Harold Schechter - Mystery

Mystery

  • Nevermore - Edgar Allan Poe joins Davy Crockett to solve a series of shocking murders in Baltimore in 1835.
  • The Hum Bug (2001) - Poe teams with Showman PT Barnum to solve a series of murders in New York.
  • Mask of the Red Death (2004) - Poe joins forces with Kit Carson to track down a liver-eating murderer. Like the previous book, this one also takes place in New York.
  • The Tell-Tale Corpse - Poe groups with author Louisa May Alcott to put down yet another murderer. This time, he takes his mystery to Massachusetts.
  • Outcry - A Novel based on the fictional son of Ed Gein, and his path of destruction

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