A Father Brown Mystery by G.K. Chesterton
Three powerful millionaires are dead, apparently murdered on the same night in three widely separated places. Suspicion quickly falls upon a group of radical revolutionaries who had every reason to despise them.
But then the case takes a decidedly supernatural turn.
On a lonely moonlit cliff overlooking the sea, a terrified witness sees something impossible: the ghost of Gideon Wise, standing near the very spot where Wise supposedly plunged to his death.
Soon another man sees the apparition.
Then Father Brown walks straight toward it.
In "The Ghost of Gideon Wise," G.K. Chesterton delivers a wonderfully tangled Father Brown mystery filled with political intrigue, false assumptions, suspicious alibis, murder, and one unforgettable ghostly encounter. And as usual, Father Brown understands something everyone else has overlooked: sometimes the most convincing explanation is convincing for exactly the wrong reason.
A clever, atmospheric tale from one of mystery fiction's great masters, today on 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales.
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