Murder by the Book

Murder by the Book
First edition
AuthorRex Stout
Cover artistBill English
LanguageEnglish
SeriesNero Wolfe
GenreDetective fiction
PublisherViking Press
Publication date
October 12, 1951
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages248 pp. (first edition)
OCLC1468922
Preceded byCurtains for Three 
Followed byTriple Jeopardy 

Murder by the Book is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout published in 1951 by the Viking Press, and collected in the omnibus volume Royal Flush (1965).