Death Times Three

by Rex Stout

Book Overview

Murder strikes thrice in these three baffling mysteries of crime and detection. First the great detective develops an appetite for the sweet taste of revenge when someone slips something most foul... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553278282
• ISBN13: 9780553278286
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Crimeline
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Wolfe redux

All three of the stories herein were previously published in different forms, one of which wasn't even a Wolfe story."Assault on a Brownstone" - Rewrite of "Counterfeit for Murder" from _Homicide Trinity_. Hattie Annis, who operates a rooming house in New York City, found some counterfeit money and wants a reward, but the case quickly turns into a murder investigation."Frame-Up for Murder" - Expanded rewrite of "Murder Is No Joke" from _And Four To Go_. Flora Gallant, the sister of famous dress designer Alec Gallant, hires Wolfe and Archie to break Bianca Voss' mysterious hold over her brother. While questioning an interested party via telephone, Wolfe and Archie hear a murder - or do they? Was it genuine, or was the killer playing games to mess up the time of death?"Bitter End" - 11-12 July, 1939. Take the plot and cast of Stout's Tecumseh Fox novel _Bad for Business_, replace Fox with Archie and Wolfe, and cut it down to a short story. The entry into the story is different, of course, since Amy Duncan isn't the focus; Wolfe is served with some of the quinine-tainted Tingley's products and takes it as an insult.