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𝕃.𝕁.𝔽𝕆𝕏 🇮🇸☕📚 @onefootiniceland.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Book 2 in @michaelridpath.bsky.social's excellent Foreign Correspondent series is out on 5th October - get your preorders in for less than the price of a cuppa - or if you've not met Archie & Esme before, snap up book 1, #OperationBerlin for a mere 99p! # #OperationVienna #BookSky #Vienna

Cover of the Michael Ridpath book 'Operation Vienna' showing a biplane over the Heldenplatz, with a man with a cane and his back to us in the foreground

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Caroline G 📚 @loopyk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🧵 Operation Vienna by @michaelridpath.bsky.social ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A gripping tale of infidelity, of secrets and lies, and of murder, set against the backdrop of the financial instability of Austria's largest bank. 📝 See my review on www.goodreads.com/loopykaz Thanks to @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social and (1/2)

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Caroline G 📚 @loopyk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Today's book choice is Operation Vienna by @michaelridpath.bsky.social Thanks to @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social and @netgalley.bsky.social for the ARC. #AmReading 📖 #OperationVienna #MichaelRidpath #BoldwoodBooks #Netgalley #BookSky 📚💙 #⚡📚 #⌛📚 #Books

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Alex Shaw @alexshaw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

'Great start to a new series' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader reviews are rolling in for #Codename61 by @alexshawhetman 🙌📖 Don't miss this edge-of-your-seat historical action thriller that people are loving! Out now, read it today! mybook.to/Codename61

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Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The back of the Icelandic version of Free To Trade from 1995. Found recently by Lee-Anne Fox in Skagaströnd. Don't know who that bloke on the back is. And what's this about the "Breska John Grisham"? Never quite happened.

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Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Here I am with my agent Oli Munson and editor Emma Beswetherick at the launch of Operation Berlin last night.

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Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Very pleasing review from My Books and Crafts!

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Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Operation Berlin is out today! It's the first book in my Foreign Correspondent series, featuring my two detectives, Archie and Esme, who solve crimes around the capitals of Europe in the 1930s. This first one is set in Berlin in 1930. The Amazon page will tell you more: mybook.to/operationber...

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𝕃.𝕁.𝔽𝕆𝕏 🇮🇸☕📚 @onefootiniceland.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Happy publication day to @michaelridpath.bsky.social's exciting new Foreign Correspondent series, #OperationBerlin is out today! Follow distinctive & likeable duo Archie & Esme around Europe, starting here with 1930s Berlin, unravelling a perilous mystery. Ridpath is excellent as always! #BookSky

B&W Cover of the Michael Ridpath book 'Operation Berlin' showing the silhouette of a man with cane in an overcoat and hat, standing before a Berlin archway, with a 1930s car to the left

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Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Did you know you can follow authors on Amazon? It turns out that the mysterious Amazon algorithm gets really excited by the number of an author's followers. Here's the link to follow me. Just click on the "Follow" button on the top left. Thank you! bit.ly/4bZ9M0y

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Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I talk to Barry Forshaw of CrimeTime about solving crimes in Europe in the 1930s: www.crimetime.co.uk/operation-be...

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Operation Berlin: Michael Ridpath talks to Crime Time | Crime Time

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Caroline G 📚 @loopyk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

🧵 Operation Berlin by @michaelridpath.bsky.social ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A superb new series that is tense and atmospheric, with likeable protagonists. 🖋️ See my review on goodreads.com/loopykaz Thanks to @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social and @netgalley.bsky.social for the ARC. This title will available on (1/2)

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Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Just finishing audiobook of Man on Ice by Humphrey Hawksley. Made January at the gym fly by! It's a thriller about a Russian/US clash in the Bering Straits. Clever political setup and great action scenes. Rake Ozenna, an Eskimo US soldier is an intriguing character. @humphreyhawksley.bsky.social

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Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Here is the cover for Operation Berlin out in April 2026! It's the first of my Foreign Correspondent series, so it's important because it will set the style and tone of my covers for the next several years. I really like it!

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Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Operation Berlin, the first in my new series of mystery novels set in Europe in the 1930s will be published in April 2026. A British first world war veteran and a young American woman dreaming of becoming a foreign correspondent solve crimes around the capitals of Europe. First up – Berlin.

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Dr Angela Buckley @drangelabuckley.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

I love this Icelandic word - we could do with something similar in UK English!

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𝕃.𝕁.𝔽𝕆𝕏 🇮🇸☕📚 @onefootiniceland.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Astonishing & beautiful erupted material at Eldborg crater. With thanks to @ellionthego.bsky.social for the pic inspo, & to fab author of the #FireAndIce series @michaelridpath.bsky.social for the inspiration to visit it! 🌋 #Stunday #WeekFforFire #AlphabetChallenge #MobilePhotography 📷 #Iceland #ECK

Rough, porous rock, looking rather like pumice, in shades of lilac, turquoise, brick, yellow, pinky-brown and green

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Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Ten writers by whom I’ve read more than five books: 1. Dick Francis 2. William Boyd 3. John Grisham 4. Graham Greene 5. Evelyn Waugh 6. Aline Templeton 7. Agatha Christie 8. Simon Brett 9. Robert Harris 10. Tom Harper

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Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Thought-provoking. Charlotte gives voice to what other writers think but don't say.

