The Murders in the Rue Morgue
 The Murders in the Rue Morgue is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been recognized as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his tales of ratiocination. Two works that share some similarities predate Poe's stories including Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1819) by E.T.A. Hoffmann and Zadig (1747) by Voltaire.C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mystery of the brutal murder of two women.