How do you stop a demon invasion… when you don’t believe in magic? Inspector Nick Paris is a man of logic and whisky. So staring down at the crucified form of a murder victim who is fifteen centimetres tall leaves the seasoned detective at a loss… and the dead fairy is only the beginning. Suddenly the inspector is offering political asylum to dwarves, consulting with witches, getting tactical advice from elves and taking orders from a chain-smoking talking crow who, technically, outranks him. With the fate of both the human and magic worlds in his hands Nick will have to leave logic behind and embrace his inner mystic to solve the crime and stop an army of demons from invading Manchester! I do enjoy a bit of urban fantasy. I’ve always liked the idea that there are other worlds that exist in tandem with our own. Breaking the Lore, Andy Redsmith’s debut novel, is a police procedural with a fantastical twist. Humanity has been, up until now, blissfully ignorant of demons, elves, monsters, fairies and every other mythical beast you could think of, but all that is about to change. Inspector Nick Paris falls into the same category as all…