Jamais Plus: Explorations of the Curious Case of the Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe

by Will Entrekin

Can you solve the mystery? Assume the role of C. Auguste Dupin--the investigator of Edgar Allan Poe's classic mysteries "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Mystery of Marie Roget," and "The Purloined Letter"--as you attempt to solve the curious case of the mysterious death of Poe himself. -or- Read as Charles Dickens hires once-famous, now-faded Parisian investigator C. August Dupin as the two travel to Baltimore, tracking leads and talking to anyone who might know anything about the mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe. Will you decide to make the choices yourself, or will you follow as Dickens and Dupin do the heavy story lifting? The choices are yours, and that makes the story yours, too.

43 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 5, 2011

About the author

Novelist, poet, professor.

Reviews

[Cathy · Rating 1 out of 5]

"Assume the role of C. Auguste Dupin--the investigator of Edgar Allan Poe's classic mysteries "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Mystery of Marie Roget" and "The Purloined Letter"--as you attempt to solve the curious case of the mysterious death of Poe himself."

I used to buy these books as a teenager, where you choose your own path through the book by deciding every few pages what actions your character takes every few pages. It sounded like an intriguing concept for a ebook.

This story left me very unsatisfied. It was too short and the actual mystery wasn't much. It felt more like a quick writing excercise than a serious story.

Luckily this was a free copy from Amazon. If I had spent money on it, I would have been seriously irritated.

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a lot of fun. I was quickly intrigued by the story, and after my first few wrong turns, I was totally hooked. I love the choose-your-own-adventure format, and I assume the other reviewer who gave the story one star doesn't understand the amount of coding that goes into creating something like this. No, the book itself is not long, but the options are interesting and the plot weaves through history and speculation with colorful prose reminiscent of Poe himself. I withheld one star solely because I felt the wrong choices could have been more fun with a slight variation in the end result. Definitely recommend.