Rasskazy Gilberta Kiyta Chestertona o pronitsatelnom svyaschennike Braune, raskryvayuschem slozhneyshie prestupleniya, stali klassikoy detektivnogo zhanra. Zanimatelnye istorii s uvlekatelnym syuzhetom, nepodrazhaemym angliyskim yumorom i elementami pritchi - nastoyaschee udovolstvie dlya lyubiteley detektiva.
V sbornik voshli rasskazy iz pyati tsiklov ob ottse Braune.