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The Scandal of Father Brown
- Narrated by: John Graham
- Series: Father Brown Mysteries, Book 5
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Classics
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Publisher's Summary
In this collection, Father Brown uses his distinctive style of deduction to solve the seemingly insoluble. As well as the title story, the other puzzles include: The Quick One, The Blast of the Book, The Green Man, The Pursuit of Mr Blue, The Point of a Pin and The Vampire of the Village.
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- Daniel McMullins
- 09-13-16
NOT ALL OF THE COLLECTION
Is there anything you would change about this book? YES there should be the two more books. here is the complete list The Scandal of Father Brown The Quick One The Blast of the Book The Green Man The Pursuit of Mr Blue The Crime of the Communist The Point of a Pin The Insoluble Problem you are missing The Crime of the Communist and The Insoluble Problem If this book were a movie would you go see it? no modern movies are trash
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- jessica bigelow
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great
I am never disappointed with Chesterton. Good book, goo reader. I loved it. great buy.
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- Ceripol
- 07-20-15
Excellent performance and great story
I love the Father Brown stories. This set is wonderfully read by John Graham. Good voices, different enough so that you can tell who is speaking, but all within keeping of the character.
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