▁To ads ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Fro gs ▁and ▁to ads ▁New ▁Jersey ▁. Am ph ib ians ▁New ▁Jersey <0x0A> </s> ▁Ban qu ets ▁of ▁the ▁Black ▁W id ow ers ▁is ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁mystery ▁short ▁stories ▁by ▁American ▁writer ▁Isaac ▁As im ov ▁featuring ▁his ▁fict ional ▁club ▁of ▁mystery ▁sol vers , ▁the ▁Black ▁W id ow ers . ▁It ▁was ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁hard cover ▁by ▁Double day ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁and ▁in ▁paper back ▁by ▁the ▁F aw c ett ▁C rest ▁im print ▁of ▁Ball antine ▁Books ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 9 8 6 . ▁The ▁first ▁British ▁edition ▁was ▁issued ▁by ▁G raft on ▁in ▁August ▁ 1 9 8 6 . ▁ ▁This ▁book ▁is ▁the ▁fourth ▁of ▁six ▁that ▁describe ▁myster ies ▁solved ▁by ▁the ▁Black ▁W id ow ers , ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁literary ▁d ining ▁club ▁he ▁belonged ▁to ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁T rap ▁Do or ▁Sp iders . As im ov ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁I . ▁As im ov , ▁chapter ▁" 1 2 0 . ▁The ▁T rap ▁Do or ▁Sp iders ". ▁It ▁collect s ▁twelve ▁stories ▁by ▁As im ov , ▁together ▁with ▁a ▁general ▁introduction ▁and ▁an ▁after word ▁by ▁the ▁author ▁following ▁each ▁story . ▁N ine ▁of ▁the ▁stories ▁were ▁previously ▁published ; ▁" The ▁Driver ," ▁" The ▁W rong ▁House " ▁and ▁" The ▁In tr usion " ▁are ▁new ▁to ▁this ▁collection . ▁