Double for Death
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| Author | Rex Stout |
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| Illustrator | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Tecumseh Fox |
| Genre | Detective |
| Publisher | Farrar & Rinehart (U.S. 1939) |
Publication date | October 3, 1939 |
| Media type | Print; hardcover and paperback |
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| Preceded by | Mountain Cat |
| Followed by | Over My Dead Body |
Double for Death is a mystery novel by American writer Rex Stout, starring his detective Tecumseh Fox, first published in 1939. Private investigator Tecumseh Fox was the protagonist of three mysteries written by Stout between 1939 and 1941 and this was the first.[1][2][3][4]
Plot summary
Tecumseh Fox, a detective whom Stout's associates say was much like Stout himself in his younger years, first steps before the public. Westchester County is the setting for the case, which has two dead bodies with a single identity – Ridley Thorpe – two lovely suspects, two lovely motives, two frenzied suitors, and two murder weapons. The cops are stumped but Fox holds the scent and the solution.
Publication history
- 1939. New York: Saturday Evening Post, August 19, 1939 through September 30, 1939, abridged version in seven issues.
- 1939. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, October 3, 1939, hardcover[5]
- 1940, London: Collins Crime Club, July 8, 1940, hardcover
- 1941, New York: Grosset and Dunlap, hardcover
- 1943, New York: Dell #9 (mapback by George A. Frederiksen); second printing, #495 (mapback by Robert Stanley), paperback
- no date, London: Collins (White Circle) #153c, paperback
- 1964, New York: Pyramid (Green Door) #R-1025, June 1964, second printing R1372, May 1967, third printing, X1972, March 1969, fourth and fifth printing N3119, August 1973 and April 1974, paperback
References
- ↑ Penzler, Otto, Collecting Mystery Fiction, Rex Stout, Part III (1991: The Armchair Detective 24(1): 43.
- ↑ Cooper, John & B.A. Pike, Detective Fiction, The Collector’s Guide, Second Edition (1994, England: Scolar Press: ISBN 0-85967-991-8), pp. 277-281.
- ↑ Hubin AJ. Crime Fiction Ii : A Comprehensive Bibliography 1749–1990. A completely revised and updated ed. (1994, New York & London: Garland Publishing; ISBN 978-0-415-89967-3), pp. 777–778
- ↑ Pederson JP Benbow-Pfalzgraf T. St. James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers. 4Th ed. / with a preface by Kathleen Gregory Klein ed (1996. Detroit MI: St. James Press: ISBN 1-55862-178-4), pp. 960–962
- ↑ Townsend, Guy M., Rex Stout: An Annotated Primary and Secondary Bibliography (1980, New York: Garland Publishing; ISBN 0-8240-9479-4 Search this book on
.), page 17. John McAleer, Judson Sapp and Arriean Schemer are associate editors of this definitive publication history.
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