Welcome to the official website of the author Michael Ridpath.

My new book, Where The Shadows Lie, will be the first in a series about an Icelandic detective named Magnus. It will be published by Corvus in hardback in Britain on 1 June 2010.

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.

Where The Shadows Lie will be published in 19 territories, including Germany, the United States, France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. For more details look here.

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

“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

“Thrillers… that never fail to deliver satisfaction and excitement.”
Daily Mail

I have just received the first review of Where The Shadows Lie, a good one, thank God! Read it here.