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Meltwater (Fire and Ice #3)
by
Michael Ridpath (Goodreads Author)
This is the third book in the Fire & Ice series featuring Magnus.
Operation Meltwater: Freeflow, a group of internet activists committed to the freedom of information have video evidence of a military atrocity in the Middle East and have chosen Iceland as their HQ while they prepare to unleash their greatest coup on the world's media. On the glacial rim of erupting volc...more
Operation Meltwater: Freeflow, a group of internet activists committed to the freedom of information have video evidence of a military atrocity in the Middle East and have chosen Iceland as their HQ while they prepare to unleash their greatest coup on the world's media. On the glacial rim of erupting volc...more
Paperback, Australian Edition, 311 pages
Published
August 1st 2012
by Corvus Books UK
(first published June 1st 2012)
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This is the third book in this series... not a fantastic book on its own... but a great chapter in the series. Think of it like your weekly crime drama on t.v.... not every episode is going to be the season finale... but sometimes one like this does more to develop characters and pays off down the road.
If anything there were events around the volcanic eruption in Iceland from a few years ago that made it more than intriguing. There were about three storylines going on all at once... at times......more
If anything there were events around the volcanic eruption in Iceland from a few years ago that made it more than intriguing. There were about three storylines going on all at once... at times......more
This is an excellent continuation of the series which ends in a bit of a cliffhanger leading into the next book, which is good news as I'd got it into my head that this was a trilogy. The suspense is maintained throughout this book with a very deft interweaving of the various strands. As well as the Meltwater storyline, the background family storyline gets some more attention and looks as if it will come to a head soon. Hopefully the 4th book will be out soon and put us out of our misery. Come o...more
I must say, this is one brilliant piece of writing. One of the fewest which has ever managed to hook me. I read this in about 7 hours straight, with very little breaks. I guess I am going to keep on visiting this Nordic noir again, not just till Fire and Ice #4 turns up, but even after that.
Freeflow, an organization just like Wikileaks, has caught hold of a video which is sure to make a bang if it came out. Its members decide to rendezvous in Iceland, to prepare their video for release. However,...more
Freeflow, an organization just like Wikileaks, has caught hold of a video which is sure to make a bang if it came out. Its members decide to rendezvous in Iceland, to prepare their video for release. However,...more
Once again, I am cursing the inability to rate with half stars because this is a solid 4.5 stars. ::Shakes fist at computer screen.::
'Meltwater' is the 3rd installment - and in my opinion, best - of the 'Fire and Ice' series about a Boston cop of Icelandic extraction who returns to his country of birth. Just like in Boston, Magnus works as a policeman in Reykjavik and is tasked to investigate murders on this small island of ~320,000 inhabitants.
This series just gets better and better with each b...more
'Meltwater' is the 3rd installment - and in my opinion, best - of the 'Fire and Ice' series about a Boston cop of Icelandic extraction who returns to his country of birth. Just like in Boston, Magnus works as a policeman in Reykjavik and is tasked to investigate murders on this small island of ~320,000 inhabitants.
This series just gets better and better with each b...more
Loving the Fire and Ice series by michael ridpath. The third instalment has several different storylines running through it, and is a great read. The book ends with a real cliffhanger, so there will obviously be another in the series.
The story of Freeflow and Erika Zinn is also left unfinished. We suspect the video is fake, but it is never resolved. I'd like to see them discredited and Zinn getting some of her own medicine... she is such a zealot and hopefully will get what's coming.
Cant wait fo...more
The story of Freeflow and Erika Zinn is also left unfinished. We suspect the video is fake, but it is never resolved. I'd like to see them discredited and Zinn getting some of her own medicine... she is such a zealot and hopefully will get what's coming.
Cant wait fo...more
Really enjoyable Police drama. I have never read any of the other Fire and Ice Novels, but if they are all like this then they are worth the effort. Magnus Jonson is the main character and spends most of this story running round Iceland after a killer who appears to want to stop Freeflow, a group lead by Erica Zinn, who publish scandalous leaks in the vein of Wikileaks.
The latest in the Fire & Ice series and another cracker. Great characterisation and an imaginative and contemporary storyline set against the desolate beauty of the Icelandic landscape. The ending was, for me, to hastily wrapped up and somewhat weak but overall the third in the Magnus Jonson detective series was a compelling read that I consumed in a couple of days of 'can't put this down' reading. I'm a great fan of Michael Ridpath and 'Fire & Ice' and look forward to the next in the se...more
I love these Fire and Ice series of books. Magnus grows in stature through each book and he has some particularly exciting escapades. I was a little disappointed the sagas didn't feature as much this time, concentrating mainly on the story of "Freeflow", but it is an excellent read.
I hope the romantic interest between Magnus and Ingileif fizzles out as Ingileif's character is a little insipid. Perhaps Magnus's dream gives us an insight that more romance is to follow. Can't wait for the next boo...more
I hope the romantic interest between Magnus and Ingileif fizzles out as Ingileif's character is a little insipid. Perhaps Magnus's dream gives us an insight that more romance is to follow. Can't wait for the next boo...more
I love these books!
Another excellent book - these books really make me want to visit Iceland. Roll on the next volume!
Well, well we are left in suspense. Michael, you had to make it noir. Everybody is in trouble except Magnus. Or should I say, everybody has problems including Magnus. So we have to wait a year for another installment. Why don't you make comics, at least we would have something. Frustrations aside can I get a British copy next time.
Feb 11, 2013
Mikko Arevuo
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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Not as good as the previous books by the master storyteller.
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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....more
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