Matthew Pearl is the internationally bestselling author of The Dante Club, which has been published in more than thirty languages and forty countries. Pearl is a graduate of Harvard University and Yale Law School and has taught literature at Harvard and at Emerson College. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
An imaginative, clever and satisfying literary detective story, bristling with the sights, smells and sounds of 19th century Baltimore - a real treat for Poe fans -- Kate Mosse, Author Of Labyrinth Pearl does an ingenious job of shedding new light on the puzzle...brilliantly evokes the kind of dedication that Poe still enjoys -- Alice Fordham The Times An absorbing combination of cerebral twists and visceral turns Daily Mail Genuinely thrilling... An unusually arresting piece of crime fiction Daily Telegraph A mind-twisting literary thriller...With nefarious characters, a Machiavellian plot and a denouement monologue to wow even Hercule Poirot, The Poe Shadow will keep you guessing -- Daniel Steffans Time Out