Michael Ridpath > Quotes

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― Michael Ridpath, Fatal Error

“But the danger added to the thrill. It was a long shot: perhaps the police would get to the ring first. Perhaps the ring was a fake all along. Perhaps no one would ever find it. But there was a chance, a real chance, that Isildur might end up the owner of the actual ring that had inspired The Lord of the Rings, that had been carried to Iceland by his namesake a thousand years before.”
― Michael Ridpath, Where the Shadows Lie

“The often-uttered words of Colonel Rydal ran through Conrad's head. *What a shambles.*”
― Michael Ridpath, Shadows of War

“It had obsessed his father and caused his death. It had briefly obsessed Pétur before he had tried to put it behind him. It had obsessed Agnar and the foreign Lord of the Rings fans, and it had obsessed Hákon. No possessed Hákon. Only his grandfather, Högni, had had the”
― Michael Ridpath, Where the Shadows Lie