C. Auguste Dupin Dupin" is at the center of Matthew Pearl's novel "The Poe Shadow" (2006). Dupin makes an appearance, alongside Poe himself, in the novel "Edgar Allan Poe on Mars" (2007) by Jean-Marc Lofficier & Randy Lofficier. In "Murder in the Madhouse" (1935), the first of Jonathan Latimer's series of screwball crime novels starring detective William Crane, Crane presents himself in the sanitarium as C. Auguste Dupin. The story contains more oblique references in the form of stylistic elements (offstage murders, Crane's theories of deduction) that suggest Poe had an influence on Latimer's writing. Dupin is the hero of "Les ogres de
Auguste Lupa Auguste Lupa Auguste Lupa is a fictional character in two pastiche novels by author John Lescroart. The novels are "Son of Holmes" (1986) and "Rasputin's Revenge" (1987). Lupa, a secret agent during the First World War, is the son of Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler. It is strongly implied that he is the younger version of fictional detective Nero Wolfe in the mystery series by Rex Stout. Auguste Lupa is one of many aliases used by the character. Jules Giraud, the narrator of the books, explains that Lupa always chooses as his alias a first name with a connection to