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A review by historynerd04
Meltwater by Michael Ridpath
4.0
Once again, I am cursing the inability to rate with half stars because this is a solid 4.5 stars. ::Shakes fist at computer screen.::
'Meltwater' is the 3rd installment - and in my opinion, best - of the 'Fire and Ice' series about a Boston cop of Icelandic extraction who returns to his country of birth. Just like in Boston, Magnus works as a policeman in Reykjavik and is tasked to investigate murders on this small island of ~320,000 inhabitants.
This series just gets better and better with each book. While this one centered on the death of a member who belonged to a WikiLeaks styled group, there is a secondary storyline moving at a fast clip that involves Magnus's family and the skeletons that occupy a closet courtesy of his rather nasty grandfather, Hallgrimur.
Between killers on the loose and the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull, Magnus has a lot on his hands. Plus, he has to deal with a quasi-girlfriend reappearing and a brother who supposedly never wanted to return to Iceland doing just that -- returning to Iceland.
If you're a fan of Nordic Noir and you haven't checked out this series yet? Well...Remedy that right now! And, as always, I eagerly await the next in this fantastic series!
'Meltwater' is the 3rd installment - and in my opinion, best - of the 'Fire and Ice' series about a Boston cop of Icelandic extraction who returns to his country of birth. Just like in Boston, Magnus works as a policeman in Reykjavik and is tasked to investigate murders on this small island of ~320,000 inhabitants.
This series just gets better and better with each book. While this one centered on the death of a member who belonged to a WikiLeaks styled group, there is a secondary storyline moving at a fast clip that involves Magnus's family and the skeletons that occupy a closet courtesy of his rather nasty grandfather, Hallgrimur.
Between killers on the loose and the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull, Magnus has a lot on his hands. Plus, he has to deal with a quasi-girlfriend reappearing and a brother who supposedly never wanted to return to Iceland doing just that -- returning to Iceland.
If you're a fan of Nordic Noir and you haven't checked out this series yet? Well...Remedy that right now! And, as always, I eagerly await the next in this fantastic series!