Kill Now—Pay Later

"Kill Now—Pay Later"
Short story by Rex Stout
Designed by Saul Bass
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Detective fiction
Publication
Published inThe Saturday Evening Post
Publication typePeriodical
Publication dateDecember 1961
SeriesNero Wolfe

"Kill Now—Pay Later" is a Nero Wolfe mystery novella by Rex Stout, first serialized in three issues of The Saturday Evening Post (December 9, 16 and 23–30, 1961). It first appeared in book form in the short-story collection Trio for Blunt Instruments, published by the Viking Press in 1964.