The wisdom of Father Brown

I took some time reading this collection of stories. Reading these stories, I started wondering at the person of Father Brown: he is seldom in his parish (once, there is mention of his having been at Mass). He is just the right person in the right place. Sometimes his solutions to crimes, even when he hears the story third-hand, is fairytale-like, but usually his arguments are compelling.
I particularly liked 'The strange crime of John Boulnois'; 'The absence of mr. Glass' was one other story where I enjoyed two different explanations of the same facts.