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Michael Ridpath

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in Devon, The United Kingdom

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http://www.michaelridpath.com/

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Mystery & Thrillers

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April 2012

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Before becoming a writer, I used to work in the City of London as a bond trader. I have written eight thrillers set in the worlds of business and finance, but I am now trying my hand at something different. Where The Shadows Lie, the first in a series featuring an Icelandic detective named Magnus Jonson, was published in 2010. The third book in the series, Meltwater, is out in the UK this summer. My books have been translated into over 30 languages (including Icelandic).

I was born in Devon, brought up in North Yorkshire and read history at Oxford University. I now live in North London with my American wife and three children. I am a former vice chair of the Crime Writers' Association.

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Average rating: 3.60 · 1,313 ratings · 210 reviews · 20 distinct works · Similar authors

	Where the Shadows Lie 3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 500 ratings — published 2010 — 17 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Far North 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Free to Trade 3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 1994 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meltwater 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trading Reality 3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1997 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Marketmaker 3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1998 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Final Venture 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2000 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Edge of Nowhere 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fatal Error 3.2 of 5 stars 3.20 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Predator 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Edge of Nowhere (Mystery & Thrillers)

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Description: A 50 page novella featuring my Icelandic detective Magnus Jonson. Only available on Kindle.

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Michael Ridpath made a comment on The Icelandic Chapter of the Crime Writers' Association "Just come back from Icleand after the first dinner of the Icelandic chapter of the Crime Writers' Association. Most of Iceland's top crime writers wer...more "
May 10, 2013 08:13am · see blog post
Michael Ridpath wrote a new blog post The Icelandic Chapter of the Crime Writers' Association
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Michael Ridpath made a comment on Dagger in the Library "Just long listed so far. But it's a start! Michael"
Apr 30, 2013 08:52am · see blog post
Michael Ridpath made a comment on his review of Wigs on the Green "Obviously I haven't seen the film of the Great Gatsby, or even the trailer, but I have read the book, and it's much better than Wigs On The Green. Lik...more "
Apr 25, 2013 12:16am · see review
Michael Ridpath rated a book 2 of 5 stars Wigs on the Green by Nancy Mitford read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a not very good book from a very good writer. It was written in the 1930s and is a sub-Wodehousian jape featuring some bored aristocrats who descend on a village to try to pick up the local heiress, a seventeen-year-old Valkyrie named Eugenia...more
Apr 15, 2013 10:01am · see review
Michael Ridpath made a comment on Flickr page for Iceland research photos "Thanks Lili and Kenneth. I've finished the second draft of the Fourth Magnus book, titled Sea of Stone. I don't know yet when it will be published. I h...more "
Apr 11, 2013 07:09am · see blog post
Michael Ridpath rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Pillars of the Earth (The Pillars of the Earth, #1) by Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Feb 26, 2013 08:49am
Michael Ridpath rated a book 4 of 5 stars Americans in Paris: life and death under Nazi occupation 1940-1944 by Charles Glass	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jan 23, 2013 11:36am
Michael Ridpath rated a book 3 of 5 stars A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jan 10, 2013 11:53pm
Michael Ridpath rated a book 4 of 5 stars Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming by Naomi Oreskes	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jan 03, 2013 10:27am

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