The Incredulity of Father Brown · Character
Martin Wood
A man drawn into Father Brown's investigations, whose ordinary surface conceals the kind of detail that decides a case.
supporting
Also known as Wood
First appearance: the incredulity of father brown
As a supporting figure in The Incredulity of Father Brown, Martin Wood is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Revealed as the murderer; he killed Darnaway to prevent a photograph and to win Adelaide.
Martin Wood moves through the circles surrounding the mysteries Father Brown takes up, present at the edges of conversations and scenes that matter. He is the sort of person whose testimony seems minor until the priest's attention fixes on it, and his relationship to the principal figures gives him a stake in how events are explained. His presence in the early and middle stages of the investigations makes him one of the threads Father Brown quietly pulls.
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Relationship types
- Rivalry
- Professional
- Other
Character groups
- Darnaway family mystery
- Protagonist
- Darnaway haunting
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- Harry Payne
rivalry · negative
Harry Payne and Martin Wood have a high number of interactions suggesting conflict or… How this plays out →
- Father Brown
professional · ambivalent
- Father Brown
professional · ambivalent
- Harry Payne
rivalry · negative
Harry Payne and Martin Wood have a high number of interactions suggesting conflict or… How this plays out →
- Harry Payne
rivalry · negative
Harry Payne and Martin Wood have a high number of interactions suggesting conflict or… How this plays out →
- Father Brown
professional · ambivalent
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