Black Widowers series

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The Black Widowers series is a collection of mystery short stories by Isaac Asimov featuring a men's dining club that solves puzzling problems through deductive reasoning.

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Black Widowers mysteries 2
Black Widowers series canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf detective fiction ⓘ
mystery fiction series ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ
author Isaac Asimov ⓘ
centralTheme armchair detection ⓘ
deductive reasoning ⓘ
logic puzzles ⓘ
containsWork Banquets of the Black Widowers ⓘ
More Tales of the Black Widowers ⓘ
Puzzles of the Black Widowers ⓘ
Tales of the Black Widowers ⓘ
linked to: The Black Widowers

The Casebook of the Black Widowers ⓘ
The Return of the Black Widowers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuresFictionalOrganization The Black Widowers ⓘ
fictionalOrganizationType men's dining club ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1971 ⓘ
genre detective fiction ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
puzzle mystery ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Henry (the waiter) ⓘ
hasProtagonistRole Henry as the true detective figure ⓘ
hasRecurringCharacter Emmanuel Rubin ⓘ
Geoffrey Avalon ⓘ
James Drake ⓘ
Mario Gonzalo ⓘ
Roger Halsted ⓘ
Thomas Trumbull ⓘ
hasRecurringElement logical reconstruction of events ⓘ
post-dinner puzzle discussion ⓘ
ritualized questioning of the guest ⓘ
inspiredBy The Trap Door Spiders ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryStyle rational problem-solving ⓘ
mainSetting New York City ⓘ
narrativeForm short stories ⓘ
notableFor club-based mystery format ⓘ
use of fair-play clues ⓘ
originalMagazine Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine ⓘ
originalMedium magazine publication ⓘ
plotDevice dinner conversation leading to solution ⓘ
publisher Doubleday ⓘ
structure each story centers on a guest with a puzzle or problem ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
timePeriodOfStories 20th century ⓘ
typicalResolution solution provided by Henry ⓘ

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Isaac Asimov bibliography → includesSeries → Black Widowers series ⓘ
Union Club mysteries → relatedWorkByAuthor → Black Widowers mysteries ⓘ
linked to: Black Widowers series
Union Club mysteries → distinguishedFrom → Black Widowers mysteries ⓘ
linked to: Black Widowers series