Books by Michael Ridpath
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review 1: The strength of Where the Shadows Lie are the lead character, the outsider-insider storyline, and contextualisation with respect to the Tolkein and Lord of the Rings. Magnus Jonson is a strong and engaging lead character who has been unsettled by the corruption case in Boston, t...
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review 1: I saw this book in a bookstore in Reykjavik, and the ad copy was intriguing enough to get me to check it out. Ridpath is a very entertaining guide to the city, and the mystery is well-constructed, connecting a few loose threads in a number of sagas, Tolkieniana, and Iceland's his...
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review 1: an excellent mystery and I loved the whole Tolkien/LOTR connection - very well done. Also, this is a mystery where the sense of PLACE is a big part of the story - in this case Iceland. Like the 'Berg' to Stephanie Plum and Edinburgh to Rebus - Iceland is part of the story. Why n...
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review 1: This book is special in two ways - the story plays out in Iceland and Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings is interwoven in the story in a clever way. The main carachter is a likeable Cop from Boston who has to go back to his natice Iceland to get away from a Gang who wants to kill ...