Michael Ridpath is a Sunday Times bestselling crime and thriller writer whose books have sold over a million copies and been translated into over thirty languages.
He has written the following novels:
The Magnus Iceland Mysteries (7 books)
Stand-alone thrillers (5 books)
Financial thrillers (8 books)
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.
Whale Fjord – Published Feb 2024
About Michael
Michael Ridpath’s first novel, after a career in finance, was Free to Trade, a bestseller about the murky world of bond trading which was translated into over thirty languages. The success of that book enabled him to become a full-time writer.
He published seven more thrillers with a financial background before starting a crime series set in Iceland featuring the Icelandic-American detective Magnus Jonson. He has also written five stand-alone thrillers.
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Free Novella
A starving polar bear swims ashore in a remote Icelandic village and is shot by the local policeman. Two days later, the policeman is found dead on a hill above the village. Sergeant Magnus is sent from Reykjavik to investigate.
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What’s Next
I am working on a new series. A British war veteran and a young female American foreign correspondent solve crimes around the capitals of Europe in the 1930s, starting with Berlin in 1930.