Puzzles of the Black Widowers

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Puzzles of the Black Widowers
Author Isaac Asimov
Country United States
Language English
Series Black Widowers
Genre(s) Mystery short stories
Publisher Doubleday
Publication date 1990
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 253 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-385-26264-7
Preceded by Banquets of the Black Widowers
Followed by The Return of the Black Widowers

Puzzles of the Black Widowers is a collection of mystery short stories by science fiction author Isaac Asimov featuring his fictional club of mystery solvers, the Black Widowers. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1990, and in paperback by Bantam Books in 1991.

This book is the fifth of the six books featuring the Black Widowers. It collects twelve stories by Asimov, most reprinted from mystery magazines and a few previously unpublished, together with a general introduction and an afterword following each story by the author. Each story involves the club members' knowledge of trivia.

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  • "Introduction"
  • "The Fourth Homonym"
  • "Unique Is Where You Find It"
  • "The Lucky Piece"
  • "Triple Devil"
  • "Sunset On the Water"
  • "Where Is He?"
  • "The Old Purse"
  • "The Quiet Place"
  • "The Four-Leaf Clover"
  • "The Envelope"
  • "The Alibi"
  • "The Recipe"

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Mystery collections by Isaac Asimov
Black Widowers
Tales of the Black Widowers (1974) • More Tales of the Black Widowers (1976) • Casebook of the Black Widowers (1980) • Banquets of the Black Widowers (1984) • Puzzles of the Black Widowers (1990) • The Return of the Black Widowers (2003)
Other Mysteries
Asimov's Mysteries (1968) • The Union Club Mysteries (1980) • The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries (1985) • The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov (1986)
List of short stories by Isaac Asimov