Books

Michael Ridpath has written over twenty books. They break down into four categories:

- The Foreign Correspondent Mysteries

- The Magnus Iceland Mysteries

- Stand-alone historical thrillers set in the twentieth century

- Financial thrillers

Click on the book covers below to find out more.

Foreign Correspondent Mysteries

Book cover for 'Operation Berlin' by Michael Ridpath featuring a black and white photo of the Brandenburg Gate with a man walking in front, dark stormy clouds in the sky, and a vintage car, with the title and author's name in large text.
Cover of the book 'Operation Lost Hours' by Michael Ridpath, featuring an image of a historic European building with a dome, black-and-white photography, and orange and black text.

Magnus Iceland Mysteries

(7 novels in order; 2 novellas; 1 non-fiction)

Book cover for "Where the Shadows Lie" by Michael Ridpath featuring a snowy mountain landscape in Iceland, stacked stones, and a flying bird in a cloudy sky.
Book cover for 66 degrees North, featuring a rocky shoreline in iceland with a small house, dark cloudy sky, flying birds.
Book cover for 'Meltwater' by Michael Ridpath, showing a large body of icy water in Iceland with floating icebergs in the foreground and a volcanic eruption in the distance, with a smoke plume rising into cloudy sky.
Book cover of 'Sea of Stone' by Michael Ridpath featuring an Icelandic landscape with an old, weathered house in an open field at the foot of snow-capped mountains under a cloudy sky.
Book cover for "The Wanderer" by Michael Ridpath, showing a dark, cloudy sky over snow-capped mountains in Iceland and a body of water in the foreground.
Book cover for 'Death in Dalvik' by Michael Ridpath, featuring a mountainous landscape in Iceland with snow-capped peaks, a dark house, and a cloudy sky.
Book cover for 'Whale Fjord' by Michael Ridpath featuring an Icelandic landscape with mountains, a body of water, a small wooden house, and a flying bird under a cloudy sky.
Book cover for 'Edge of Nowhere' by Michael Ridpath. The cover features icy, snow-covered rocks and a frozen landscape in Iceland with a cloudy sky.
Book cover for 'The Polar Bear Killing' by Michael Ridpath featuring snow-covered mountains in Iceland, a small red house, and dark cloudy sky with title and author's name in bold letters.
Book cover titled 'Writing in Ice: A Crime Writer's Guide to Iceland' by Michael Ridpath, showing icy waters and floating icebergs under a colorful sky.

Stand-Alone Historical Thrillers

Close-up of a person in a military uniform with a medal, a beige scarf, and a wristwatch, with the text "Michael Ridpath" and "Traitor's Gate" overlaid in large letters.
A black and white photograph of a person walking up a set of stairs at night, illuminated by vintage street lamps, with a building in the background. Shadows of War by Michael Ridpath, a thriller set at the beginning of the Second World War.
Cover of the thriller 'Amnesia' by Michael Ridpath, featuring trees and a lake in the background with a quote by Frances Fyfield.
Book cover for the thriller 'Launch Code' by Michael Ridpath featuring a submarine surfacing through ocean waves, with dark stormy clouds in the sky and a setting sun.
Book cover of the thriller set in 1979 and the 1930s: "The Diplomat's Wife" by Michael Ridpath. It features a woman in a blue coat and red hat standing on a city street.

Financial Thrillers

Book cover of the Sunday Times No 2 financial thriller Free To Trade by Michael Ridpath featuring a running man in front of a cityscape.
Book cover for the financial thriller 'The Predator' by Michael Ridpath, featuring a silhouette of a man running against an orange sunset sky with a historic stone bridge in Prague in the background.
Cover of the financial thriller "Trading Reality" by Michael Ridpath, featuring a digital globe with a glowing light and binary code in the background.
Book cover for the financial thriller 'Fatal Error' by Michael Ridpath with a dark background and a glowing orange digital swirl design in the center.
Book cover for the financial thriller 'The Marketmaker' by Michael Ridpath, featuring a nighttime cityscape with a beach in Rio de Janeiro, buildings, and light trails from moving vehicles along the coast.
Book cover of the financial thriller 'Final Venture' by Michael Ridpath, featuring a DNA double helix with the sun in the background and the tagline 'A gripping financial thriller'.
Book cover for the financial thriller 'On the Edge' by Michael Ridpath, featuring a silhouette of a person walking, a small aeroplane flying in front of a bright sun, snow-capped mountains, autumn trees, and city buildings in the background.
Book cover for 'See No Evil' by Michael Ridpath, featuring a flying airplane, a South African flag, Mount Kilimanjaro, and a sunset or sunrise sky.
Book cover for the short novella 'The Partnership Track' by Michael Ridpath, featuring a snowy landscape in New Hampshire with trees, a lake, and a cabin at dusk.