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.
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Works by Patrick Quentin
Tile on Claudia Cragge 2 copies
A cena con l'assassino — Author — 1 copy
Death Fright [Short story] 1 copy
Dödens datum 1 copy
Dívka a smrt 1 copy
Mrs. B.'s Black Sheep 1 copy
Troppe lettere per Grace 1 copy
This Will Kill You 1 copy
1-2-3 og et lillebitte mord 1 copy
Stjärnorna spå död 1 copy
Jonathan Stagge. Morphine à discrétion eMurder by prescriptione. Traduit de l'américain par… (1951) 1 copy
Peligro en la casa vecina 1 copy
Trasatlántico "Asesinato" 1 copy
ROSAS DE SANGUE 1 copy
O TÁXI AMARELO 1 copy
TRÁGICA AVENTURA 1 copy
O MONSTRO DE OLHOS VERDES 1 copy
ENREDO FATAL 1 copy
Épitaphe pour un baronnet 1 copy
El bígamo 1 copy
Puzzle 1 copy
Ruterknekt : Detektivroman 1 copy
Enigma para demonios 1 copy
Il segreto della morte 1 copy
Flicka i fara 1 copy
Associated Works
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 12 Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV (1957) — Contributor — 163 copies
Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden… (2019) — Contributor — 68 copies
The Edgar Winners: 33rd Annual Anthology of the Mystery Writers of America (1980) — Contributor — 45 copies
Murder Plus: True Crime Stories from the Masters of Detective Fiction (1958) — Contributor — 44 copies
Bodies from the Library 5: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection (2022) — Contributor — 28 copies
Ellery Queen's Anthology #32: Magicians of Mystery (Fall/Winter 1976) (1976) — Contributor — 9 copies
Detective Omnibus — Contributor — 6 copies
Flere chok — some editions — 3 copies
Detective-verhalen — Contributor — 3 copies
Det ligner mord. 10 moderne detektivhistorier — Author, some editions — 1 copy
Det Bästas Bokval (1956) vol 2 : Broarna vid Toko-Ri; Vinden sveper nedåt Ryder Hill; På lösan sand; Elefant-Bill;… — Contributor — 1 copy
Ellery Queen's 1966 Anthology — Contributor — 1 copy
De nalatenschap van de Tilsits; Het magische mes; De zwijgende wereld; Een spin aan de lamp — Contributor — 1 copy
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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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Peter Duluth, New York’s youngest theatrical producer, is drinking his success and reputation down the drain. Realizing he needs to dry out and come down to Earth, he checks into a posh private sanitarium for “the cure.”
After a few weeks of drying out Dr. Lenz, the director, approaches Duluth asking for help on a problem. Lenz feels there may be an unwanted patient, who is causing disruption that is leading to tension among the patients and the possibility of them relapsing. There have been reports of voices being heard and other disturbing incidents.
Duluth takes on the task with the idea of it being a good distraction while he finishes out his cure. It isn’t just the patients who interest Duluth, there are also members of the staff.
When murder rears its ugly head, Duluth really has some sharp turns to navigate as he sorts out who is really who.… (more)
After a few weeks of drying out Dr. Lenz, the director, approaches Duluth asking for help on a problem. Lenz feels there may be an unwanted patient, who is causing disruption that is leading to tension among the patients and the possibility of them relapsing. There have been reports of voices being heard and other disturbing incidents.
Duluth takes on the task with the idea of it being a good distraction while he finishes out his cure. It isn’t just the patients who interest Duluth, there are also members of the staff.
When murder rears its ugly head, Duluth really has some sharp turns to navigate as he sorts out who is really who.… (more)
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
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 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...… (more)
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...… (more)
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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.