Edgar Allan Poe and the Jewel of Peru - (A Poe and Dupin Mystery) by Karen Lee Street (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Philadelphia, 1844. As violent tensions escalate between nativists and recent Irish immigrants, Edgar Allan Poe's fears for the safety of his wife, Virginia, and mother-in-law, Muddy, are compounded when he receives a parcel of mummified bird parts. Has his nemesis returned to settle an old score? Just as odd is the arrival of Helena Loddiges, a young heiress who demands Poe's help to discover why her lover died at the city's docks on his return from an expedition to Peru. Poe is skeptical of her claims of having received messages from birds and visitations from her lover's ghost, but when Miss Loddiges is kidnapped, he and his friend C. Auguste Dupin must unravel a mystery involving old enemies, lost soul-mates, ornithomancy, and the legendary jewel of Peru."--Publisher's description<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Philadelphia, 1844. As violent tensions escalate between nativists and recent Irish immigrants, Edgar Allan Poe's fears for the safety of his wife, Virginia, and mother-in-law, Muddy, are compounded when he receives a parcel of mummified bird parts. Has his nemesis returned to settle an old score? Just as odd is the arrival of Helena Loddiges, a young heiress who demands Poe's help to discover why her lover died at the city's docks on his return from an expedition to Peru.</p><p>Poe is skeptical of her claims of having received messages from birds and visitations from her lover's ghost, but when Miss Loddiges is kidnapped, he and his friend C. Auguste Dupin must unravel a mystery involving old enemies, lost soul-mates, ornithomancy, and the legendary jewel of Peru.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p> </p><p> </p><p>"Street excels at seamlessly joining history and fiction, displaying a literary style not unlike Poe's, complete with touches of the macabre and melodramatic. Fans of Poe and Dupin will look forward to more adventures of the detecting duo." <strong><em>--Library Journal</em></strong></p><p>"An enjoyable romp through the drawing rooms, theaters, and docks of early-19th-century Philadelphia." <strong><em>--Kirkus Reviews</em></strong></p><p>"Street's writing is evocative and true to the period while the plot unwinds in unexpected ways." <strong><em>--Historical Novel Society</em></strong></p><br>
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