The Tell-Tale Corpse: An Edgar Allan Poe Mystery. This item is unavailable.The Tell-Tale Corpse: An Edgar Allan Poe Mystery

Heading to Massachusetts in search of a cure for his ailing wife, Edgar Allan Poe becomes embroiled in an investigation into a series of brutal murders, joining forces with Louisa May Alcott to bring together the clues in seemingly unrelated cases.

Harold Schechter is a professor of American literature and culture at Queens College, the City University of New York. Renowned for his true-crime writing, he is the author of The Serial Killer Files, Fiend, Bestial, Deviant, Deranged, Depraved, and, with David Everitt, The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. He previously featured Edgar Allan Poe in his acclaimed novels The Mask of Red Death, The Hum Bug, and Nevermore. He lives in New York State.

Harold Schechter is a professor of American literature and culture at Queens College, the City University of New York.