Curtains for Three
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| Author | Rex Stout |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Nero Wolfe |
| Genre(s) | Detective fiction |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
| Released | February 23, 1951 |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| Pages | 247 pp. |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-553-76294-X |
| Preceded by | In the Best Families |
| Followed by | Murder by the Book |
Curtains for Three is a collection of Nero Wolfe novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1951 and itself collected in the omnibus volume Full House (Viking 1955). The book is comprised of three stories that first appeared in The American Magazine:
- "The Gun with Wings" (December 1949)
- "Bullet for One" (July 1948)
- "Disguise for Murder" (September 1950, as "The Twisted Scarf")
Contents |
[edit] The Gun with Wings
The police are satisfied that a top tenor at the Metropolitan Opera shot himself, but his widow and the man she hopes to marry know it was murder.
[edit] Bullet for One
An industrial designer is shot to death while riding horseback in Central Park.
[edit] Disguise for Murder
The garden editor of the Gazette persuades Nero Wolfe to play host to the Manhattan Flower Club. While a couple of hundred people are upstairs in the plant rooms looking at Wolfe's orchids, a woman is strangled in his office.
[edit] Adaptations
[edit] Nero Wolfe (CBC)
"Disguise for Murder" was adapted as the premiere episode of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's radio series Nero Wolfe (1982), starring Mavor Moore as Nero Wolfe and Don Francks as Archie Goodwin. Written by Ron Hartmann, the hour-long adaptation aired on CBC Stereo January 16, 1982, with guest stars Fiona Reid, Jack Creley and Neil Munro.
[edit] A Nero Wolfe Mystery (A&E Network)
"Disguise for Murder" was adapted for the first season of the A&E TV series A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002). In international broadcasts, the episodes "Eeny Meeny Murder Moe" and "Disguise for Murder" are linked and expanded into a 90-minute widescreen telefilm titled "Wolfe Stays In."
