The Murders in the Rue Morgue

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe is a detective story featuring C. Auguste Dupin, who investigates a brutal double murder in Paris. The victims, a mother and daughter, are inexplicably murdered in a locked room, with no apparent intruder. Dupin meticulously examines clues, eventually uncovering that the murderer was an escaped orangutan, which had committed the crimes in a fit of rage. The story is notable for its clever use of deductive reasoning, highlighting Poe’s pioneering role in the detective fiction genre.