THE HOLLOW MAN

The Hollow Man by John Dickson Carr is a classic Golden Age mystery and one of the most celebrated impossible-crime novels ever written.

A murder takes place in the middle of a London street, but there is an apparently impossible problem: there is no way the killer could have escaped.

The mystery begins when Professor Grimaud, a renowned occultist, receives a threatening visit from a mysterious stranger. Shortly afterward, Grimaud is found murdered inside his locked study. The room is surrounded by snow, yet there are no footprints leading to or from the building. The windows are sealed, the doors are locked, and there appears to be no possible route by which the murderer could have entered or escaped.

Even more baffling, another man is attacked nearby under circumstances that seem equally impossible.

Enter Dr. Gideon Fell, one of crime fiction's great detectives. Faced with a crime that appears to violate the laws of reality, Fell must separate genuine clues from carefully constructed deception and determine how an apparently impossible murder could actually have been committed.

With its atmospheric setting, ingenious clues and legendary locked-room puzzle, The Hollow Man is a masterclass in classic detective fiction. Celebrated for its elaborate mystery and astonishing solution, it is essential reading for fans of locked-room mysteries, impossible crimes and Golden Age detective fiction.