Isaac Asimov

Who knew that, in addition to his excellent science fiction novels, Isaac Asimov wrote mystery stories, too?   His Tales of the Black Widowers and the Casebook of the Black Widowers are collections of the short mysteries he wrote, mainly for Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.

The Black Widowers, an exclusively men's dinner club, gather once a month for dinner and conversation, attended to by their faithful waiter, Henry.  For each month's gathering, one member is supposed to bring a guest, who is then grilled by the other members about some problem or puzzle the guest presents.  

The stories and puzzles are interesting and entertaining, although the solutions proposed by the club members are often pretty convoluted and ultimately fall apart under the simple logic applied by Henry.

Grade:  B.

And that's the end of the collection of books by authors whose names start with A.