brown's goal for the criminals he detects.
* [[Criminal Mind Games]]: "The Insoluble Problem"
* [[Deal
* [[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
* [[Everyone Is a Suspect]]: "The Arrow of Heaven" is a good example.
* [[Evil-Detecting Dog]]: Subverted heavily
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* [[Malicious Slander]]
* [[Mistaken for Servant]]: Used in at least two of the stories, "The Queer Feet" and "The Strange Crime of John Boulnois."
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Discussed [[In
* [[Needle in
{{quote| Where would a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest. If there were no forest, he would make a forest. And if he wished to hide a dead leaf, he would make a dead forest. }}
* [[Nice to
* [[Never Suicide]]: Subverted in "The Three Tools of Death" when {{spoiler|Sir Aaron Armstrong commits suicide and everyone thinks it's murder.}}
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Father Brown appears to be a simple, not-too-bright parish priest at first glance, and sometimes plays this up to get criminals to drop their guard around him.
* [[Off
* [[Path of Inspiration]]: "The Eye of Apollo"
* [[Pepper Sneeze]]: In "The Salad of Colonel Cray," a key clue to the mystery is some unexplained sneezes heard near the scene of the crime. It is eventually explained that the criminal sneezed when throwing away to the dustbin the pepper that could have been used to counter the action of the poison he was planning to use.
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* [[White Magic]]: Invoked, and debunked, in "The Dagger with Wings" -- and re-invoked.
* [[Who Dunnit to Me?]]?: In "The Resurrection of Father Brown."
* [[Writer
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