- When the travellers come to the village the overbearing Jeremiah Moxley objects and accuses them of robbing the church. Whilst Jeremiah's daughter, successful novelist Hannah - of whom he is wholly over-protective - is at a reading Jeremiah is killed in the style of a murder in Hannah's latest book. The prime suspect is young gypsy Alfons but Father Brown is convinced of his innocence and in proving it exposes a family secret that Jeremiah was desperate should not be made public.—don @ minifie-1
- Father Brown finds himself trying to solve the murder of Jeremiah Moxley, a local landowner who is found dead in his living room. Jeremiah had recently had a run in with Alfons, a traveler who is in the village during their annual sojourn, accusing him of stealing a gold chalice from the church. Oddly, Father Brown sees similarities between Jeremiah murder and events in his his daughter Hannah's soon to be published second novel. Finding the link between the novel and real life is central to solving the murder.—garykmcd
- Grumpy squire Jeremiah Moxley is the figurehead of the local protest against the annual arrival of tolerant Brown's chess friend Aggie and her grim-looking adult son Alfons, sole suspects without actual clue of the recent theft of a precious church chalice. Shortly after, while Brown chaperons his promising late-teen daughter Hannah to the writing course's well-attended reading soiree, overprotective near-bully Jeremiah is murdered in his locked study. The MO fits Hannah's latest novel manuscript, expected to make her career, which Jeremiah might also be an obstacle to.—KGF Vissers
- When a chalice is snatched off St. Mary's altar, Mrs. McCarthy and Jeremiah Moxley accuse Father Brown's trader friend Aggie's son Alfons. When Jeremiah turns up dead in his own attic, the clues seem to match the story in his 22 year old daughter Hannah's latest novel. To top it all, Inspector Sullivan finds Alfons guilty of the murder, and Father Brown, convinced of his innocence, sets out to prove that the real culprit is still out there- though to do so, he must unearth a secret about the Moxley's that, in the opinion of some, might've been better off hidden away.—Lindsey Squire
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