Two women, a mother and daughter, are found horrifically murdered in a building on Morgue Street in Paris. Their room on the fourth floor was locked. How could the murderer have approached them? And why did he attack them so brutally?
The case piques the interest of an amateur detective, Auguste Dupin, who will attempt to solve the puzzle using logic... The Murders on Morgue Street is a masterpiece of mystery literature, considered by many to be the archetype of the modern detective novel.
This volume presents it alongside two more stories featuring Auguste Dupin: The Mystery of Marie Rogêt and The Purloined Letter. A trilogy that has spawned countless works and literary heroes, including Sherlock Holmes, and, as noted by Dorothy L. Sayers, “it is almost a complete handbook of the theory and practice of detective fiction.”
The new series from Dioptra Publishing explores writings that contributed to the formation of detective literature. The titles included in the Crime Moments series are a selection of moments without temporal or linguistic barriers, and we aspire to form the elements of a borderless whole.
