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Michael Ridpath


UK flag (b.1961)

Before becoming a writer Michael  used to work as a bond trader in the City of London. He gave up my life in finance when his  first thriller, Free To Trade, was published in 1995. Michael was brought up in North Yorkshire, but now lives in North London.
 


Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Historical
 
Series
Power and Money
   1. Free to Trade (1995)
   2. Trading Reality (1996)
   3. The Marketmaker (1998)
   4. Final Venture (2000)
   5. The Predator (2001)
   6. Fatal Error (2003)
   The Partnership Track (2016)
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Alex Calder
   1. On the Edge (2005)
   2. See No Evil (2006)
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Magnus Iceland Mystery
   1. Where the Shadows Lie (2010)
   2. 66 Degrees North (2011)

     aka Far North

   2.5. Edge of Nowhere (2011)
   3. Meltwater (2012)
   4. Sea of Stone (2014)
   4.5. The Polar Bear Killing (2016)
   5. The Wanderer (2018)
   6. Death in Dalvik (2022)
   7. Whale Fjord (2024)
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Traitors
   1. Traitor's Gate (2013)
   2. Shadows Of War (2015)
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Novels
   Amnesia (2017)
   Launch Code (2019)
   The Diplomat's Wife (2021)
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by Michael Ridpath
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Playing Dead (2025)
Short Stories by Members of the Detection Club
edited by
Martin Edwards
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Spy Masters (2024)
An Anthology of Espionage Writing
edited by
Antonia Senior
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Motives for Murder (2016)
A Celebration of Peter Lovesey on His 80th Birthday
edited by
Martin Edwards

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Award nominations
2013 CWA Dagger in the Library (shortlist)
2011 CrimeFest: eDunnit Award (nominee) : Where the Shadows Lie


Michael Ridpath recommends
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The Beaten Track (2022)
(International Psychological Suspense)
Louise Mangos
"The reader watches, fascinated and repelled, as Sandrine makes her way around the world on a trip of a lifetime. Louise Mangos hooks us, then reels us in expertly towards an ending which we both dread and turn the pages furiously to reach. Great stuff."
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The Stranger (2020)
(Jude Lyon, book 1)
Simon Conway
"All the ingredients of a classic spy thriller, expertly executed. Heart-pounding stuff."
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The Fatherland Files (2019)
(Gereon Rath, book 4)
Volker Kutscher
"A mystery full of twists and surprises and a classic detective you will root for all the way to the last page. Masterful."

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