Before the Collar: How Young Father Brown Learned to See the Truth | A Deep Dive
Before he became the quiet priest-detective who understood the secrets of the human heart, Father Brown was a boy who enjoyed being right.
In this Chesterton Radio deep dive, we explore The Mislaid Parcel, the opening mystery in our original Young Father Brown series.
A twelve-pound railway parcel has apparently become an eight-pound package. A widow’s livelihood is at stake. A railway porter falls under suspicion. And sixteen-year-old Paul Brown believes he has solved the case—until his certainty begins to do more harm than good.
But this is more than a discussion of a Victorian railway…
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