Method Three for Murder
"Method Three for Murder" is a Nero Wolfe mystery novella by Rex Stout, first serialized in three issues of The Saturday [Evening Post]. It first appeared in book form in the short-story collection Three at Wolfe's Door, published by the Viking Press in 1960.
Plot summary
After discovering a body in the back seat, Mira Holt drives the taxi she has borrowed for the evening to 918 West 35th Street. She walks up the front steps of the brownstone just as Archie Goodwin is walking down — having just told Nero Wolfe that he's quit.Publication history
"Method Three for Murder"
- 1960, The Saturday Evening Post, January 30 + February 6 + February 13, 1960
- 1970, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1970
- 1976, Ellery Queen's Anthology, Spring–Summer 1970
- 1976, Giants of Mystery: Ellery Queen's Anthology, New York: Davis Publications, 1976, hardcover
''Three at Wolfe's Door''
- 1960, New York: The Viking Press, April 29, 1960, hardcover
- 1960, New York: Viking, July 1960, hardcover
- 1961, London: Collins Crime Club, January 20, 1961, hardcover
- 1961, New York: Bantam #A-2276, August 1961
- 1995, New York: Bantam Crime Line September 1995, paperback, Rex Stout Library edition with introduction by Margaret Maron
- 1997, Newport Beach, California: Books on Tape, Inc. October 31, 1997, audio cassette
- 2010, New York: Bantam Crimeline June 9, 2010, e-book