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This is the third of a series about the detective C. Auguste Dupin. He was a detective before the word came into existence!! This series is considered to be an important early forerunner of the modern detective story.
A letter from the queen's lover has been stolen from her boudoir by the unscrupulous Minister D—. In this narrated story, Dupin finds the letter in plain sight, after the police have scrupously looked in every crevice of the house. Ah, what a smart and clever man this Dupin is.
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A letter from the queen's lover has been stolen from her boudoir by the unscrupulous Minister D—. In this narrated story, Dupin finds the letter in plain sight, after the police have scrupously looked in every crevice of the house. Ah, what a smart and clever man this Dupin is.
I hav ...more
A quick little mystery.
This is rather a delicious read. It is the third in the series of detective stories, set in France, that are generally considered the prototypes for modern crime fiction. The theme is the triumph of rational thinking over zealous police work.
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