C. Auguste Dupin anowanzozivikanwa semutsvakurudzi wekutanga munyaya dzekunyepedzera. Hunhu uhwu hwakashanda semuenzaniso wevakawanda vakasikwa gare gare, kusanganisira Sherlock Holmes naArthur Conan Doyle naHercule Poirot naAgatha Christie. Conan Doyle akambonyora, "Mumwe nemumwe [wengano dzekuferefeta dzaPoe] itsime kubva kwarakatangira mabhuku ese... Nyaya yekuferefeta yaive kupi kusvikira Poe apinza mweya wehupenyu mairi?"Tropes zhinji dzaizozojairika munhau dzekuferefeta dzakatanga kuoneka munhau dzaPoe: mutikitivha asinganzwisisike asi akajeka, mutikitivha ane hunyanzvi, rondedzero yemunhu wekutanga neshamwari yepedyo.
C. Auguste Dupin