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Book Review: Edgar Allan Poe and the Empire of the Dead by Karen Lee Street

By Janet Webb

May 13, 2020

Edgar Allan Poe and the Empire of the Dead by Karen Lee Street is the third novel in the Poe and Dupin series, a thrilling historical mystery about mesmerism and magic, the shadows of the past, and the endurance of love. Poe and Dupin were last together in Philadelphia in 1844. In June 1849, Poe,…

Review: Edgar Allan Poe and the Jewel of Peru by Karen Lee Street

By Kristin Centorcelli

May 8, 2018

Edgar Allan Poe and the Jewel of Peru by Karen Lee Street follows Edgar Allan Poe and C. Auguste Dupin as they strive to unravel a mystery involving old enemies, lost soul-mates, ornithomancy, and the legendary jewel of Peru. If you love everything Poe (which I do), you’ll enjoy this lush, ornithological mystery set in 1840s Philadelphia. Poe is…