Double for Death

Double for Death
AuthorRex Stout
LanguageEnglish
SeriesTecumseh Fox
GenreDetective
PublisherFarrar & Rinehart (U.S. 1939)
Publication date
October 3, 1939
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint; hardcover and paperback
Preceded byMountain Cat 
Followed byOver My Dead Body 

Double for Death is a mystery novel by American author Rex Stout. Starring 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 of the series.[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ Penzler, Otto, Collecting Mystery Fiction, Rex Stout, Part III (1991: The Armchair Detective 24(1): 43.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ "Creator of Nero Wolfe Gives Mystery Fans Another Hero". The Lexington Herald. 28 January 1940. Retrieved 19 April 2023.