If you had to choose a new location for a crime series, where would you look? Michael Ridpath had to do just that.
He chose Iceland, a country of fjords, glaciers and volcanoes, of long, manic summer days and long, sinister winter evenings, a place where everyone is on Facebook and everyone's grandmother has spoken to an elf.
This is his account of researching the country: the breathtaking landscape, its vigorous if occasionally odd people, the great heroes and heroines of its sagas, and (of course) those troublesome elves; with a little bit thrown in about how to put together a good detective story.
Entertaining and informative, it's a guide to Iceland for the visitor, and a guide to crime writing for the reader.
| Country | The breathtaking landscape its vigorous if occasionally odd people the great heroes and heroines of its sagas and (of course) those troublesome elves |
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Yarmer Head Writing in ice: a crime writer's guide to iceland, paperback/michael ridpath
