Patrick Quentin
Author of A Puzzle for Fools
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
Patrick Quentin, Quentin Patrick, Jonathan Stagge, and Q. Patrick were various pen names used by a group of co-writers.
Hugh Wheeler – one of the writers contributing to the series of crime-thrillers attributed to 'Patrick Quentin' – took over as the sole author of the remaining Quentin books during the 1950's as his writing partners bowed out.
(ger) Patrick Quentin, Quentin Patrick, Jonathan Stagge, und Q. Patrick waren Pseudonyme einer Gruppe von gemeinschaftlich arbeitenden Autoren.
Hugh Callingham Wheeler - one of the writers contributing to the series of crime-thrillers attributed to 'Patrick Quentin' - took over as the sole author of the remaining Quentin books during the 1950's as his writing partners bowed out.
Series
Works by Patrick Quentin
Call a Hearse: A Lost Christmas Murder Mystery: 155 (British Library Crime Classics) (2026) 2 copies
Hunt in the Dark [Short story] 2 copies
Troppe lettere per Grace 2 copies
El bígamo 1 copy
Dödens datum 1 copy
Dívka a smrt 1 copy
Mord i måneskinn 1 copy
Death Fright [Short story] 1 copy
Mrs. B.'s Black Sheep 1 copy
This Will Kill You 1 copy
Peligro en la casa vecina 1 copy
Soluzione estrema 1 copy
In crociera col delitto 1 copy
The Frightened Pigeon / Death, My Darling Daughters / The Birthday Murder / Midsummer Nightmare — Author — 1 copy
Puzzle 1 copy
Épitaphe pour un baronnet 1 copy
Puzzle for Poppy 1 copy
Vacanze all'inferno 1 copy
Omicidio di gala 1 copy
E tutto finirà 1 copy
La muerte y la doncella 1 copy
Trasatlántico "Asesinato" 1 copy
ENREDO FATAL 1 copy
TRÁGICA AVENTURA 1 copy
ROSAS DE SANGUE 1 copy
A cena con l'assassino — Author — 1 copy
Flicka i fara 1 copy
Ruterknekt : Detektivroman 1 copy
1-2-3 og et lillebitte mord 1 copy
Stjärnorna spå död 1 copy
Associated Works
Alfred Hitchcock Presents : Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV (1957) — Contributor — 180 copies, 7 reviews
Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection (2019) — Contributor — 94 copies, 3 reviews
Ghosts from the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (2023) — Contributor — 74 copies, 1 review
The Edgar Winners: 33rd Annual Anthology of the Mystery Writers of America (1980) — Contributor — 47 copies, 1 review
Bodies from the Library 5: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection (2022) — Contributor — 46 copies, 1 review
Murder Plus: True Crime Stories from the Masters of Detective Fiction (1992) — Contributor — 46 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1953 v02: Black Widow / The Silent World / East of Eden/ Karen / The Curve and the Tusk (1953) — Author — 13 copies
Detective-verhalen — Contributor — 3 copies
Det Bästas Bokval (1956) vol 2 : Broarna vid Toko-Ri; Vinden sveper nedåt Ryder Hill; På lösan sand; Elefant-Bill; Spindeln — Contributor — 1 copy
De nalatenschap van de Tilsits; Het magische mes; De zwijgende wereld; Een spin aan de lamp — Contributor — 1 copy, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Wheeler, Hugh Callingham
- Other names
- Patrick, Q. (pseudonym)
Callingham, Dick (pseudonym)
Stagge, Jonathan (pseudonym) - Birthdate
- 1912-03-19 (Hugh Wheeler)
1901-08 (Richard Wilson Webb)
1906-04-30 (Martha Mott Kelley)
1902-06-03 (Mary Louise White Aswell) - Date of death
- 1987-07-26 (Hugh Wheeler)
1966-12 (Richard Wilson Webb)
2005 (Martha Mott Kelley)
1984-12-24 (Mary Louise White Aswell) - Gender
- n/a
- Relationships
- Wheeler, Hugh
Webb, Richard Wilson
Kelley, Martha Mott
Aswell, Mary Louise - Disambiguation notice
- Patrick Quentin, Quentin Patrick, Jonathan Stagge, and Q. Patrick were various pen names used by a group of co-writers.
Hugh Wheeler – one of the writers contributing to the series of crime-thrillers attributed to 'Patrick Quentin' – took over as the sole author of the remaining Quentin books during the 1950's as his writing partners bowed out.
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“There will be murder.” At any time, this is an alarming sentence to hear in the dead of night. But Peter Duluth is in a sanitarium, where he’s attempting to stop using alcohol entirely, and hearing voices is particularly alarming in this context. It means that when Duluth launches an amateur investigation (at the behest of the sanitarium’s director), it’s especially hard for him to sort out what’s true and what’s false.
