Edgar Poe and the Mystery Museum (Previously published as The Hum Bug)

Harold Schechter revisits the chilling world of NEVERMORE in this historic murder mystery series starring Edgar Allen Poe. It's the spring of 1844, and Edgar Allan Poe and his young wife, Sissy, have moved to Manhattan, the publishing centre of America. When P.T. Barnum, the 'Prince of Humbugs', advertises a display of Davy Crockett's authentic belongings, Poe is determined to reveal the man as a fraud. He knows for a fact that he himself owns at least one of the items Barnum claims to possess. Poe and Barnum are drawn together over the controversy, and Barnum appreciates the publicity Poe's expose provides his show. But when his emporium is linked to a brutal murder that imitates a display in Barnum's hall of true crimes, Barnum enlists Poe's help in discovering the killer before the bad publicity ruins his business. Sissy believes it is the ghost of the original murderer who has returned to seek revenge, as he promised on the gallows. Poe thinks there's much more to the case, and he's determined to solve it. "Mystery lovers of all sub-genre persuasions will enjoy Harold Schecter's tale," writers Harriet Klausner. A Young Beauty With A Shadowy Past Has Been Savagely Murdered. Her Hideous Wounds Mirror A Gruesome Tableau In Barnum's Wax Exhibit Dwon To The Flawless Rose Between Her Lips Causing Authorities To Pinder Barnum's Own Responsibility. He Has No Recourse Other Than To Solve The Crime Himself With The Aid Of The Master Of Morbid, Criminal Motivation. Having Already Achieved A Reputation For Deductive Brilliance By Solving Baltimore's Notorious Nevermore Murders, Poe Accepts Barnum's Challenge.--jacket. Harold Schechter.