The Purloined Letter
by Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: eBooks@Adelaide 2009
ISBN/ASIN: 089598752X
Description:
The brilliant Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin uses psychological reasoning to deduce the hiding place of a stolen letter. First published in 1841, this interesting story marks the introduction of the mystery and the private investigator.
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