Author:G K Chesterton
'It would not be fair to record the adventures of Father Brown, without admitting that he was once involved in a grave scandal...It happened in a picturesque Mexican road-house of rather loose repute...'
After many years in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afraid of its dark side. In this fifth and final series of mysteries, the clerical mastermind confronts slander, passion, radical politics, superstition, high crimes and misdemeanours, outwitting some quite extraordinary and villainous adversaries on the way.
G. K. Chesterton was born in 1874. He attended the Slade School of Art, where he appears to have suffered a nervous breakdown, before turning his hand to journalism. A prolific writer throughout his life, his best- known books include The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1922), The Man Who Was Thursday (1908) and the Father Brown stories. Chesterton converted to Roman Catholicism in 1922 and died in 1938.
'Chesterton knew how to make the most of a detective story' Jorge Luis Borges
Chesterton knew how to make the most of a detective story
—— Jorge Luis BorgesPossibly the most popular foreign crime writer in translation, the Norgwegian Karin Fossum is an intelligent author who delivers more than a smart plot by way of psychological insight and clear-eyed characterisation
—— Daily MailFossum is frequently compared to Ruth Rendell, but Black Seconds is much more reminiscent of the psychological thrillers of Patricia Highsmith. Fossum is a clever writer; this is her most cunning tale yet
—— Daily ExpressComplex and intense ... page-turning tension.
—— San Francisco ChronicleWhen I was under house arrest I was helped by the books of John le Carré ... they were a journey into the wider world ... These were the journeys that made me feel that I was not really cut off from the rest of humankind
—— Aung San Suu KyiOne of those writers who will be read a century from now
—— Robert HarrisHe can communicate emotion, from sweating fear to despairing love, with terse and compassionate conviction
—— Sunday Times (on 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold')Return of the master . . . Having plumbed the devious depths of the Cold War, le Carré has done it again for our nasty new age
—— The Times (on 'Our Kind of Traitor')A wonderful story, a superb debut... Whatever you do stick with it, this is a remarkable book and deserves to be read.
—— Miles Orchard , milorambles.co.uka superb & accomplished debut, beautifully written & with a heart of sadness ... Loved it! ... Great debut
—— Stav SherezPart Lisbeth Salander, part Jason Bourne, Munroe comes out swinging hard again. . . . A gritty, suspenseful novel.
—— Library Journal
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