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Book

The best mysteries of Isaac Asimov

Call Number

  • MYSTERY ASIM (CEN)

Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1986.

Physical Description

xiv, 345 p. ; 22 cm.

Summary

This mystery collection presents many selections never before collected in book form and nemerous selections chosen by the author himself from his famous "Black Widower" and "Union Club" series, as well ad a wide variety of other stories.

Contents

  • Part 1. Black widower mysteries: The obvious factor. The pointing finger. Out of sight. Yankee Doodle went to town. Quicker than the eye. The three numbers. The one and only east. The Cross of Lorraine. The next day. What time is it? Middle name. Sixty million trillion combinations. The good samaritan. Can you prove it? The redhead
  • Part 2. Union Club mysteries: He wasn't there. Hide and seek. Dollars and cents. The sign. Getting the combination. The library book. Never out of sight. The magic umbrella. The speck
  • Part 3. Miscellaneous mysteries: The key. A problem of numbers. The little things. Halloween. The thirteenth day of Christmas. The key word. Nothing might happen.

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