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{{Image|Michael Gilbert Portrait - smaller.jpg|left|100px|Michael Gilbert on the back cover of [[Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens]], 1982}}
{{Image|Michael Gilbert Portrait - smaller.jpg|left|100px|Michael Gilbert on the back cover of [[Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens]], 1982}}


'''Petrella at Q''' is a collection of 11 short stories plus one longer story divided into four parts by the British writer [[Michael Gilbert]] published in the United Kingdom by [[Hodder and Stoughton]] in 1977 and in the United States by [[Harper & Row]] the same year.  Many of the stories had previously appeared in such magazines as ''[[Reveille]]'' in the United Kingdom and ''[[Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine]]'' in the United States. In addition to the stories themselves, there is an Introductory sketch of Petrella by Gilbert.
'''Petrella at Q''' is a collection of 11 short stories plus one longer story divided into four parts by the British writer [[Michael Gilbert]] published in the United Kingdom by [[Hodder and Stoughton]] in 1977 and in the United States by [[Harper & Row]] the same year.  Many of the stories had previously appeared in such magazines as ''[[Reveille]]'' in the United Kingdom and ''[[Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine]]'' in the United States. In addition to the stories themselves, there is an introductory sketch of Petrella by Gilbert written especially for this book.


=Stories in order=
=Stories in order=

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Michael Gilbert on the back cover of Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens, 1982

Petrella at Q is a collection of 11 short stories plus one longer story divided into four parts by the British writer Michael Gilbert published in the United Kingdom by Hodder and Stoughton in 1977 and in the United States by Harper & Row the same year. Many of the stories had previously appeared in such magazines as Reveille in the United Kingdom and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in the United States. In addition to the stories themselves, there is an introductory sketch of Petrella by Gilbert written especially for this book.

Stories in order

  • Anything for a Quiet Life, page 7
  • Black Bob, page 28
  • Vivat Regina, page 50
  • The Reign of Terror, page 73
  • The Admiral, page 99
  • We've Come to Report a Murder, Sir, page 122
  • Holy Writ, page 147
  • The Bird of Dawning, page 171
  • The Freedom Folk, page 197

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