Doubly Dead

by Randall Silvis

Book Overview

Previously published as Disquiet Heart, this mystery takes readers back to 1847, as author, poet, and occasional sleuth Edgar Allan Poe searches for five young girls who are missing in Pittsburgh.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0843954779
• ISBN13: 9780843954777
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Leisure Books
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Fun and interesting piece of historical fiction

Although Edgar Allen Poe is a minor character in this novel, it is nonetheless quite an entertaining piece of historical fiction mixed with mystery and suspense. Augie Dubbins has returned to Poe after the death of Poe's wife, in an attempt to help him get by. When Poe receives a letter from a man in Pittsburgh asking him to come visit, it seems like just the sort of thing Poe needs to pull him out of his extreme depression. However, the longer they stay, the more Augie worries - Poe is acting very strangely, and Augie isn't very impressed by Dr. Brunrichter, so seems mostly interested in re-making himself as Poe. There is a lot more to this book, of course - there's a love interest sub-plot involved, and of course Augie's attempts to make himself his own person. I really enjoyed it and went through the story in just a couple days. Definitely a recommend to those who like this sort of fiction.