Patrick Quentin
Patrick Quentin (also Q. Patrick or Jonathan Stagge ) is the pseudonym of the American writer
- Richard Wilson Webb (born November 23, 1901 - February 1970) and
- Hugh Callingham Wheeler (March 19, 1912 - July 26, 1987).
Starting in 1936, the two authors published detective novels about theater producer and detective Peter Duluth under the pseudonym Patrick Quentin . You wrote under the pseudonym Q. Patrick until 1941 and under Jonathan Stagge from 1937 to 1949 .
Richard Wilson Webb wrote two crime novels with Martha Mott Kelly and two novels with Mary Louise Aswell under the pseudonym Q. Patrick before working with Hugh Wheeler .
Hugh Wheeler wrote several books on musicals, including Sweeney Todd .
Works (selection)
- The girl sacrifice . Diogenes, Zurich 1996, ISBN 3-257-22886-4 .
- Fatal woman . Diogenes, Zurich 1996, ISBN 3-257-22887-2 .
- Puzzle for swindlers . Diogenes, Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-257-22797-3 .
- Puzzle for dolls . Diogenes, Zurich 1994, ISBN 3-257-22760-4 .
- Puzzle for sinners . Diogenes, Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-257-22607-1 .
- Puzzle for little boys . Diogenes, Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-257-22552-0 .
- Whispers of murder . Heyne, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-453-04949-7 .
- Puzzle for players . Diogenes, Zurich 1990, ISBN 3-257-21870-2 .
- Puzzle for spinners . Diogenes, Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-257-21690-4 .
- Brook noise sounds so ... bang . Diogenes, Zurich 1988, ISBN 3-257-20195-8 .
- We did it ( Look: We have come through ). Deutsches Theater Göttingen , 1964
Film adaptations
- 1954: The Spider (Black widow) - based on the novel "Fatal Woman"
- 1959: The Man in the Net
- 1960: On a hot afternoon (L'homme à femmes)
- 1961: Behind strange windows (Le rendez-vous) - based on the novel "The Man with the two Wives"
- 1962: The third dimension (La couteau dans la plaie)
Prizes and awards
- 1949: Grand prix de littérature policière
- 1963: Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America
Web links
- Literature by and about Patrick Quentin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry Patrick Quentin in krimi-couch.de
- Hugh Wheeler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Richard W. Webb in the Internet Movie Database (English)