Never in doubt of his own abilities, Edgar Allan Poe pursued extremes in literature and in life.

Curiosity about a dubious display of relics... Set in 1845 Manhattan, veteran true-crime author Schechter's third competent Edgar Allan Poe mystery (after 1999's Nevermore and 2001's The Hum Bug ...

Detective stories captivate us today in books, on television ... over 150 years to a Boston-born master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. And the most shocking true-crime story in Poe's day ...

Not just a great writer, Poe had a circle of friends and family that cared for and about him, says the author of a new biography.