Winning Defense for the Advancing Bridge Player: More Constructive Thinking at the Bridge Table

While it is a book on defense and covers all the basics (leads, signaling, etc) what really sets it apart is the emphasis on deductive reasoning. "Why is declarer playing in such a way"? "What is Declarers shape based on the bidding or lack thereof?" "Why is declarer playing J from J 9 x in an NT contract against pards opening lead?" A nice short chapter on deception along the lines of hiding your HCP. If you hold Kxx in the East position and declarer (South) is leading from Dummy you may want to rise with your King, to convince Declarer taht you also have teh Ace (which pard has) and that pard must have the King of another suit (which you have) so he doesn't try a finessse. Nice examples of this from actual play by Benito Garozzo. Not a book for Low Intermediates, but not expert level either. Intermediates can read it and pick up some things, but you really need to be an advanced intermediate to solve many of these problems. This is a real sleeper (like the authors "Better bridge for the advancing player") and belongs on your book shelf. Great book on deduction and defense.