Books like Nevermore by Harold Schechter
Ernest E. Poe, an aspiring writer and prodigious literary critic, is drawn into a frightening citywide investigation after a contentious duel with the celebrated frontiersman David Crockett. Mistaken for a literary contest, their confrontation turns into a murder sensibility when an elderly widow in a modest boarding house is found dead, her bed marked by a single, blood‑stained word. The twisted clues lure Poe and the politician into a macabre game that spans Baltimore’s highest and lowest streets, challenging the writer’s talent for detection and the frontiersman’s stubborn pragmatism. Amid the maze of crimes, each more bizarre than the last, the two must rely on sharp intellect, lingering doubts, and their uneasy alliance to uncover the killer before a final, shocking revelation.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Harold Schechter
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