My Son, the Murderer

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by Patrick Quentin


  Wheeler's and Webb's first collaboration was published in 1936. That same year, they introduced two new pseudonyms: Murder Gone to Earth, the first novel featuring Dr. Westlake, was credited to Jonathan Stagge, a name they would continue to use for the rest of the Westlake series. A Puzzle for Fools introduced Peter Duluth and was signed Patrick Quentin. This would become their primary and most famous pen name, even though they also continued to use Q. Patrick until the end of their collaboration (particularly for Inspector Trant stories).

  In the late 1940s, Webb's contributions gradually decreased due to health problems. From the 1950s and on, Wheeler continued writing as Patrick Quentin on his own, and also had one book published under his own name. In the 1960s and '70s, Wheeler achieved success as a playwright and librettist, and his output as Quentin Patrick slowed and then ceased altogether after 1965. However, Wheeler did write the book for the 1979 musical Sweeney Todd about a fictional London mass murderer, showing he had not altogether abandoned the genre.

  BIBLIOGRAPHY

  As Patrick Quentin

  A Puzzle For Fools (1936)

  Puzzle For Players (1938)

  Puzzle For Puppets (1944)

  Puzzle For Wantons (1945) aka Slay the Loose Ladies

  Puzzle For Fiends (1946) aka Love Is a Deadly Weapon

  Puzzle For Pilgrims (1947) aka The Fate of the Immodest Blonde

  Run To Death (1948)

  The Follower (1950)

  Black Widow (1952) aka Fatal Woman

  My Son, the Murderer (1954) aka the Wife of Ronald Sheldon

  The Man With Two Wives (1955)

  The Man in the Net (1956)

  Suspicious Circumstances (1957)

  Shadow of Guilt (1959)

  The Green-Eyed Monster (1960)

  The Ordeal of Mrs Snow (1961), short stories

  Family Skeletons (1965)

  As Q Patrick

  Cottage Sinister (1931)

  Murder at the Women's City Club (1932) aka Death in the Dovecote

  SS Murder (1933)

  Murder at the 'Varsity (1933) aka Murder at Cambridge

  The Grindle Nightmare (1935) aka Darker Grows the Valley

  Death Goes To School (1936)

  Death For Dear Clara (1937)

  The File on Fenton and Farr (1938)

  The File on Claudia Cragge (1938)

  Death and the Maiden (1939)

  Return To the Scene (1941) aka Death in Bermuda

  Danger Next Door (1952)

  As Jonathan Stagge

  The Dogs Do Bark (1936) aka Murder Gone To Earth

  Murder by Prescription (1938) aka Murder or Mercy?

  The Stars Spell Death (1939) aka Murder in the Stars

  Turn of the Table (1940) aka Funeral For Five

  The Yellow Taxi (1942) aka Call a Hearse

  The Scarlet Circle (1943) aka Light From a Lantern

  Death, My Darling Daughters (1945) aka Death and the Dear Girls

  Death's Old Sweet Song (1946)

  The Three Fears (1949)

  As Hugh Wheeler

  The Crippled Muse (1951)

 

 

 


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