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Podcast: 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Episode: THE FLYING STARS A FATHER BROWN MYSTERY by G.K. CHESTERTON
Description: The story takes place at an English manor home at Christmastime, where family and friends are gathering to celebrate the season. Father Brown is a close friend of the family and present as well when the wealthy godfather arrives with a rare gift of three diamonds for the young lady of the manor. Soon a masquerade play takes place and the godfather is shocked to find the diamonds missing. Father Brown, a quiet and unassuming little clergyman with the instincts of a detective, has some ideas about what may have transpired, and soon finds himself having a friendly counsel...