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Heidi Amsinck @heidiamsinckwriter.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Murder is everwhere at the BRILLIANT but sadly last ever 😢 CrimeFest in Bristol. Loved meeting @ovidiayu.bsky.social, @michaelridpath.bsky.social, Jeffrey Siger and Stan Trollip. Really fun panel. Thank you 🙏❤️🇩🇰 #CrimeFest25

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 26/04/2025

When I use Google now I just automatically scroll past the AI summaries like they’re banner ads

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Michael Jecks Author @michaeljecksauthor.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

And for those who're really keen, the second in the #Vintaine series, Blood on the Sand, will be out in May - and what a gorgeous cover! Thanks, @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social #histfic #medieval #calais #nevillescross #adventure #action #crime #mystery

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Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I have just redesigned my website, www.michaelridpath.com Websites are supposed to be slick and sleek these days, without too much text. But it seemed a shame to ditch so much content, so I've created a new page, Backstories, which has articles about my novels that I hope keen readers will enjoy.

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Welcome to the official website of Michael Ridpath, author of crime novels and thrillers.

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

The Icelandic public broadcasting agency just issued a correction of a previous news item: The first lamb of the year was born in Skagafjörður on January 23rd, and NOT yesterday in Rangárvellir as previosly stated. The accompanying photo is of the real first lamb born and its mother.

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Hið raunverulega fyrsta lamb fæddist í Skagafirði - RÚV.is

Svo virðist sem fyrsta lamb ársins hafi fæðst 23. janúar á bænum Kleif í Skagafirði. Um viku fyrr en það sem fæddist á Rangárvöllum og fjallað var um í frétt fyrr í dag.

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Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

"It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime but at night it is another thing." – Ernest Hemingway.

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Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Listening to William Hurt reading The Sun Also Rises in the gym. Sublime! The miles fly by (all 2 1/2 of them)!

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Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Just finished Gabriel's Moon by William Boyd. Brilliant spy story! Clever, absorbing plot and a fascinating examination of the motivation and character of an accidental spy. Reminds me of Graham Greene, but better.

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

'Snow in Islington' (2018) by Melissa Scott-Miller scottmillerart.com

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Ned Palmer @cheesetastingco.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Cheesemongers of the UK! You can buy A Cheesemongers Tour direct from me. Signed 1st ed hardback copies, feel the benefit! DMs are open!

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed. (Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

We went and said good morning to the volcano

Uggi the dog down at the shore. Behind the water is the Reykjanes peninsula where a volcano is currently erupting

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Imogen Robertson/ Marina Palmer @imogenrobertson.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I have a very NSFW poem in the Ten Poets Charm the Pants... Not sure if that makes you more or less likely to buy it. Oh! And a completely work safe one in the Everyman Poems of London just visible above with umbrellas on the spine. I have now peaked. Thanks @sidekickbooks.bsky.social

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A.D. Glasswell @adglasswell.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

🤬 I can’t believe I just had to go do this. No, Microsoft, you don’t have permission to scrape any of my data.

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Caroline G 📚 @loopyk.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Mine is Yrsa Sigurðardóttir's latest. It is a cracker of a read.

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A.D. Glasswell @adglasswell.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I needed this.😂 Happy Friday Eve, friends!

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Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

Just gave the plumber one of my books. He disappeared to the basement for an hour and then said he loved the first chapter. I felt flattered until I realised not only had I just given away one of my books, but I was also paying someone an hourly rate to read it! Still feel gratified, though.

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Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

This is a picture of me in the middle of the Berserkers' Lava Field, telling their story to a bunch of bemused crime writers. It seems to me to sum up my Writing in Ice blog, which I am pausing for now. This is the last post: bit.ly/writinginice75 #writinginice #iceland

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

I hope your writing week is working out better than Wittgenstein’s.

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Armand D’Angour @armanddangour.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

Extended palindrome by Guy Steele: A man, a plan, a canoe, pasta, heros, rajahs, a coloratura, maps, snipe, percale, macaroni, a gag, a banana bag, a tan, a tag, a banana bag again (or a camel), a crepe, pins, spam, a rut, a rolo, cash, a jar, sore hats, a peon, a canal--Panama!

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Lloyd Shepherd @lloydshepherd.com · 21/08/2024

Slightly incredible observation from a friend: there is now only ONE football league club in a Tory constituency. Can you guess which one?

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𝕃.𝕁.𝔽𝕆𝕏 🇮🇸☕📚 @onefootiniceland.bsky.social · 21/08/2024

Apparently behind Skógafoss there's a chest filled with gold & treasures. The story goes that Þrasi Þórólfsson, a Viking settler, hid the chest in around 900AD. Sadly I couldn't spot it! 🧐 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHistory #MobilePhotography 📷 #Iceland 🇮🇸 May'21 #WaterfallWednesday

A tall curtain waterfall of white water with a tiny figure bottom right in a turquoise jacket

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Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social · 13/08/2024

Here is a list of the most useful and enjoyable TV programmes and films I watched while researching my Iceland novels. Plus a magazine or two. Latest post on my #writinginice blog. bit.ly/writinginice74

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Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social · 31/07/2024

Fiction and poetry I read when researching Iceland for my Magnus detective series. My latest #writinginice blog post: bit.ly/writinginice72 #writinginice #iceland

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Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social · 23/07/2024

The non-fiction books I read while researching Iceland. My latest blog post bit.ly/writinginice71 #writinginice #iceland

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