First published in 1914, <i>The Wisdom of Father Brown</i> is the second of G. K. Chesterton&rsquo;s mystery anthologies featuring his eponymous Roman Catholic sleuth. These mysteries are the original source material for the current hit BBC TV show Father Brown starring Mark Williams.<br /><br />Chesterton&rsquo;s priest-sleuth was loosely based on Father John O&#39;Connor, a parish priest in Bradford, who was involved in Chesterton&#39;s conversion to Catholicism in 1922. By bringing murder and mayhem into the genteel setting of a village parish, Chesterton pioneered the &lsquo;cozy&rsquo; mystery genre which Agatha Christie and others would further develop in subsequent decades.<br /><br />There are twelve Father Brown mysteries in this collection:<br /><br />The Absence of Mr Glass.<br /><br />The Paradise of Thieves.<br /><br />The Duel of Dr Hirsch.<br /><br />The Man in the Passage.<br /><br />The Mistake of the Machine.<br /><br />The Head of Caesar.<br /><br />The Purple Wig.<br /><br />The Perishing of the Pendragons.<br /><br />The God of the Gongs.<br /><br />The Salad of Colonel Cray.<br /><br />The Strange Crime of John Boulnois.<br /><br />The Fairy Tale of Father Brown.&nbsp;