Father Brown

I have never been good in guessing 'who's done it' in detective stories, whether they be books, series or movies. In the 'Father Brown' stories, my difficulties have multiplied. Perhaps it is because these stories do not have a standard set-up, but I frequently am at a loss as to regard the solution of the mystery.
Father Brown has a great intuition and imagination. Take for example 'The honour of Israel Gow', from 'The innocence of Father Brown'. In this story, a police detective sums up the various items that he found in the castle,  concluding: 'By no stretch of fancy can the human mind connect together snuff and diamonds and wax and loose clockwork.'. Father Brown immediately gives him three different explanation, none of which he believes to be the true one. The final solution is yet another stretch of imagination.
Yesterday, for the first time, I read a story in which I was thinking in the right direction (it was 'The sins of Prince Saladine'). So there may be hope for me yet.