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The Cases of Lieutenant Timothy Trant Claude Frost Probably the most influential mysteryThis is the second collection of stories from Crippen & Landru to feature the works of Richard Webb and Hugh Wheeler, who were better known under their three pseudonyms, Q. Patrick, Patrick Quentin, and Jonathan Stagge. These stories, most of which were written between 1946 and 1955 primarily for This Week and Ellery Queens Mystery Magazine, feature Lt. Timothy Trant, the New York homicide detective. Trant appeared in three novels early in the careers