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Edgar Poe and the Concord Killer by Harold Schechter is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Edgar Poe and the Concord Killer about?

Since Edgar Allan Poe sees things that are not there, hears voices others cannot, and feels utterly at home in the realm of human darkness, he is the perfect detective to unravel cases of the murderous and the macabre. In "Edgar Poe and the Concord Killer" Poe's old friend, P. T. Barnum, implores the wordsmith to take his wife, Virginia "Sissy" Poe, to Boston to secure an urgent medical cure (and while he is there to please acquire the showman some particularly garish crime-scene evidence for his American Museum in Manhattan!). The crime in question is the recent butchery of a beautiful young shop girl. Once in Boston, Poe quickly surmises the sensational murder is only one in a string of inexplicable killings, centered in shadowy pool of deceit and ghoulish depravity. Poe finds himself leading a frantic investigation with the assistance of a highly unusual girl named Louisa May Alcott, whose innocence belies her own fascination with the dark side. As his wife's health falters and a city panics, Poe pursues a strange circle of suspects. He must now see what others cannot: the invisible bonds that tie seemingly unrelated cases together–and the truth that lies behind the ghastly disg

Who reads Edgar Poe and the Concord Killer?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Harold Schechter
Publisher
Author & Company, LLC
Published
2013
Language
EN
ISBN
9780345448422
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Fiction, Thriller
Rating
3.95 / 5 (69 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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