Trio For Blunt Instruments

Trio for Blunt Instruments is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published in 1964 by the Viking Press in the United States and simultaneously by MacMillan & Company in Canada. The book comprises three stories:

  • "Kill Now — Pay Later," serialized in three issues of The Saturday Evening Post (December 9, 16 and 23–30 1961)
  • "Murder Is Corny". Previously unpublished, this was the last Nero Wolfe novella to be written, and the last published in Stout's lifetime.
  • "Blood Will Tell," first published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (December 1963)

Read more about Trio For Blunt Instruments:  Kill Now — Pay Later, Blood Will Tell, Reviews and Commentary

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