Where the Shadows Lie

By Michael Ridpath

Book Number 1 in the Fire and Ice Series.

Amid Iceland’s wild, volcanic landscape, rumours swirl of an ancient manuscript containing a long-lost saga about a ring of terrible power. The manuscript, which is believed to have inspired Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings, exists…but why is it worth killing for? Untangling murder from myth is Iceland-born, Boston-raised homicide detective Magnus Jonson. Seconded to the Icelandic Police Force for his own protection after he runs afoul of a drug cartel back in Boston, Magnus also has his own reasons for returning to the country of his birth for the first time in nearly two decades – to investigate the unsolved murder of his father.

Binding Iceland’s landscape and history, secrets and superstitions in a strikingly original plot that will span several volumes, Where the Shadows Lie is a thrilling new series from an established master.

First Published: 2010

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This book is in the following genres: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

Stephen Frey

Stephen lives in Northern Virginia just outside Washington, DC. After a career in finance at JP Morgan in New York City and two European banks, he committed to writing full time. Since 1995 he’s had 18 novels published with Penquin Putnam, Random House and Simon & Shutzer. He has three daughters, Christina, Ashley and Gabriella.(…)

Greg Iles

Greg Iles was born in Germany, where his father ran the US Embassy Medical Clinic during the height of the Cold War. He spent his youth in Natchez, Mississippi, and graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1983. His first novel, SPANDAU PHOENIX, a thriller about Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess, was published in 1992(…)

Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly was born in Philadelphia, PA on July 21, 1956. He moved to Florida with his family when he was 12 years old. Michael decided to become a writer after discovering the books of Raymond Chandler while attending the University of Florida. Once he decided on this direction he chose a major in journalism(…)

Harlan Coben

Harlan was born in Newark, New Jersey. After graduating from Amherst College a political science major, Harlan worked in the travel industry. He now lives in New Jersey with his wife, Anne Armstrong-Coben MD, a pediatrician, and their four children. Coben was the first writer in more than a decade to be invited to write(…)

Steven James

Steven James has penned 30+ books spanning the genres of psychological thrillers, prayer collections, dramas, monologues, a nine book series on creative storytelling, YAQ fantasy, and inspirational nonfiction. He has received wide critical acclaim for his work including four Storytelling World Honor awards, two Publisher Weekly starred reviews and 2009, 2011 and 2012 Christie Awards(…)

Scott Frost

American writer Scott Frost began his career as a screenwriter, working on the cult TV series Twin Peaks and later scripting episodes for The X-Files. He is an established crime novelist and has been nominated for an Edgar Award for best first novel.

Marcus Sakey

Marcus was born in Flint, Michigan. Loving parents still together, forty-plus and counting. His brother Matt is a respected video game columnist and owner of the website Tap Repeatedly. Marcus attended the University of Michigan, two majors, both promptly ignored. Collected single terms at grad schools in several states. Ten years in advertising and marketing(…)

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