Imprint: No Exit Press

Series: Twist & Hurst

The Demon of Dartmoor

Paul Halter

As bodies continue to fall and the past bleeds into the present, Dr Alan Twist must confront a killer no one can see and a crime that defies logic.

Three young ladies are thrown into raging waters, seemingly pushed by an invisible hand. Six years later, when a famous actor is flung from his window, eye witnesses agree: it was as if he was shoved from behind by an unseen murderer, imitating the inexplicable death of a young lady in the same house over fifty years earlier. Renowned sleuth Dr Alan Twist and his partner Inspector Hurst go to the eerie landscape of Dartmoor to investigate. But invisible killers are hard to bring to justice…

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Paperback

RRP: £9.99

ISBN: 9781835013502

Published: April 23, 2026

Extent: 300 pages

Ebook

RRP: £6.99

ISBN: 9781835013519

Published: April 23, 2026

Reviews

‘Paul Halter is one of the most clever mystery novelists writing today’ Good Reads reviewer

‘A truly excellent impossible crime’ Mysteries Ahoy!

‘I tore through this at a gallop… goddamn, this book is fun!’ The Invisible Event

Paul Halter

**Paul Halter** is a leading French crime writer, best known for his ingenious locked room mysteries. Often compared to John Dickson Carr, he is praised for his atmospheric style and original plots. His debut, *The Fourth Door*, won the Prix de Cognac in 1988, followed by *Red Mist*, winner of the Prix du Roman d’Aventures. Halter has published over thirty novels, all focused on impossible crimes. His short stories have appeared in *Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine* and in the English collection *The Night of the Wolf*. He continues to be a major voice in classic detective fiction.

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