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Jump to full article: Deseret News, 2008-03-02
Author: Jessica Harrison Deseret Morning News
Intro: THE BEAUTIFUL CIGAR GIRL: MARY ROGERS, EDGAR ALLAN POE AND THE INVENTION OF MURDER, by Daniel Stashower, Berkeley, 388 pages, $15, softcover
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What really happened to Rogers was never discovered. And though the death remains a mystery, Poe's work would later be recognized as the birth of modern detective stories.
"The Beautiful Cigar Girl" is Daniel Stashower's attempt at weaving the lives of Rogers and Poe together. What the award-winning author of "Teller of Tales" does is create a compelling narrative.
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