The Club of Queer Trades

In The Club of Queer Trades, Chesterton takes to the familiar Holmes and Watson-ish format to tell his own tales, following the adventures of detective Rupert Grant and Swinburne, the narrator of these tales, who is often dragged into Rupert's adventures. Add into the mix Rupert's brother Basil who generally comes up with the real solution to Rupert's cases. The thing is that, when all is said and done, Chesterton has given us much more of a detective-story parody here, but it's parody with a purpose.