New York: Carroll & Graf, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - A wonderful historical mystery - in 1849, when Auguste Dupin receives a letter informing him of Poe's death, he travels from Paris to Virginia to pay his respects to Poe's family, but also to lay to rest his fears that Poe had been murdered. 211 pp. ISBN: 0-7867-0358x.