In the Shadow of the Master is a book of classic tales by Edgar Allan Poe, published to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his birth. Each story is followed by a commentary from one today's finest crime writers. Authors such as Michael Connelly, Laura Lippman, Peter Robinson, Jeffery Deaver, Tess Gerritsen, Sue Grafton, Stephen King, Lisa Scottoline, Lawrence Block, S.J. Rozan and many others pay homage to Edgar Allan Poe's work.
This is an outstanding, different anthology, a great way to discover crime's first master and a great way to read essays by today's finest talent.

Richard