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'''Patrick Petrella''' is a police detective created by the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[mystery fiction|mystery]] writer [[Michael Gilbert]] and who appears in 6 books published between 1958 and 1993. In his first appearance, in the [[police procedural]] [[''Blood and Judgement'']] Petrella is a Detective Sergeant at the (fictional) Q Division of the [[London]] [[Metropolitan Police]].  In the final novel in the series, [[''Roller Coaster'']], he has become a Superintendent.  Not much of his personality or background are shown in the first book except that he has a very strong sense of right and wrong—although he is a dedicated policeman to his core, with a strong sense of belonging to a brotherhood, he nevertheless goes behind his superior's back to unearth evidence that he feels is being unethically ignored.  Petrella's character combines an erudite and cultured background with a fiery ("[[Mediterranean]]") temper.<ref>{{cite web
'''Patrick Petrella''' is a police detective created by the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[mystery fiction|mystery]] writer [[Michael Gilbert]] and who appears in 6 books published between 1958 and 1993. In his first appearance, in the [[police procedural]] [[''Blood and Judgement'']] Petrella is a "probationary" Detective Sergeant at the (fictional) Q Division of the [[London]] [[Metropolitan Police]].  In the final novel in the series, [[''Roller Coaster'']], he has become a Superintendent.  He is young and, apparently, not experienced in non-professional dealings with women. He is a boarder at Mrs. Catt's, who cooks large meals for his youthful appetite. Very little personality or background come through in the first book except that he is shown a very strong sense of right and wrong—although he is a dedicated policeman to his core, with a strong sense of belonging to a brotherhood, he nevertheless goes behind his superior's back to unearth evidence that he feels is being unethically ignored.  Petrella's character combines an erudite and cultured background with a fiery ("[[Mediterranean]]") temper.<ref>{{cite web
  | title = Obituary, Michael Gilbert
  | title = Obituary, Michael Gilbert
  | publisher = [[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]
  | publisher = [[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]

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Patrick Petrella is a police detective created by the British mystery writer Michael Gilbert and who appears in 6 books published between 1958 and 1993. In his first appearance, in the police procedural ''Blood and Judgement'' Petrella is a "probationary" Detective Sergeant at the (fictional) Q Division of the London Metropolitan Police. In the final novel in the series, ''Roller Coaster'', he has become a Superintendent. He is young and, apparently, not experienced in non-professional dealings with women. He is a boarder at Mrs. Catt's, who cooks large meals for his youthful appetite. Very little personality or background come through in the first book except that he is shown a very strong sense of right and wrong—although he is a dedicated policeman to his core, with a strong sense of belonging to a brotherhood, he nevertheless goes behind his superior's back to unearth evidence that he feels is being unethically ignored. Petrella's character combines an erudite and cultured background with a fiery ("Mediterranean") temper.[1] He was born to a Spanish policeman father, from whom he gets his last name, and an English mother who gave him his first name. He was educated in Madrid, England, Beirut and Cairo.[2] Michael Gilbert attributes reading the poem Who Has Seen The Wind? by Christina Rossetti, during a boring church sermon, as the inspiration for the first Petrella mystery.[2]

BBC Radio broadcast two series of radio plays adapted from the novels in 2007, with Petrella played by Philip Jackson.[3]

Notes

  1. Obituary, Michael Gilbert. The Telegraph. Retrieved on March 1, 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gilbert, Michael (1977). Petrella at Q. Harper & Row Publishers. ISBN 0-06-080963-9. 
  3. Petrella Episode Guide. BBC Radio. Retrieved on March 1, 2014.