A review by llkendrick
In the Shadow of the Master: Classic Tales by Edgar Allan Poe by Sue Grafton, Jeffery Deaver, P.J. Parrish, Lisa Scottoline, Tess Gerritsen, Joseph Wambaugh, Lawrence Block, Nelson DeMille, Stephen King, Sara Paretsky, Michael Connelly, Laurie R. King, Laura Lippman, T. Jefferson Parker

2.0

I just don't get Poe. I started out reading the first two stories in this book - The Cask of Amontillado and A Descent into the Maelstrom - and I didn't get them at all. The commentary afterwards by famous mystery writers helped, but not enough. I had to go online and get summaries that explained these two stories. I figured if I had to do this with every story in this book, it was too much work and not worth it. So then I skipped to his two most famous stories, A Tell-Tale Heart and The Raven. I understood both of these stories and didn't need to research them, but I didn't think they were all that great. At least not enough to be wildly popular. So in all, Poe is just not for me. Sorry Poe fans out there!!