| "Counterfeit for Murder" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Rex Stout | |
| Original title | The Counterfeiter's Knife |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Detective fiction |
| Publication | |
| Published in | The Saturday Evening Post |
| Publication type | Periodical |
| Publication date | January 1961 |
| Series | Nero Wolfe |
"Counterfeit for Murder" is a Nero Wolfe mystery novella by Rex Stout, first serialized as "The Counterfeiter's Knife" in three issues of The Saturday Evening Post (January 14, 21 and 28, 1961). It first appeared in book form in the short-story collection Homicide Trinity, published by the Viking Press in 1962.
An early draft of "Counterfeit for Murder" was posthumously published in the short-story collection Death Times Three (1985) under the title "Assault on a Brownstone".