[en] Five new compounds with the compositions [Cd(NCS)${}_2$(3-cyanopyridine)${}_2$]${}_n$ · 3-cyanopyridine (1), [Cd(NCS)${}_2$(3-cyanopyridine)${}_2$]${}_n$ · 1/3 3-cyanopyridine (2), [Cd(NCS)${}_2$(3-cyanopyridine)${}_2$]${}_n$ (3), {[Cd(NCS)${}_2$]${}_2$(3- cyanopyridine)${}_3$}${}_n$ (4), and {[Cd(NCS)${}_2$]${}_3$(3-cyanopyridine)${}_4$}${}_n$ (5) have been obtained by the reaction of Cd(NCS)${}_2$ with 3-cyanopyridine in different solvents. While large amounts of compounds 1-4 could be prepared as powders, only a few single crystals of 5 were accidently obtained. Thermoanalytical investigations have shown that 4 could also be obtained by annealing of 1 or 2 and that under slightly different conditions 5 could be obtained as part of a mixture with 4. The crystal structures of all compounds can be divided in two sets of compounds. Compounds 1, 2 and 3 consist of chains in which the Cd cations show three different coordination environments and in which the coligands are only terminally bonded. In the structures of 4 and 5 similar chains are observed, which are connected into layers via some of the 3-cyanopyridine coligands.