Father Brown

A local writer is found dead, prompting an investigation. Father Brown turns to her novel, Lulu and Lucia, scrutinising its pages for any hint that could identify the killer. He hopes the fictional clues will lead to the real perpetrator.

The Hand of Lucia is a programme presented as an episode, falling within the episode genre. It centres on the well‑known amateur sleuth Father Brown and is built around a single, self‑contained mystery. The story begins when a local writer is found dead, prompting Father Brown to take up the investigation. Rather than following conventional leads, he turns his attention to the victim’s own work – a novel titled Lulu and Lucia – hoping the pages might hide something useful. Father Brown’s approach involves a careful reading of Lulu and Lucia, searching for any detail that could point toward a suspect. He treats the fictional narrative as a possible map, believing that the author may have embedded clues about her own life or enemies within the story’s plot and characters. By piecing together the information uncovered in the novel, Father Brown works to identify the person responsible for the writer’s murder, aiming to bring the perpetrator to justice and close the case that began with the tragic loss of a local author.