<P>Edgar Allan Poe is an American boy in England a child standing on the edge of mysteries. In 1819 two Americans arrive in London. Soon afterward a bank collapses. A man is found horribly mutilated on a building site and an heiress flirts with her inferiors. </P><P>All the while Poe's young schoolmaster struggles to understand what is happening before he and his loved ones are destroyed. But the truth like the youthful Poe himself has its origins in the New World as well as the Old in a bitter episode of corruption during the War of 1812.</P><P>With settings ranging from the coal-scented urban jungle of late Regency London to the stark winter landscapes of a rural Gloucestershire <I>An Unpardonable Crime</I> is a multi-layered literary murder mystery a historical novel and a love story. In addition to shedding fascinating light on Edgar Allan Poe the book is a fast-paced suspenseful tale filled with shocking revelations.</p><P>A Blackstone Audio production.</P>