Really outstanding crime fiction is rare . . . so it's a joy to see Louis Bayard pull off this coup . . . As gory and melodramatic as Poe's own writing . . . brilliantly plotted and completely absorbing, ending with the kind of shock that few novelists are able to deliver Sunday Times
Louis Bayard lives in Washington. He has written several novels, including MR. TIMOTHY and THE PALE BLUE EYE, which was shortlisted for the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Crime Award.