About the book: year / Michael Ridpath was born in 1961 in Devon, but grew up in Yorkshire. He studied at Millfield School in Somerset, and at Merton College (Oxford). Ridpath's first novel, “Everything is for Sale” (Free to Trade, 1994), according to his official biography, was written by him in the evenings and on weekends over 4 years. The novel was accepted for publication, and the fee was so large that the author stopped working in the City and became a professional writer. Michael Ridpath is a member of the Crime Writers Organization and treasurer of the State Literary Trust. Married to an American, Barbara, a financial analyst. Their family has three children: Julia, Laura and Nicholas. The writer currently lives with his family in the London suburb of Hampstead. Today Michael Ridpath is one of Britain's most famous writers. Michael Ridpath's financial thrillers regularly became bestsellers and were quickly translated in different countries, incl. Germany, France, Russia, China, etc. In June 2010, Michael published the first novel about detective Magnus Johnson - “Where the Shadows Lie” - in a completely new style. In this book, an American detective temporarily returns to Iceland, where he was born and grew up until he was 12 years old, and investigates the case of the disappearance of a medieval manuscript and the murder of a professor, an expert on Old Icelandic sagas. Ridpath is planning a continuation of the series of books about detective Magnus, which will also take place in Iceland. Contents:1. On the cutting edge (Translation: G. Kosov)2. Invisible evil (Translation: V. Antonov)3. Where the darkness spreads... (Translation: I. Sudakevich)4. 66 degrees north latitude (Translation: Dmitry Voznyakevich)5. Exchange Devil (Translation: Mikhail Vershovsky)6. Everything is for sale (Translation: A. Andreev)7. Latest project (Translation: Gleb Kosov)8. Reality for sale (Translation: A. Obukhov)9. Deadly miscalculation (Translation: L. Mordukhovich)10. Predator (Translation: A. Kashin)