Fire and Ice

The Fire and Ice series is a series of mystery novels written by the famous English author Michael Ridpath. All the novels in the series feature the main protagonist Magnus Jonson, who works as a homicide detective. Magnus Jonson was born in Iceland and was raised in Boston. He works in the Iceland Police Department and strives to solve the criminal cases in the city. The novels of the series have been translated into more than 30 foreign languages for the readers all over the world. They have also been translated into Icelandic particularly for the readers of Iceland who are very fond of the character of Magnus Jonson and consider him to be their own. The first novel of the Fire and Ice mystery series was published in the year 2009 by the Corvus publishing house. It was titled ‘Where The Shadows Lie’. The setting of the plot of the novel is done in Iceland and revolves around the ups and downs in the life of the central character named Magnus Jonson. In the opening sequence of the first novel of the series, the author has given a wide description of the landscape of Iceland. He has wonderfully described the wide and volcanic regions of the country. Amid the wild areas of Iceland it is rumored that an 800 year old manuscript has been lost somewhere in the volcanic regions of the country. The manuscript is believed to be very costly and many people also believe that it has a ring that gives terrible power to whoever owns it. The story of the manuscript and its powerful ring has a long-lost saga that has caused many people to go on its search.