Where the Shadows Lie by Michael
Ridpath
Magnus Jonson is having a bad
week. His girlfriend broke up with
him. Someone has tried to kill him
(again). And his boss is sending him off
on special assignment for an unspecified amount of time.
Magnus is the prime witness in the
upcoming trial of a fellow police officer.
The drug kingpin who had that officer in his pocket is the one trying to
have Magnus killed. To protect their
star witness Boston’s Police Commissioner is sending him off to Iceland. Magnus lived in Iceland until he was twelve
and speaks Icelandic so he is the perfect fit to help the Icelandic police
learn how to deal with violent crime. In
a country that feels their murder rate is booming because it has hit eight,
help with investigating murders is sorely needed. And when Marcus arrives a murder has just
been committed and nothing about the case is straightforward.
I fell in love with Iceland when I
was there in March and I had a chance to revisit many of the places I saw in
this book. I also learned a lot about
policing in that country. First of all
no one in law enforcement, aside from the police at the airport, have
guns. Secondly, if they think you may
have had something to do with a serious crime they can jail you for three
weeks. Don’t get in trouble in Iceland!
