Three for the Chair
Three for the Chair is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1957, and by Bantam Books in various paperback printings beginning in 1958. The book contains three stories:
- "A Window for Death", first published in The American Magazine as "Nero Wolfe and the Vanishing Clue"
- "Immune to Murder", first published in The American Magazine
- "Too Many Detectives", first published September 14, 1956, in Collier's
Stout's work sometimes occasioned conflicting viewpoints among the critics. Three for the Chair drew praise from Anthony Boucher in The New York Times and dispraise from Julian Symons in The Sunday Times.Publication history
- 1957, New York: The Viking Press, May 3, 1957, hardcover
- 1957, Toronto: Macmillan, 1957, hardcover
- 1957, New York: Viking, August 1957, hardcover
- 1958, London: Collins Crime Club, April 21, 1958, hardcover
- 1958, New York: Bantam #A-1796, July 1958, paperback
- 1994, New York: Bantam Crimeline August 1, 1994, paperback
- 1997, Newport Beach, California: Books on Tape, Inc. July 21, 1997, audio cassette
- 2010, New York: Bantam Crimeline May 26, 2010, e-book
