The Murders in the Rue Morgue

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is considered the first detective story in the history of literature — and the first work where the main character becomes a charismatic detective. It is indeed Auguste Dupin who will later bestow many of his traits and techniques upon Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot.

Paris is shaken by a terrible crime — in a house on the Rue Morgue, a widow and her daughter have been murdered. Mangled bodies, a ransacked room, a broken window, strange eyewitness testimonies, and a swift arrest… Auguste Dupin, a young man of extremely remarkable intellect, takes on the case. He is convinced that the criminal is by no means who everyone thinks…

The book also includes the stories "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt," "The Purloined Letter," "The Man of the Crowd," "It Is You!" and others.