The Flying Stars
On Christmas Day three famous diamonds disappear in the middle of a family pantomime, with Harlequin, Columbine and a policeman all on stage.
G. K. Chesterton was an English writer and journalist whose stories often pair mysteries with wit, puzzles, and surprising turns. Here you can read stories such as “The Blue Cross” and “The Flying Stars,” or listen to them in a natural voice; every story is free to read or listen to.
The Honour of Israel Gow
In a lonely Scottish castle, the last Earl of Glengyle is dead, and his strange servant has been taking things apart: every jewel out of its setting, every candle…
The Hammer of God
A wild, godless squire is struck dead outside his brother's church by a blow no ordinary man could strike.
The Sign of the Broken Sword
On a frozen night Father Brown tells his friend the true story behind a national hero's statue: where would a wise man hide a leaf?
The Wrong Shape
A poet who writes about the East is found dead in his house of strange Indian treasures, with a note that seems to say he took his own life.
The Blue Cross
The great French detective Valentin is chasing the master thief Flambeau across London, guided only by a trail of strange little incidents, and a short Catholic…
The Queer Feet
At a grand dinner of the Twelve True Fishermen, the club's famous silver fish-knives vanish between courses.
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