For an amateur-sleuth mystery, this was pretty good. show more Duluth had immediate stakes in solving the puzzle, had good self-awareness of his amateur status, and wasn’t tempted to take too many unnecessary risks. I liked his narrative voice and was invested in the outcome. And there was just enough sprinkling of Duluth’s life as a Broadway producer that it ticked my “good theatre mystery” box. It got a little bit weird at the end, but it wasn’t entirely impossible, so I will give it that. I’m not sure whether I’d read any more novels in the Peter Duluth series, but this one is worth a gamble if you like American detective fiction. show less
For an amateur-sleuth mystery, this was pretty good. show more Duluth had immediate stakes in solving the puzzle, had good self-awareness of his amateur status, and wasn’t tempted to take too many unnecessary risks. I liked his narrative voice and was invested in the outcome. And there was just enough sprinkling of Duluth’s life as a Broadway producer that it ticked my “good theatre mystery” box. It got a little bit weird at the end, but it wasn’t entirely impossible, so I will give it that. I’m not sure whether I’d read any more novels in the Peter Duluth series, but this one is worth a gamble if you like American detective fiction. show less
As a young kid, my absolute favorite reads were Encyclopedia Brown books. I devoured them. For those unacquainted with Encyclopedia Brown, he was a middle-school aged boy genius who went around solving mysteries in his neighbourhood, a la Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys, but he did it using pure Sherlock Holmes-style deductions. Each book was a collection of individual mysteries, but the twist was that each was written in a solve-it-yourself style. Each story contained everything the reader needed show more to solve the mystery, and the stories would end before E. Brown revealed the solution. The reader had a chance to solve the crimes, then look at the back of the book to see if they were correct.
The File on Fenton & Farr is a like a great big, grown up, Encyclopedia Brown story! Everything the reader needs, as they follow the police investigation of a double homicide set up to look like a suicide pact. Police reports, memos, telegrams, ticket stubs, notes, even a tiny sample tube of lipstick!
The story is very neatly done and not at all easy; every suspect had a motive and an alibi and none of the clues were anything out of the ordinary. Patrick did a brilliant job writing out all of this material without being dry or overstepping the bounds of realism. Each member of the police force exhibits enough personality to keep the reader turning the pages.
It was amazing. And I'm not just saying that because I WAS RIGHT! Woot! Somebody get me a badge! ::grin::
I was extraordinarily lucky to get this book; it was a monstrous splurge on my part when I bought it, far and away more money than I ever spend on a book, but I'd read about these publications and was dying to see if all these years reading mysteries had done me any good. I am so, so glad I splurged. This book is special and I can only imagine the amount of grief it caused its publishers back in 1937 to put it together.
Now, it's MT's turn to see if he can solve the mystery; I've put my solution in a sealed envelope and we'll compare notes afterwards. I'm not betting against him... show less
The File on Fenton & Farr is a like a great big, grown up, Encyclopedia Brown story! Everything the reader needs, as they follow the police investigation of a double homicide set up to look like a suicide pact. Police reports, memos, telegrams, ticket stubs, notes, even a tiny sample tube of lipstick!
The story is very neatly done and not at all easy; every suspect had a motive and an alibi and none of the clues were anything out of the ordinary. Patrick did a brilliant job writing out all of this material without being dry or overstepping the bounds of realism. Each member of the police force exhibits enough personality to keep the reader turning the pages.
It was amazing. And I'm not just saying that because I WAS RIGHT! Woot! Somebody get me a badge! ::grin::
I was extraordinarily lucky to get this book; it was a monstrous splurge on my part when I bought it, far and away more money than I ever spend on a book, but I'd read about these publications and was dying to see if all these years reading mysteries had done me any good. I am so, so glad I splurged. This book is special and I can only imagine the amount of grief it caused its publishers back in 1937 to put it together.
Now, it's MT's turn to see if he can solve the mystery; I've put my solution in a sealed envelope and we'll compare notes afterwards. I'm not betting against him... show less
A 1933 murder mystery set on board an ocean cruiser of the time. (No big pool or water slides, no casinos, no shows – just drinks furnished by the steward, tournaments of various sorts, and deck chairs.) Written as a diary, the narrator is an intrepid girl reporter who is supposed to be enjoying a quiet recuperation between an emergency appendectomy and her upcoming wedding. Sadly, there are two murders early on in the cruise and Mary is drawn into the investigation. Fans of Ellery Queen show more (and I'm thinking most particularly of MrsLee) will find this thoroughly enjoyable! Great bedtime reading. (Note: I found an appallingly stupid and obvious error in the introduction provided by Curtis Evans so don’t bother to read his essay until you’ve finished the novel itself.) show less
Hilary Fenton finds the student in the rooms next door dead, apparently from an accident while cleaning his gun.
The first chapter was funny but the condescending eye-dialect for Mrs Bigger and the author showing off his familiarity with university slang rapidly got tiresome - one more "sported oak" and I would have screamed. The actual mystery was good but the romance with the Profile was very unconvincing.
The first chapter was funny but the condescending eye-dialect for Mrs Bigger and the author showing off his familiarity with university slang rapidly got tiresome - one more "sported oak" and I would have screamed. The actual mystery was good but the romance with the Profile was very unconvincing.
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