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When Mrs McCarthy's goddaughter goes missing, Father Brown follows her trail to a risque gentlemen's club.

Mrs McCarthy is shocked to find her god-daughter Joselyn working as a burlesque dancer in a seedy club the Crimson Feather but when Father Brown goes to the club he finds another dancer, the unpopular Verity, has been murdered with adoring doorman Jarek bending over her body . Bunty and Mrs McCarthy go undercover as a dancer and cleaner to help the father prove Janek's innocence and discover not only that Verity was pregnant but was also a blackmailer. Pianist Sam and Maurice, the club owner who is also running a call-girl racket are prime suspects and with help from his insiders Father Brown once more shows Mallory that he has arrested the wrong man.—don @ minifie-1

Father Brown and Bunty agree a sudden, first visit after years from Mrs McCarthy's goddaughter Joselyn O'Donnell while her parents are on holiday is most suspicious. Inspired by a red plume, they find her working as exotic dancer at Crimson Feather, Maurice Cranage's burlesque cabaret where inspector Mallory tries in vain to hide he's a regular when a murder is discovered, the fatal stabbing of fellow dancer Verity Persby. Buty goes undercover as dancer, Mrs McCarthy as cleaner. Initial suspects are colored American pianist Oscar Bergeres, who had a crush on Verity, and Polish bouncer Janek Lasocki, her devoted lover who even refuses to plead his innocence. Brown searches for the real culprit, while Joselyn discusses her future.—KGF Vissers