Comment by Tina on 3/15/2010 @ 11:09 am

Whether or not Joaquin Phoenix will play Poe - I’m sick of everyone giving credit to Stashower for a book that is not original. There were a number of books in the 19th century about the murder and Poe (many of them also titled “The Beautiful Cigar Girl”. Then in the 1970s, two books really reopened the Mary Rogers case. One by Raymond Paul called “Who Murdered Mary Rogers” and one is by Amy Srebnick, titled “The Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers”. Paul figured out a possible solution to the case that makes a lot of sense. There is also a good graphic novel by Rick Geary called “The Mystery of Mary Rogers”. That graphic novel would make a great film. Stashower just came afterwards and reprinted what was already written. If there is a movie being made, I doubt it’s being based on this book.