Meltwater, Michael Ridpath
Meltwater, Michael Ridpath
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Meltwater

Author: Michael Ridpath

Narrator: Seán Barrett

Unabridged: 10 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2012


Synopsis

FreeFlow is a group of activists dedicated to freedom of information. They have evidence of a military atrocity in the Middle East and are preparing to unleash it. On the glacial rim of an erupting volcano, they christen their endeavour Operation Meltwater. Minutes later, one of them is murdered. Magnus Jonson has a long list of suspects but he’s getting little help – for a group dedicated to transparency, they’re a secretive bunch. But they are not the only ones with secrets. Asta, a newly qualified priest, has contacted FreeFlow with damning information about the former Bishop of Iceland. And with the return of Magnus’s brother Ollie to Iceland, the feud that has haunted their family for three generations is about to reignite...(cat)

Reviews

Goodreads review by Will on September 10, 2012

This is the third book in this series... not a fantastic book on its own... but a great chapter in the series. Think of it like your weekly crime drama on t.v.... not every episode is going to be the season finale... but sometimes one like this does more to develop characters and pays off down the r......more

Goodreads review by Advait on December 09, 2012

I must say, this is one brilliant piece of writing. One of the fewest which has ever managed to hook me. I read this in about 7 hours straight, with very little breaks. I guess I am going to keep on visiting this Nordic noir again, not just till Fire and Ice #4 turns up, but even after that. Freeflow......more

Goodreads review by Helen on July 26, 2013

Enjoying this series (and it finished with a bit of a cliffhanger, so hoping there is more to come!) As in the previous books in the series, there's a modern story, a historical story and the personal history of the Icelandic-American detective (the historical story is from his family's history). Th......more

Goodreads review by Tim on June 04, 2012

The latest in the Fire & Ice series and another cracker. Great characterisation and an imaginative and contemporary storyline set against the desolate beauty of the Icelandic landscape. The ending was, for me, to hastily wrapped up and somewhat weak but overall the third in the Magnus Jonson detecti......more

Goodreads review by Rory on January 02, 2017

2nd part of a trilogy. Unfortunately I had read book 3 before and I wouldn't recommend that, although it is a good stand alone novel. I liked the "exotic" setting and it was written with a good knowledge of place (which was as important as many of the lesser described characters). It was written abo......more