Indeholder "Mordene i Rue Morgue", "Mysteriet Marie Rogêt", "Det stjålne brev".

"Mordene i Rue Morgue" handler om Monsieur C. August Dupin der opklarer mord begået af en orangutang.
"Mysteriet Marie Rogêt" handler om Monsieur C. August Dupin der beskæftiger sig med mordet på Marie Rogét.
"Det stjålne brev" handler om Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin der finder et brev, gemt blandt andre breve. Han får også trynet politipræfekten i Paris lidt, hvilket han gerne tager med. Og endelig spiller han tyven Minister D- et slemt puds ved at lade brevet erstatte af en kopi. "... hvis en sådan hensigt ej er Atreus værdig, så passer den dog for Thyestes!"

Tre berømte noveller af Edgar Allan Poe. Der er i den sidste historie også en historie om en læge, som en rig gnier forsøger at få et gratis råd af ved at fortælle om en "ven", der har forskellige symptomer. Så spørger gnieren lægen om hvad "vennen" skal gøre. Og lægen fortæller med et glimt i øjet at "vennen" selvfølgelig bør søge læge. I den fortælling er der også nogle betragtninger om matematikere og man kan tirre dem ved at påstå at x² + px ikke altid giver q. ( )

First 1/2 dozen pages a bit heavy but then, I was into the flow. I enjoyed the way it came together for a 'who dun it'. ( )

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While I typically love locked room mysteries, and I don't mind not being given enough clues to fully solve a locked room mystery for myself, I really disliked the way this one ended. It was a completely unexpected twist (since I have somehow managed to avoid spoilers for it) and left a very bad taste in my mouth for the story. However, I do appreciate this for what it was: probably the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes, as well as the first detective story. The language is more dated than I expected, and I didn't like it nearly as much as I remember liking Poe's other works. Not one I need to revisit, though I'm glad to have read it the once. ( )

The first of the mysteries featuring the detective C. Auguste Dupin. He becomes interested in the unexplained (by the police) death of a Madame L'Espanaye and her daughter, Camille, in the Rue Morgue. Not just unexplained but brutal deaths.
It took a while to get into the writing style but an interesting mystery nevertheless. ( )