Zagadka Edgara Po

Angliya vremen Regentstva, 1819 god. Vopreki otsutstviyu rekomendatsiy Tomas Shild poluchaet mesto pomoschnika uchitelya v prigorode Londona. Sredi ego uchenikov — yunyy amerikanets Edgar Po, priemnyy syn Allanov, i ego luchshiy drug, izbalovannyy nezhenka Charlz Frant. Malchiki udivitelno pohozhi drug na druga... Tomas vlyublyaetsya v krasivuyu, no ne slishkom schastlivuyu mat Charlza i postepenno uvyazaet v pautine chuzhih semeynyh tayn i intrig. Kogda na zadvorkah stolitsy nahodyat obezobrazhennyy trup, vse uliki ukazyvayut na semyu Frant. Ponevole vtyanutyy v etu zaputannuyu istoriyu, Shild ponimaet, chto u nego bolee chem dostatochno prichin dlya bespokoystva. A vskore vyyasnyaetsya, chto v tsentre etih zhutkih sobytiy figuriruet malenkiy amerikanets... Kniga vhodit v top-10 luchshih detektivnyh romanov desyatiletiya po versii Sunday Times.