The Follower
by Patrick Quentin
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From the Edgar Award-winning author of the Peter Duluth Mysteries comes an electrifying thriller of one man's desperate search for his missing wife. Patrick Quentin, best known for the Peter Duluth puzzle mysteries, also penned outstanding detective novels from the 1930s through the 1960s under other pseudonyms, including Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge. Anthony Boucher wrote: "Quentin is particularly noted for the enviable polish and grace which make him one of the leading American show more fabricants of the murderous comedy of manners; but this surface smoothness conceals intricate and meticulous plot construction as faultless as that of Agatha Christie." Returning from Venezuela, mining engineer Mark Liddon is hoping to surprise his wife as much as she surprised him by agreeing to marry him. After all, he came up the rough way in back rooms and boxing rings, while Ellie is a social scion from a family of money and influence. But when Mark crosses the doorstep, Ellie is nowhere to be found and her ex-boyfriend is in their home, shot dead. Using instincts honed from a lifetime of hard knocks, Mark launches himself into an investigation of his own to find Ellie. But the further he goes in his search, the more people try to slow him down. And now they're trying to kill him . . . show lessTags
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a great read and it will make me seek out more by Patrick Quentin
lots of twists and turns right to the very end.
Newly married, Mark Lindon, arrives home early from being away only to find his wife has disappeared and there is a body in their home.
A lot of chases. and as I say twists and turns.
I did not see the end coming.
Patrick Quentin is a pseudonym used by a changing group of people who wrote mostlu as different combinations of 2 writers or singly for different books. There is a fair bit about them on the web, with other readers being able discern different themes and qualities of writing.
If i find more, will like to see if I can discern that as well
Big Ship
July 2015
lots of twists and turns right to the very end.
Newly married, Mark Lindon, arrives home early from being away only to find his wife has disappeared and there is a body in their home.
A lot of chases. and as I say twists and turns.
I did not see the end coming.
Patrick Quentin is a pseudonym used by a changing group of people who wrote mostlu as different combinations of 2 writers or singly for different books. There is a fair bit about them on the web, with other readers being able discern different themes and qualities of writing.
If i find more, will like to see if I can discern that as well
Big Ship
July 2015
I always enjoy reading this book, even if it rides a bit on Chandler without being as good as his works.
Fascinating picture of Mexico in 1950.
Wie de dode ex-verloofde van zijn vrouw aantreft in plaats van zijn vrouw zelf, mag wel van het noodlot spreken. Maar om het daarna ook nog te tarten...
Apr 5, 2025Dutch
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- Canonical title*
- Takaa-ajaja
- Original title
- The Follower
- Original publication date
- 1950
- Original language*
- englanti
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