 First edition | |
| Author | Rex Stout |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Bill English |
| Language | English |
| Series | Nero Wolfe |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | April 24, 1964 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 247 pp. (first edition) |
| OCLC | 36962358 |
| Preceded by | The Mother Hunt |
| Followed by | A Right to Die |
Trio for Blunt Instruments is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published in 1964 by the Viking Press in the United States and simultaneously by MacMillan & Company in Canada. The book comprises three stories:
- "Kill Now—Pay Later", serialized in three issues of The Saturday Evening Post (December 9, 16 and 23–30, 1961)
- "Murder Is Corny", previously unpublished; the last Nero Wolfe novella to be written, and the last published in Stout's lifetime
- "Blood Will Tell", first published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (December 1963)