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Patrick Quentin

パトリック・クエンティン

Patorikku Kuentin

Aliases: Q. Patrick / Quentin Patrick / Jonathan Stagge

Profile

Gender
Unknown
Nationality
British, American
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
detective fiction writer
Active Years
1931-1965
Influenced By
Agatha Christie, John Dickson Carr

Awards

Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
1949
Work: Puzzle for Pilgrims
Category: International Prize
Result: Winner
Special Edgar Award
1963
Work: The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow
Organization: Mystery Writers of America
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Puzzle for Fools

1936 Detective fiction

Broadway director Peter Duluth stumbles into murder.

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Black Widow

1952 Mystery

Peter Duluth and Inspector Trant investigate murders.

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Adaptations
  • [Film] Black Widow / Nunnally Johnson (1954)

Puzzle for Pilgrims

1947 Noir

Peter Duluth solves a mystery in Mexico.

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Puzzle for Fiends

1946 Thriller

Peter Duluth faces amnesia and murder.

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Adaptations
  • [Film] The Strange Awakening (1958)

The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow

1961 Short story collection

Collection of Lieutenant Trant stories.

policeeveryday mysteries
Adaptations
  • [TV] The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow (1964)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Golden Age whodunit conventionsHitchcockian thrillers
Recurring Motifs
Peter DuluthInspector Timothy TrantDr. Hugh Westlake

Health

  • health problems
    1940年代後半
    Richard Wilson Webb's contributions decreased.

Legacy

Francis Iles called Quentin "number one among American crime writers". Several works adapted to film and TV.

In Popular Culture

  • Black Widow (1954 film starring Van Heflin)
  • Episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Quotes

  • number one among American crime writers.
    Source: Francis Iles

Trivia

  • Shared pen name primarily by Hugh Wheeler and Richard Wilson Webb.
  • Q. Patrick derived from nicknames.
  • Peter Duluth is the most famous sleuth.