Paul Halter is a French crime writer known for his locked room mysteries. His first published novel, La Quatrieme Porte (The Fourth Door) was published in 1988 and won the Prix de Cognac, given for detective literature. The following year, his novel Le Brouillard Rouge (Red Mist) won the Prix du Roman d'Aventures. He has now published more than thirty novels. Paul Halter is a French crime writer, known for his locked room mysteries. His first published novel, La Quatrième Porte (The Fourth Door) was published in 1988 and won the Prix de Cognac, given for detective literature. The following year, his novel Le Brouillard Rouge (The Red Fog) won the Prix du Roman d'Aventures.
'Paul Halter is France's answer to John Dickson Carr, and The Fourth Door is a plot-driven puzzle feast, packed with intriguing locked room mysteries and other apparent miracles' Martin Edwards, a CWA Diamond Dagger winner and President of the Detection Club