INCLUDES MATTHEW PEARL’S EXCLUSIVE AUDIO AFTERWORD ON THE REALITY BEHIND POE’S DEATH!

Baltimore, 1849. The body of Edgar Allan Poe continues to be buried in an unmarked grave. Everyone seems to accept the final outcome that Poe was a second-rate article writer who met a disgraceful end — aside from a Baltimore lawyer called Quentin Clark, an ardent admirer who places his own profession and reputation at risk inside a crusade to salvage Poe’s.

As Quentin explores the puzzling conditions and unanswered about The Poe Darkness questions of Poe’s demise, he realizes that he must find the one individual who might help: the real-life model for Poe’s amazing fictional detective personality, C. Augustine Dupin, the hero of ingenious tales of crime and detection. Quickly Quentin discovers himself enmeshed in sinister machinations regarding international political real estate agents as well as the dropped secrets of Poe’s final hours, and must himself change master investigator to flee Poe’s grisly fate.

Drawing on primary, groundbreaking analysis, the bestselling author of The Dante Golf club has once again crossed literary background with sublime workmanship and devious twists to create a beautifully detailed, ingeniously plotted tale of suspense.