This book contains Edgar Allen Poeโs 1842 short story, โThe Mystery of Marie Rogรชtโ. Starring the famous young detective C. Auguste Dupin, it is the tale of the unsolved murder of Marie Rogรชt, a perfume shop employee who is found dead in the Seine River. Through his mastery of ratiocination and in spite of media sensationalism, Dupin determines that a boat must be located in order to track down the singular culprit. A tense and gripping story by the father of detective fiction, โThe Mystery of Marie Rogรชtโ is highly recommended for lovers of genre, and is not to be missed by fans of Poeโs fantastic work. Edgar Allan Poe (1809โ1849) was an American author, editor, poet, and critic. Most famous for his stories of mystery and horror, he was one of the first American short story writers, and is widely considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre. Many antiquarian books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.