NERO WOLFE CASES Documented/Alluded to by Archie By Muffy Barkocy 1930-1939 Nero Wolfe buys the old brownstone on West Thirty-fifth 1930 Street, hires Archie Goodwin, and begins his career as a private detective. The Longren case. The Fashalt case. The Goldsmith case. The Williamson kidnaping. The Very Neat Blackmailing case. 1930 - 1933 The Moschenden case. The Diplomacy Club business. The Pine Street case. The case of the Guy Named Hallowell. 1931 The first Anthony D. Perry case. Late 1932 - early The Bannister-Schurman business. The Hay Fever case. The 1933 Fairmont National Bank case. Wednesday, June 7 1933 - Wednesday, June Fer-de-Lance, published in book form in 1934. 21 The case of the Whittemore Bonds. The case of the Hardest June 1933 - Guy to Deal With. The case of the Highly Unremunerative October 1934 Mission. Friday, November 2 The League of Frightened Men, published in book form in 1934 - Monday, 1935 November 12 The Unrecorded Incident That Convinced Archie He Should February Always Carry a Gun. 1935 Monday, October 7 - Wednesday, The Rubber Band, published in book form in 1936. October 9 Monday, March 30 - 1936 The Red Box, published in book form in 1937. Saturday, April 4 Monday, April 5 - Too Many Cooks, published in book form in 1938. Friday, April 9 1937 Inspector Cramer solves his own case in Red Threads, July published in book form in 1939. 1938 Wolfe during this year gets his first knowledge of X. Monday, September 12 - Some Buried Caesar, published in book form in 1939. Thursday, 1938 September 15 The Crampton-Gore case. Over My Dead Body, published in November book form in 1939. Late 1938 - early The Wetzler case. 1939 Tuesday, July 11 - "Bitter End," published in book form in Death Times Three, 1939 Wednesday, July 12 in 1985. Friday, July 14 - Where There's a Will, published in book form in 1940. Sunday, July 16 1940-1949 1940 A missing year. Thursday and Friday Black Orchids, published in book form in 1942. in March 1941 Monday, August 18 "Cordially Invited to Meet Death," published in book form - Wednesday, in Black Orchids, in 1942. August 27 Archie, now Major Goodwin, straightens out the mess Early 1942 down in Georgia. 1942 Monday - Wednesday in early Not Quite Dead Enough, published in book form in 1944. March Wednesday, June 9 X telephones Wolfe for the first time. 1943 Monday, August 9 - "Booby Trap," published in book form in Not Quite Dead Tuesday, August 10 Enough, in 1944. Tuesday - Friday in "Help Wanted, Male," published in book form in Trouble in 1944 May Triplicate, in 1949. Thursday - Saturday "Instead of Evidence," published in book form in Trouble in in October Triplicate, in 1949. 1945 A Tuesday in "Bullet for One," published in book form in Curtains for October Three, in 1950. Before March The Chesterton-Best affair. The Boedikker case. Tuesday, March 26 - 1946 The Silent Speaker, published in book form in 1946. Saturday, April 6 April The Fremont case. X's second phone call to Wolfe. Monday, October 7 "Before I Die," published in book form in Trouble in - Tuesday, October Triplicate, in 1949. 8 Tuesday, March 18 - Too Many Women, published in book form in 1947. Saturday, April 5 1947 Monday, June 9 - "Man Alive," published in book form in Three Doors to Tuesday, June 10 Death, in 1950. Saturday, March 18 And Be A Villain, published in book form in 1947. - Saturday, April 3 X telephones Wolfe twice. Tuesday, July 6 - "Omit Flowers," published in book form in Three Doors to 1948 Thursday, July 8 Death, in 1950. Sunday, December "Door to Death," published in book form in Three Doors to 5 - Tuesday, Death, in 1950. December 7 Thursday, June 16 - The Second Confession, published in book form in 1949. Monday, June 27 X telephones again, blasts Wolfe's plant rooms. 1949 Sunday, December "The Gun With Wings," published in book form in Curtains 5 - Tuesday, for Three, in 1950. December 7 1950-1959 Monday - "Disguise for Murder," published in book form in Curtains Wednesday in for Three, in 1950. March 1950 In the Best Families, published in book form in 1950. Thursday, April 6 - Archie, solo, finishes up the Poison Pen job, handles the Hot Friday, September 8 Insurance case. When Wolfe returns to New York, Arnold Zeck dies. January or early The Little Mix-Up with a Gang of Hijackers. February Monday, February 19 - Monday, March Murder by the Book, published in book form in 1951. 12 1951 Tuesday, July 31 - "Home to Roost," published in book form in Triple Monday, August 6 Jeopardy, in 1952. The Pendexter case. Summer "The Cop-Killer," published in book form in Triple Jeopardy, in 1952. Monday - "The Squirt and the Monkey," published in book form in Wednesday in the Triple Jeopardy, in 1952. 