Book Review: Isaac Asimov's "Tales of the Black Widowers"

Isaac Asimov is well known for his extremely numerous writing contributions to science and science fiction. But not everyone knows he was also a mystery author and regular contributor to Ellery Queen Magazine, as well as a few others. His most famous crime sleuths never actually went to a crime scene, nor did they go into police headquarters and announce they had cracked an important case. No, these amateur sleuths, who call themselves the Black Widowers because once a month they come together for a dinner of just themselves and one invited guest, a man. Women are not allowed to attend this function, hence their nickname. For one night a month they can enjoy just the company of each other without female company, not that they object to women. It's simply their own little club. The members of this little club are based on friends from the author's own life and are listed here: Geoffrey Avalon, a patent attorney (based on L. Sp...