My list of Armchair Detective books
If you know of any other true armchair detective stories or books, please drop me a note at this address (you will have to edit it slightly before sending email:
stories "at" kanadepro.com.
Black Widower books by Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov wrote these Armchair Detective type stories in which several distinguished, highly intellectual individuals regularly meet over a monthly dinner party for fun, to discuss mysteries and to solve them. The waiter Henry is the hero of these stories and solves them with his casual common sense logic. Many of Asimov's "Black Widower" books were published but unfortunately, are out of print. Although Asimov is no more, a new book has been released "More Tales of the Black Widowers" that contains some selected stories plus six new stories never published before in a collection. Try the following lists to see if the books are still available.
Books that might be available in Black Widower series from Isaac Asimov:
- "The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov"
- "More Tales of the Black Widowers"
- "Banquets of the Black Widowers"
I will add more books to this list as I find them. I don't remember the name of another book in which there are some science fiction detctive stories along with other mysteries.
Agatha Christie's Thirteen At Dinner
Another book that I found quite on the same line is Agatha Christie's "Thirteen at Dinner." I love all the books by Agatha Christie but this one is the only one quite similar to Black Widowers in that thirteen people at a dinner try to solve mysteries by just sitting there and discussing clues. The star of these stories is Miss Marple, Agatha Christie's second famous detective character.
"Thirteen At Dinner"
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