Where the Shadows Lie (Fire and Ice, #1) (A Magnus Iceland Mystery)

by Michael Ridpath

Steve Wells (Designer)

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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.
  • ISBN10 1848873972
  • ISBN13 9781848873971
  • Publish Date 1 June 2010 (first published 1 January 2010)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 3 October 2012
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Atlantic Books
  • Imprint Corvus
  • Edition Main
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 352
  • Language English