1952 winter Monday, June 24 - Prisoner's Base, published in book form in 1952. Monday, June 30 A Friday in the "Invitation to Murder," published in book form in Three latter half Men Out, in 1954. A Wednesday in "This Won't Kill You," published in book form in Three Men October Out, in 1954. Tuesday, May 19 - The Golden Spiders, published in book form in 1953. Friday, May 29 1953 A Wednesday in the "The Zero Clue," published in book form in Three Men Out, latter half in 1954. Thursday, March 11 The Black Mountain, published in book form in 1954. - Friday, March 19 Tuesday - "When a Man Murders," published in book form in Three 1954 Wednesday in May Witnesses, in 1956. "The Next Witness," published in book form in Three Summer Witnesses, in 1956. Wednesday - "Die Like a Dog," published in book form in Three Thursday in late Witnesses, in 1956. 1954 or early 1955 Tuesday, April 12 - Before Midnight, published in book form in 1955. Tuesday, April 19 1955 Saturday, August 6 - "A Window for Death," published in book form in Three for Thursday, August 11 the Chair, in 1957. The Lamb and McCullough insurance case. Autumn "Immune to Murder," published in book form in Three for the Chair, in 1957. Monday - Tuesday "Too Many Detectives," published in book form in Three for in early 1956 the Chair, in 1957. Monday, April 9 - 1956 Might as Well Be Dead, published in book form in 1956 . Monday, April 16 Wednesday, July 4 - "Fourth of July Picnic," published in book form in And Four Thursday, July 5 to Go, in 1958. Tuesday - Monday "Easter Parade," published in book form in And Four to Go, in the spring in 1958. Monday, May 20 - If Death Ever Slept, published in book form in 1957. Tuesday, June 4 1957 "Murder is no Joke," published in book form in And Four to Tuesday - Go, in 1958. Wednesday Alternate version, "Frame-up for Murder," published in book form in Death Times Three, in 1985. October The Stolen Bottweil Tapestries. Wednesday, December 20 - "Christmas Party," published in book form in And Four to Saturday, Go, in 1958. December 23 Monday, January 5 - "Eeny Meeny Murder Mo," published in book form in Tuesday, January 6 Homicide Trinity, in 1962. Tuesday - Sunday in 1958 Champagne for One, published in book form in 1958. March Tuesday, April 1 - "Poison à la Carte," published in book form in Three At Thursday, April 3 Wolfe's Door, in 1960. "Counterfeit for Murder," published in book form in Monday, January 26 Homicide Trinity, in 1962. Alternate version, "Assault on a - Tuesday, January Brownstone," published in book form in Death Times Three, 27 1959 in 1985. Monday, May 18 - Plot it Yourself, published in book form in 1959. Wednesday, June 3 1960-1969 Tuesday - "Death of a Demon," published in book form in Homicide Wednesday in Trinity, in 1962. January Monday, May 9 - Too Many Clients, published in book form in 1960. Saturday, May 14 Monday - 1960 "The Rodeo Murder," published in book form in Three at Wednesday in late Wolfe's Door, in 1960. August Monday - Tuesday "Method Three for Murder," published in book form in in September Three at Wolfe's Door, in 1960. Monday - Friday in "Kill Now -- Pay Later," published in book form in Trio for December Blunt Instruments, in 1964. Tuesday, April 25 - The Final Deduction, published in book form in 1961. Monday, May 1 1961 Tuesday, September 12 - "Murder is Corny," published in book form in Trio for Blunt Friday, September Instruments, in 1964. 15 Monday, February 12 - Friday, Gambit, published in book form in 1962. 1962 February 16 Tuesday, June 5 - The Mother Hunt, published in book form in 1963. Monday, July 23 Tuesday, August 7 - "Blood Will Tell," published in book form in Trio for Blunt Thursday, August 9 Instruments, in 1964. Monday, February 1964 24 - Friday, March A Right to Die, published in book form in 1964. 13 Tuesday, January 5 - 1965 The Doorbell Rang, published in book form in 1965. Friday, January 15 Saturday, January 1966 29 - Monday, Death of a Doxy, published in book form in 1966. February 7 Thursday, August 17 1967 - Friday, September The Father Hunt, published in book form in 1968. 8 Friday, August 2 - 1968 Death of a Dude, published in book form in 1969. Tuesday, August 13 Wednesday, June 4 1969 Please Pass the Guilt, published in book form in 1973. - Monday, June 30 1970-1974 Tuesday, October 1974 29 - Thursday, A Family Affair, published in book form in 1975. November 7 Copyright © 1995-2007 Vicious Fishes Web Design. All rights reserved. .