- Biography of Edgar Allan Poe - Father of Detective Stories - Creator of Language: Neologism The short story The Mystery of Marie Rogêt is a sequel of The Murders in the Rue Morgue. The crime story, written in 1842, based on a real crime, happened during Poe's lifetime in New York City. In The Mystery of Marie Rogêt Frenchman C. Auguste Dupin demonstrates his genius by analysing the facts of the case according to newspaper articles. Poe's protagonist – C. Auguste Dupin – is considered as the forerunner of Arthur Conan Doyle's ›Sherlock Holmes‹, Agatha Christie's ›Hercule Poirot‹, and other Private Investigators, who uses their logical and brilliant intellect to enlighten criminal cases.