Thinking Machine, The – Professor Van Dusen

With his determined, often impatient, and self-absorbed persona, Professor Van Dusen, a.k.a. The Thinking Machine, insists that logic will solve any problem not most of them, but any problem. In this collection of ten stories, he more than proves his assertion. Whether he is playing his very first game of chess ever and beating a world champion, or cracking a coded message to prevent a high-stakes jewelry heist, or retrieving a stolen painting from a wholly unsuspected house guest, the escapades of The Thinking Machine provide a splendid romp for all lovers of traditional mysteries.