The Wanderer, Michael Ridpath
The Wanderer, Michael Ridpath
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The Wanderer

Author: Michael Ridpath

Narrator: Seán Barrett

Unabridged: 9 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2018


Synopsis

Iceland, 2017: When a young Italian tourist is found brutally murdered at a sacred church in northern Iceland, Magnus Jonson, newly returned to the Reykjavík police force, is called in to investigate. At the scene, he finds a stunned TV crew, there to film a documentary on the life of the legendary Viking, Gudrid the Wanderer. Magnus quickly begins to suspect that there may be more links to the murdered woman than anyone in the film crew will acknowledge. As jealousies come to the surface, new tensions replace old friendships, and history begins to rewrite itself, a shocking second murder leads Magnus to question everything he thought he knew…

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bruce on October 28, 2019

A female Italian student is murdered near an archaeological site in northern Iceland near to where a TV documentary is being filmed. This lead me to expect something of a delightful cross between Ragnar Jonasson and Elly Griffiths, although it turned out somewhat different from that. Later on, two o......more

Goodreads review by Ken on June 18, 2020

Well I waited what seems forever but my to read list seemed to increase quite substantially and The Wanderer by Michael Ridpath just got sucked to the bottom, but I'm caught up now. I really missed Magnus and wondered how he was going to come back into the fray. I like how he came back esp......more

Goodreads review by David on October 06, 2020

I found Magnus unappetizing. He seemed a bit slow, and pretty sexist, checking out every woman, at least in terms of descriptions. (view spoiler)[ And then he talks about how much he would like to get to know his (surprise) son, yet he seems more happy to tromp off with the beautiful girl at the end, even somewhat (hide spoiler)]......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on March 29, 2022

Having been to Iceland, I am a fan of this book. The story was compelling and I enjoyed the characters. It seemed to drag a bit towards the end but was still a good read. I hope to read more of his books.......more