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Introduction

Author Michael Ridpath with short gray hair and a beard, wearing a black blazer and a light blue shirt, sitting on concrete stairs outdoors.

Michael Ridpath is a Sunday Times bestselling crime and thriller writer whose books have sold over two million copies and been translated into over thirty languages.

About Michael

Michael Ridpath, author of the Magnus Iceland Mysteries, in a red jacket and beanie stands in front of the Berserkjahraun lava field in Iceland, explaining something to bemused crime writers.

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, and 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.  Read more about Michael …

Book cover titled 'Where the Shadows Lie' by Michael Ridpath, featuring a snowy mountain landscape with stacked rocks and a seagull in the sky.

Book 1: Tolkien