ISBN The Wanderer book Paperback 336 pages

Michael Ridpath is trouncing the Scandinavians on their home turf. This is international thriller writing at its best.' - Peter JamesIceland, 2017: When a young Italian tourist is found brutally murdered at a sacred church in northern Iceland, Magnus Jonson, newly returned to the Reykjavik police force, is called in to investigate. At the scene, he finds a stunned TV crew, there to film a documentary on the life of the legendary Viking, Gudrid the Wanderer.Magnus quickly begins to suspect that there may be more links to the murdered woman than anyone in the film crew will acknowledge. As jealousies come to the surface, new tensions replace old friendships, and history begins to rewrite itself, a shocking second murder leads Magnus to question everything he thought he knew ...

Michael Ridpath spent eight years as a bond trader in the City before giving up his job to write fulltime. He lives in north London with his wife and three children. Visit his website at www.michaelridpath.com.