# The Murders in the Rue Morgue

by [Edgar Allan Poe](https://localbooks.app/authors/edgar-allan-poe)

- Genres: [Énigme classique et chambre close](https://localbooks.app/genres/mystery/traditional-and-locked-room), [Nouvelles](https://localbooks.app/genres/literary-fiction/short-stories)
- Set in: [Paris, Région Île-de-France, France](https://localbooks.app/places/fr/ile-de-france/paris)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1841
- Pages: 42

## Description

A mother and daughter are found brutally murdered in a Paris apartment locked from the inside, and the witnesses cannot agree on what language they heard through the door. C. Auguste Dupin reasons it out in the story often called the first modern detective tale.

## Where to buy

- [Open Library (ebook)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41072W)
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