Detective Fiction and the Mystery of Faith
Risking Enchantment
"The romance of the police force is thus the whole romance of man. It is based on the fact that morality is the most dark and daring of conspiracies." - G.K. Chesterton In this episode we discuss Detective Fiction and the Detection Club, and whether or not this genre has a uniquely Catholic lens. Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod Hosts: Rachel Sherlock and Chloe Chloe Follow us on social media: @seekingwatson and @ChloeAMDG Follow the podcast on Instagram: @riskingenchantmentpodcast Find out more at www.rachelsherlock.com Works and Authors mentioned: A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle “The Blue Cross,” The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton Chesterton.org "The Great Detectives: G.K. Chesterton – Father Brown" by John Peterson The Club of Queer Trades by G.K. Chesterton "Detective Fiction Reinvention and Didacticism in G. K. Chesterton’s Father Brown" by Clifford James Stumme "Detective fiction and the religious imagination" by David A. King "A Defence of Detective Stories" by G.K. Chesterton Taken by the Flood by Agatha Christie (Poirot) Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie (Poirot) Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie (Poirot) The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie (Miss Marple) Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis "The Christian World of Agatha Christie" by Nick Baldock Creed or Chaos?: Why Christians Must Choose Either Dogma or Disaster (Or, Why It Really Does Matter What You Believe) by Dorothy L. Sayers Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers The Belief of Catholics by Ronald Knox The Viaduct Murder by Ronald Knox "Studies in Sherlock Holmes" Essays in Satire by Ronald Knox Brighton Rock by Graham Greene "The Catholic Novels of Graham Greene" by Edward Short "What Makes Great Detective Fiction, According to T. S. Eliot" by Paul Grimstad East Coker by T.S. Eliot What We're Enjoying at the Moment Chloe: Downton Abbey Rachel: The Bookcase, Carlisle, G.K's Weekly: A Sampler