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| Michael Ridpath | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1961 Devon |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford |
| Period | 1995 onwards |
| Genre | Financial thrillers, crime novels |
| Notable works | Fire and Ice series |
| Spouse | Barbara Ridpath |
| Website | |
| www | |
Michael Ridpath is an English author of thrillers involving the world of high finance. He was born in Devon in 1961 and grew up in Yorkshire. He was educated at Millfield School and Merton College, Oxford, and spent eight years working as a bond trader at an international bank in the City of London. His past employers include Saudi International Bank and Apax Partners.
Ridpath lives in north London with three children and his wife, Barbara Ridpath. His latest work is the Fire & Ice series about an Icelandic detective called Magnus Jonson.
Bibliography
Financial thrillers
- Free to Trade (1995)
- Trading Reality (1996)
- The Marketmaker (1998)
- Final Venture (2000)
- The Predator (2001)
- Fatal Error (2003)
Alex Calder
- On The Edge (2005)
- See No Evil (2006)
Magnus Iceland Mysteries (Fire and Ice)
- Where The Shadows Lie (Corvus, June 2010)
- 66° North (Corvus, May 2011)
- Edge of Nowhere (Corvus, December 2011)
- Meltwater (June 2012)
- Sea of Stone (May 2014)
- The Polar Bear Killing (2015)
- The Super Recogniser of Vik (2016)
- The Wanderer (September 2018)
- Death in Dalvik (2022)
Conrad de Lancey – pre-WWII & WWII spy novels
- Traitor's Gate (Head of Zeus, June 2013)
- Shadows of War (Head of Zeus, January 2015)
Stand-alone novels
- Amnesia (Corvus, May 2017)
- Launch Code (Corvus, 2019)
Short stories
- "Partnership Track" (2005), published in The Detection Collection, edited by Simon Brett.
References
- About the Author Archived 5 September 2012 at archive.today
- New novels display uncanny timing
- Prowling After Profits
- SATIRE ON THE STREET, SUSPENSE IN THE CITY
- CRASH OF CITY HIGH-FLYER/ Archived 3 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Corvus page for Amnesia/
- Corvus page for Launch-code/