Frame-Up for Murder

"Frame-Up for Murder" is a Nero Wolfe mystery novella by Rex Stout, serialized in three issues of The Saturday Evening Post (June 21, June 28 and July 5, 1958).

"Frame-Up for Murder"
Short story by Rex Stout
Illustrated by Austin Briggs
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Detective fiction
Publication
Published in	The Saturday Evening Post
Publication type	Periodical
Publication date	June–July 1958
Series	Nero Wolfe

An expanded rewrite of the 1958 novella "Murder Is No Joke", "Frame-Up for Murder" did not appear in book form until the 1985 Bantam Books release, Death Times Three.

Publication History

"Frame-Up for Murder"

• 1958, The Saturday Evening Post, June 21 + June 28 + July 5, 1958^[1]

Death Times Three

• 1985, New York: Bantam Books ISBN 0-553-25425-1 December 1985, paperback
• 1995, New York: Bantam Books ISBN 0-553-76305-9 January 2, 1995, trade paperback
• 2000, Newport Beach, California: Books on Tape, Inc. ISBN 0-7366-5638-3 September 27, 2000, audio cassette (unabridged, read by Michael Prichard)
• 2010, New York: Bantam ISBN 978-0-307-75588-9 May 5, 2010, e-book