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The 1st story in the Black Widowers case files, Isaac Asimov wrote it for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (January 1972 issue), a Mystery Fiction magazine.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Avalon is host tonight, and his guest is Hanley Bartram, a Private Detective. Unusually for most nights, Mr Bartram had asked for a chance to be present as a guest during their Fancy Dinner. While Trumbull is grilling him, he offers to share a mystery. Mr Bartram was hired by Anderson to figure out what his ex-partner, Jackson, had stolen from him. Bartram believes that one of the members here might be able to solve it for him.This story has been reprinted three times: Tales of the Black Widowers (1974), Ellery Queens Crookbook (1974), and The Return of the Black Widowers (2003). | |
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Death by Materialism: Convinced that his ex-partner stole something from his house, Anderson spends the rest of his life trying to find out what it was, putting a Private Detective on personal retainer, and dying from the stress. | |
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Ain't Too Proud to Beg | |
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Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Mr Bartram admits that he was begging to be their guest, just so that he could solve the mystery of what Jackson had taken from Anderson. | |
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Beware the Quiet Ones | |
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Beware the Quiet Ones: Invoked Trope, by the name of "Beware the wrath of a patient man". Avalon uses it in reference to both Jackson's revenge and his own roaring frustration at not knowing what was stolen. | |
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Asshole Victim: Mr Bartram tells a story of two men, one honest moral character, and another who was acquisitive, shrewd, and ethically challenged. When the two inevitably dissolved their partnership, the conniving partner was convinced that something had been stolen, and no matter what it was, he was determined to find proof enough to bring criminal charges against his ethical ex-partner. | |
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