The Man On The Moor is a 2004 novel by John Van Der Kiste, set on Dartmoor on the eve of the First World War. George Stephens, an office clerk from London is found dead at the side of a Devon road. He appears to have been the victim of an accident, but his mother claims that he is the son of the Kaiser. As events unfold, it starts to look increasingly like murder.
The Man On The Mooris a slow, leisurely thriller, suited to the pace of Dartmoor life. The author lives in Devon, and has written many books, both fiction and non-fiction, about the county. He was a consultant on the 2003 BBC documentary The King, The Kaiser And The Tsar.
