The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Sequel

The Birth of the Detective Story
Step into the foggy gaslit streets of Paris and witness the invention of the modern detective tale. This exclusive volume collects Edgar Allan Poe’s groundbreaking stories that introduced the world to the original genius of rational deduction: C. Auguste Dupin.

In THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE, the world of crime fiction is forever changed. When a mother and daughter are found brutally murdered in a seemingly impossible locked-room scenario, the Parisian police are baffled. The evidence is grotesque and contradictory, defying all logic. But for the brilliant and reclusive Chevalier Auguste Dupin, the solution lies not in superstition, but in intense observation and cool, analytical reason. Before Sherlock Holmes, there was Dupin—the first to demonstrate that the human intellect can unravel any mystery.

The adventure continues in the thrilling sequel, THE MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGÊT. Poe takes his detective out of the locked room and into the real world, basing the story on an actual, unsolved murder from New York City. When the body of a beautiful young shopgirl is found in the Seine, the police are once again at a loss. Armed only with the sensationalized reports in the daily newspapers, Dupin pieces together the truth from a distance, dissecting the flaws in the official investigation and building his case from the comfort of his armchair. This is a masterclass in theory and deduction, proving that the facts, if properly interpreted, always point to the truth.

This collection includes:

The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The iconic, shocking story that created the detective genre.

The Mystery of Marie Rogêt: The daring sequel that applied detective fiction to a real-life crime.

Perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and true crime, these are the essential stories that started it all.