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, serialized in three issues of ''

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'' (June 21, June 28 and July 5, 1958). An expanded rewrite of the 1958 novella "

Murder Is No Joke "Murder Is No Joke" is a Nero Wolfe mystery novella by Rex Stout, first published in the 1958 short-story collection '' And Four to Go'' (Viking Press). Stout subsequently rewrote and expanded the story as "Frame-Up for Murder", serialized in thr ...

", "Frame-Up for Murder" did not appear in book form until the 1985

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release, ''

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''.

Publication History

"Frame-Up for Murder"

*1958, ''

'', June 21 + June 28 + July 5, 1958Townsend, Guy M., ''Rex Stout: An Annotated Primary and Secondary Bibliography''. New York: Garland Publishing, 1980, page 73. John McAleer, Judson Sapp and Arriean Schemer are associate editors of this definitive publication history.

''Death Times Three''

*1985, New York:

December 1985, paperback *1995, New York: Bantam Books January 2, 1995, trade paperback *2000, Newport Beach, California: Books on Tape, Inc. September 27, 2000, audio cassette (unabridged, read by

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) *2010, New York: Bantam May 5, 2010,

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References

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1958 short stories Nero Wolfe short stories Works originally published in The Saturday Evening Post {{1950s-mystery-story-stub