Edgar Allen Poe “The Purloined Letter”

In this, the detective Auguste Dupin is informed by G, the Prefect of Police of Paris , a letter of the utmost importance was stolen in the boudoir royal. The precise time of the theft and the thief is known to the police, but it is unable to overwhelm the culprit. Despite extremely careful excavations conducted at the home of the thief, G, has indeed not been able to find the letter. Get hold of it, however, is of great importance because its owner finds himself in a position to exert pressure on the member of ...