Thirteen detectives

The Father Brown stories are not the only detective stories Chesterton wrote: in this bundle 'Thirteen detectives; classic mystery stories by the creator of father Brown' we encounter other detectives, such as the poet Gabriel Gale and the interesting mr. Pond.
The stories are mostly up to the standards I have come to expect from Chesterton: good, deep, hilarious. It is sometimes confusing to have all these different main characters, but it was a delight to encounter mr. Pond.
The last story was somewhat special: it was another Father Brown story. The setting was somewhat unusual: first a long letter explained the circumstances to Father Brown, and then the little priest comes personally to the crime scene and solves the mystery. I love this device, for it makes you try to think of solutions yourself. In this case, though, I did not even come close.