A review by lconrad15
The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder by Daniel Stashower

2.0

This book had the potential to be interesting, but alas, it just wasn't. I had to force myself to read it and then only skimmed through the last chapter. There was far too much paraphrasing and quotations from poe's stories and too little thought put into tying everything together. Very little detail was given on how this case shaped future murder investigations despite that being a basic premise of the plot. If you, like me, were confused by the title, don't bother reading it hoping enlightenment will follow in its pages.