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Casebook of the Black Widowers

Casebook of the Black Widowers

Mystery
Pages
222
Published
1980
Language
English

Synopsis

The Cross of Lorraine The Family Man The Sports Page Second Best The Missing Item The Next Day Irrelevance! None So Blind The Backward Look What Time Is It? Middle Name To the Barest

Genres

Mystery

About the author

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Isaac Asimov

Asimov was born sometime between October 4, 1919 and January 2, 1920 in Petrovichi in Smolensk Oblast, RSFSR (now Russia), the son of a Jewish family of millers. Although his exact date of birth is uncertain, Asimov himself celebrated it on January 2. His family emigrated to Brooklyn, New York and opened a candy store when he was three years old. He taught himself to read at the age of five. He began reading the science fiction pulp magazines that his family's store carried. Around the age of...

Characters

All characters in Casebook of the Black Widowers

Frequently asked questions

  • Does this book need to be read in order with other Black Widowers stories?

    While each story within the collection is a self-contained mystery, the recurring characters and their interactions develop over time. Reading the collections in publication order allows for a richer appreciation of the club members' evolving personalities and relationships.

  • How does this book connect to Isaac Asimov's other works?

    The Black Widowers series, including this collection, showcases Asimov's skill in crafting logical puzzles and intellectual debates, a common thread in his science fiction. However, these stories are entirely separate from his robot and Foundation universes, focusing purely on human-centric mysteries.