https://github.com/AlexanderKrutov/DataTables.Queryable/blob/master/DataTables.Queryable/DataTablesRequest.cs#L254
The bug is here type.GetProperty(parts[0]).PropertyType. GetProperty returns null, so this will explode and is never caught. Obviously this was hard to catch because it only happens when you are accessing a nested property.