The Seventh Hypothesis

The Seventh Hypothesis (French: La Septième Hypothèse) is a 1991 book by Paul Halter.

The Seventh Hypothesis
AuthorPaul Halter
Original titleLa Septième Hypothèse
GenreMystery
Publication date
1991

In 2014, The Guardian's Adrian McKinty considered The Seventh Hypothesis the third best locked-room mystery.[1] One plot point turns on the revelation that a Mechanical Turk chess automaton was operated by a person inside the machine, reflecting a recurring theme in Halter's books that technology might allow seemingly-supernatural events to be real.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ McKinty, Adrian (29 January 2014). "The top 10 locked-room mysteries". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  2. ^ Gardini, Michela (15 June 2015). "Figures du surnaturel dans le roman policier : l'exemple de Paul Halter". Revue critique de fixxion française contemporaine (in French) (10). doi:10.4000/fixxion.10169. ISSN 2033-7019.