A stunning blend of Crime Thriller and Dante-esque Horror.

"With the character of Fool, Simon Kurt Unsworth has crafted a hero among the damned. Original, tense, and full of twists, this is one hell of a great read" -- Hugh Howey Sunday Times Bestselling author of Wool "Dark and luminous, compelling and insidious, DEVIL'S DETECTIVE is a novel that transcends genre" -- Michael Marshall Smith "inventive and intriguing - Unsworth turns a journey through Hell into a heavenly read" -- Alison Littlewood author of Richard and Judy pick A Cold Season "I think this might be the most whimsical murder story ever told. The Devil's Detective is relentlessly creative, fearlessly witty, and completely twisted. Naturally, I loved it." -- Chelsea Cain NYT bestselling author of One Kick and Heartsick "Hell as the setting for a noir investigation turns out to be as fun as it sounds in The Devil's Detective. Inventive and pacy, Simon Kurt Unsworth has created a world - underworld? - distinctly his own" -- Andrew Pyper author of The Demonologist and The Damned

Simon Unsworth was born in Manchester and has achieved great success in the art of short story writing, having been published widely and nominated for both the World Fantasy Award and Edge Hill Short Story Collection prize.