The complete Dupin trilogy in one volume - the three stories that created detective fiction as we know it. Features The Murders in the Rue Morgue (the first modern detective story ever written), The Mystery of Marie Rogêt (based on a real murder case), and The Purloined Letter (the original locked-room mystery). With analysis showing Poe's revolutionary "ratiocination" method that influenced everyone from Sherlock Holmes to modern criminal profiling. Essential reading for mystery lovers who want to see where it all began.