Welcome to the official website of the author Michael Ridpath.

Where The Shadows Lie, is the first in the Fire and Ice series about an Icelandic detective named Magnus. It was published by Corvus in hardback in Britain on 1 June 2010, and in paperback in February 2011

The second book in the series, 66° North, was published in hardback in the UK on 1 May 2011. Read the first chapter here.

The third in the series, Meltwater, is published in the UK in June 2012. Read the first two chapters here.

I have written eight financial thrillers to date. For more details see here.

This interview in the Bookseller explains why I changed genres from financial thrillers and came to write Where The Shadows Lie.

The Fire and Ice series is published in about twenty countries, including Iceland, Germany, the United States, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Russia, Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands. For more details look here.

Ein Interview Auf Deutsch

Some of the nicer things people have said about my novels:

“Ridpath has that read-on factor that sets bestsellers apart”
The Guardian.

“Ridpath’s thrillers are remarkable for having their finger on the pulse”
Mail on Sunday.

“Riveting reading”
The Times.

“Taut strongly plotted… provides a rush of blood to the head and stings your page-turning fingertips.”
Independent.

“Magnus Jonson is a complex and totally compelling character”
New York Journal of Books.

“Michael Ridpath is on the war path, trouncing the Scandinavians on their home turf. This is international thriller writing at its best, fine characters, page turning suspense and a great, fresh location.”
Peter James.

Far North (the US version of 66° North) is published in the United States in August 2012.

66° North was published in paperback in the UK in Feb 2012.

I have written a 60 page short story called Edge of Nowhere which is published on Kindle. Magnus is sent to an isolated fishing village in the West Fjords to investigate the death of a road worker killed in a landslide. The locals think the “hidden people” did it.

Where The Shadows Lie , 66° North and Meltwater are available on Kindle.