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 Foreign Correspondent Mysteries (1 book so far)
The Magnus Iceland Mysteries (7 books)
Stand-alone historical 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.
Ridpath provides a rush of blood to your head and stings your page-turning fingertips – The Independent.
Latest Book – Operation Berlin
Operation Berlin: Foreign Correspondent Mystery Book 1
Published 12 April 2026
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.
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
Michael is working on a new series.
Sir Archie Laverick, a biographer scarred mentally and physically by the Great War, and Esme, a spirited young American intent on making her name as a foreign correspondent, solve murders around the capitals of Europe in the 1930s.
The first book in the series takes place in Berlin in 1930, the second in Vienna in 1931 and the third in Paris in 1932.
Operation Berlin will be published by Boldwood Books 12 April 2026.
Operation Vienna will be published in October 2026.