Mr. Darcy Plays Draughts and Other Stories: The Checker Fiction of Bob Newell

By Bob Newell

The world's first and only collection of checker fiction, featuring poetry, short stories, and novelettes, each with one or more checker problems with full solutions.* Why is Elizabeth suspicious about Mr. Darcy's seemingly innocent interest in draughts?* Can a nerdy grad student and a beautiful FBI lab tech solve a series of brutal murders?* What really happened in Lindyville, Iowa, at the turn of the 20th century?* Can Old Ned make a comeback against the city slicker?--- and many more stories, sure to entertain and delight both the checker fan and the literary buff.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1535303352
• ISBN13: 9781535303354
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"