Edgar Allan Poe and The Empire of the Dead
Karen Lee Street
Edgar Allan Poe and The Empire of the Dead
Karen Lee Street
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'And I prayed that I would find a way to tell my most honorable friend, the Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin, the truth about how I had finally been murdered, and by whom.'
'Street fulfills the promise of the tantalizing opening with a twisty and nail-biting plot. Fans of other superior fictional treatments of Poe will be enthralled.'
'In a brisk, vivid narrative that includes magic, alchemy, metempsychosis (the transfer of souls between bodies), and the pain of loss, Street details new life for Dupin, and for Poe, a reunion with his beloved. Superlative historical mystery, capturing the tone of the time and Poe’s lasting literary legacy.'
'The plot unfolds in a series of juicy set pieces.'
'A feast for all the senses; Karen Lee Street is a painter with a palette of exciting, unusual, and provocative words.'
'The twists and turns of the plot are cunningly weaved, and Street’s expertly crafted prose and dialogue could easily have come from the pen of Poe himself.'
'Empire of the Dead is everything a reader of traditional mysteries or an admirer of Edgar Allan Poe could possibly want.'
'An exciting and wonderfully atmospheric read.'
'Street evokes Poe's unique sensibility through passages of inspired prose, in a narrative that preserves the spooky penumbra surrounding Poe's enduring legend.'
'A gripping read, and a worthy homage to Poe’s genius.'
‘Extremely clever in the writing and the plotting. With its postmodern ironic playfulness and the intertextual weaving of Poe’s own life and Poe’s fiction, it is a highly intellectual contribution to crime fiction. And a great read as well. Recommended’
'A heady mix of the macabre and enigmatic.'
'The most important thing about a whodunnit, in whatever sub-genre, is that it should be a page-turner, which this is. But it also helps to have engaging characters and a fluent writing style, as this does. Our narrator’s voice is not pastiche Poe but does sound a completely credible voice for someone of his time and place.'
Praise for Edgar Allan Poe & The Jewel of Peru:
‘Street’s work is richly detailed and atmospheric, with equal parts delicious strangeness and sparkling historical research.' Elle Wild, author of Strange Things Done
'Glittering and dark, this is a veritable Cabinet of Curiosities.' Philip Gross, author of T.S. Eliot prize-winner The Water Table
'Rich in colour and layered with literary texture, the jewels of Karen Lee Street’s second novel in her mystery trilogy are her exquisite writing and the further development of returning characters Poe and Dupin.' Kate Mayfield, author of The Undertaker's Daughter
Karen Lee Street is a British/American dual national. She has a PhD in Writing from the University of South Wales and has worked for many years in the European film industry. She is the author of Edgar Allan Poe and the London Monster and Edgar Allan Poe and the Jewel of Peru.