A review by cdcsmith
In the Shadow of the Master: Classic Tales by Edgar Allan Poe and Essays by Jeffery Deaver, Nelson DeMille, Tess Gerritsen, Sue Grafton, Stephen King, Laura Lippman, Lisa Scottoline, and Thirteen Others by Sue Grafton, Jeffery Deaver, P.J. Parrish, Lisa Scottoline, Tess Gerritsen, Joseph Wambaugh, Lawrence Block, Nelson DeMille, Stephen King, Sara Paretsky, Michael Connelly, Laurie R. King, Laura Lippman, T. Jefferson Parker

5.0

I've loved Edgar Allan Poe since the first time I read The Raven. I think I was all of 10 at the time and while I didn't understand much of it, I was hooked. There was something about the raven, at first maybe a comfort and then becoming something sinister, at least that was how I saw it the first time.

The last story, was totally new to me and I loved how much it scared me, no horrified me.

Reading how he impacted other writers was cool and there were things mentioned that I didn't know either about the commentary or the commentator.

I would definitely recommend this to any fan of the genre.