"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a novella detective novel written by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe. It is generally recognized as the earliest mystery novel in the world. The French detective Dupin in the story has also become an important reference for the protagonists in some subsequent mystery novels. "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" tells the story of how a murder was solved. In Paris, France, a mother and daughter were killed in an apartment with the doors and windows locked. Du Pan, a master of reasoning, discovered that the police had overlooked a certain passage into the room, and based on the information provided by the witnesses and his own careful observations, he deduced the real perpetrator.