Casebook of the Black Widowers

Every month, the Black Widowers convene for sumptuous food, fine wine, and a cosmically baffling mystery. Attended by Henry, the all-knowing waiter, these gentle rogues ponder such imponderables as: * the one-syllable middle name that represents what every schoolboy knows, yet doesn't... * a murder by solar eclipse very far out in space... * a Soviet spy's dying message utilizing a Scrabble set and a newspaper sports page... * a satanic cult leader's Martian connection... * a computer criminal's strange equation of Christmas and Halloween... * an ancient symbol that provides the key to a woman's mysterious disappearance... Contents: 1. The Cross of Lorraine 2. The Family Man 3. The Sports Page 4. Second Best 5. The Missing Item 6. The Next Day 7. Irrelevance! 8. None So Blind 9. The Backward Look 10. What Time Is It? 11. Middle Name 12. To the Barest