Every month, the BlackWidowers convene for sumptuous food, fine wine, and a cosmicallybaffling mystery. Attended by Henry, the all-knowing waiter, thesegentle 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...ix • Introduction  • essay byIsaac Asimov1 • The Cross of Lorraine • (1976) • short story byIsaac Asimov17 • The Family Man • (1976) • short story byIsaac Asimov33 • The Sports Page • (1977) • short story byIsaac Asimov49 • Second Best • short story byIsaac Asimov63 • The Missing Item • (1977) • short story byIsaac Asimov79 • The Next Day • (1978) • short story byIsaac Asimov93 • Irrelevance! • (1979) • short story byIsaac Asimov109 • None So Blind • (1979) • short story byIsaac Asimov125 • The Backward Look • (1979) • short story byIsaac Asimov139 • What Time Is It? • short story byIsaac Asimov155 • Middle Name • short story byIsaac Asimov169 • To the Barest • (1979) • short story byIsaac Asimov