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Hercule Flambeau is a fictional character created by English novelist G. K. Chesterton, who appears in 16 short stories about the character Father Brown. A master criminal, his surname "Flambeau" is an alias, the French word for a flaming torch. He first appeared in the story "The Blue Cross" as a jewel thief. Father Brown foiled his attempted ...
On a frigid winter's night in England, Father Brown and his friend Hercule Flambeau visit a lonely churchyard and view the monumental tomb, with a broken sword alongside the recumbent effigy, of the late British General Sir Arthur St. Clare, who is adulated by the British public (and American tourists) as a war hero. On their ensuing long walk ...
Hercule Flambeau, awaiting trial for murder, asks for Father Brown to act as his chaplain and professes his innocence. However, at his pre-trial hearing, he pleads guilty and is condemned to death. Father Brown realises he is part of Flambeau's plan to find a gold medallion hidden by the architect of the prison where he is being held.
Talbot is Father Brown's superior and does not like his sleuthing but respects him for solving the mysteries. In "The Daughter of Autolycus", his death was mentioned. He is succeeded by Bishop Reynard (Michael Pennington). Harold "Blind 'Arry" Slow – Alan Williams (2017–2020): appeared in six episodes. Slow is the rag-and-bone man for ...
One of the first police officers to arrive at the scene following the death of an 86-year-old widow told a court he and colleagues made a "terrible mistake" by initially not treating the death as ...
Foodborne illness kills hundreds of Americans a year, sickens tens of millions annually, and costs billions in medical care, lost productivity and premature deaths, federal researchers said in a ...
Gray, who was arrested at the scene, has since allegedly admitted to killing Schuler, who was reported missing to police last week in Washington, D.C., the release states. Investigators believe he ...
Father Brown makes his first appearance in the story "The Blue Cross" published in 1910 and continues to appear throughout fifty short stories in five volumes, with two more stories discovered and published posthumously, often assisted in his crime-solving by the reformed criminal M. Hercule Flambeau.