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NERO WOLFE CASES

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

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