Murders in the Rue Morgue

Murder and mayhem abound in three suspenseful stories by Edgar Allan Poe, whose nineteenth-century writing left a lasting impact on the gothic and horror genres. On board a ship, a man watches on as his old friend appears increasingly disturbed. What luggage could be so precious that Cornelius Wyatt would leave it in a locked cabin? `The Oblong Box` is a masterclass in mystery writing. In `The Cask of Amontillado`, Italian carnival festivities are the perfect distraction for a man driven to bleak and bloody revenge. One of the earliest examples of the classic detective story is `The Murders in the Rue Morgue`, a tale that is as violent as it is puzzling. Can Parisian detective Auguste Dupin figure out who killed Madame L`Espanaye and her daughter one July night?