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Michael Ridpath
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Where the Shadows Lie (Fire & Ice #1)
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2009
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Far North (Fire & Ice #2)
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2011
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32 editions
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Meltwater (Fire & Ice #3)
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2012
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Sea of Stone (Fire & Ice #4)
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2014
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Free to Trade
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1995
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The Wanderer (Fire and Ice #5)
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2018
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Final Venture
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2000
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Fatal Error
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2003
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On the Edge (Alex Calder #1)
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2005
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Amnesia
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2017
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Gudrid and her husband discover America
In my last blog post, I described how Gudrid the Wanderer wandered from Iceland to Greenland. But she didn't stop there.
The two Vinland Sagas disagree on who first made landfall in North America, which became known as 'Vinland'. One saga says it was Bjarni Herjólfsson, who got lost on the way to Greenland, the other says it was Leif Eriksson, Erik the Red's son. These days Leif seems to get all th Read more of this blog post »
The two Vinland Sagas disagree on who first made landfall in North America, which became known as 'Vinland'. One saga says it was Bjarni Herjólfsson, who got lost on the way to Greenland, the other says it was Leif Eriksson, Erik the Red's son. These days Leif seems to get all th Read more of this blog post »
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“But the danger added to the thrill. It was a long shot: perhaps the police would get to the ring first. Perhaps the ring was a fake all along. Perhaps no one would ever find it. But there was a chance, a real chance, that Isildur might end up the owner of the actual ring that had inspired The Lord of the Rings, that had been carried to Iceland by his namesake a thousand years before.”
― Where the Shadows Lie
― Where the Shadows Lie
“It had obsessed his father and caused his death. It had briefly obsessed Pétur before he had tried to put it behind him. It had obsessed Agnar and the foreign Lord of the Rings fans, and it had obsessed Hákon. No possessed Hákon. Only his grandfather, Högni, had had the”
― Where the Shadows Lie
― Where the Shadows Lie
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Kenneth wrote: "Michael we have your short story The Polar Bear Killing as one of our reads this month and we have a reader from California wanting to know if this was used as part of a TV show cal..."Kenneth, I'm so pleased you are reading it. Let me know if anyone has any trouble getting hold of it - on the launch date it wasn't available for some amazon US readers. I asked my publishers to sort that out, and I hope they have done so.
To answer your question, no, the story was not used in Fortitude, at least not with my knowledge. I haven't actually seen the show, since I don't get Sky. I believe it was filmed in Isafjordur in Iceland, but was supposed to be Greenland.
Any more questions, happy to answer them!
Michael
Michael we have your short story The Polar Bear Killing as one of our reads this month and we have a reader from California wanting to know if this was used as part of a TV show called "Fortitude". Scandinavian and Nordic Crime Fiction - Ken
Hi Michael. Lovely to catch up with you here. I'm sorry we only seemed to pass in corridors at CrimeFest. Next time we must stop to chat!
