A review by piratequeen
The American Boy by Andrew Taylor

2.0

A generous two stars. The writing was solid, and it was a decent mystery with some gothic undertones, but the inclusion of a young Edgar Allan Poe was unnecessary and felt utterly contrived. It felt like an attempt to make a solid but unremarkable mystery seem like something more worthwhile than it ought to be - "murder and mayhem, and a young Edgar Allan Poe? Gasp! What darkness lies within?" Not impressed.