The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder | 
panThis was a slog for me. I went into it hoping for something like The Devil in the White City, which it wasn't. It juxtaposes the murder of Mary Rogers with the life of Poe, who eventually wrote a story based on the crime. I felt like the book was a series of quotes from old timey newspapers and the writings of Poe with little new information or investigation presented if any. I read to the end hoping for a resolution and got none.
"a rowdy of confirmed rascality"
This may be my favorite new description, I must find a way to utilize it in every day conversation. I know it's meant to be m insult but I love it.
I'm so excited for my blind date with this book! Thanks @k.reads ! #AustinMeetup1 #LitsyMeetup
Next up for #LitsyAtoZ, decided to keep with the Edgar Allen Poe theme since he made an appearance in Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. #boutofbooks
Bought this in a Seattle Mystery Bookshop a few years ago - beginning it now to read along with my other current reads ( depending on mood), The Gratitude Diaries & The Girl in the Blue Coat-
