The Paris Mysteries, Deluxe Edition
3 Edgar Allan Poe stories starring iconic detective Auguste Dupin—now presented in one collectable volume perfect for mystery lovers!
“A root from which a whole literature has developed . . . Where was the detective story until Poe breathed the breath of life into it?” —Arthur Conan Doyle
An apartment on the rue Morgue turned into a charnel house; the corpse of a shopgirl dragged from the Seine; a high-stakes game of political blackmail—3 mysteries that have enthralled the whole of Paris and baffled the city’s police. The brilliant Chevalier Auguste Dupin investigates—but can he find the solution where so many others before him have failed?
Included:
• “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”
• “The Mystery of Marie Rogêt”
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$22.95
March 20, 2020Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) was an American writer, best known for his gothic, darkly romantic stories and poems. He is also credited with writing the first ever detective story: 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue'. Along with the other tales included in this edition, it has inspired generations of crime writers and spawned countless detective descendants of Auguste Dupin, including the great Sherlock Holmes.