Books with author Michael Ridley

He woke up to discover he had killed the only woman he ever loved. She discovered it was her grandmother.Alastair is a doctor in his eighties, living in a cottage by a loch in Scotland. He wakes up in hospital having fallen and hit his head, inducing almost total amnesia. A young family friend, Clemence, is brought in to help rekindle his memory. In his cottage Clemence finds a manuscript. The first line shocks her:It was a warm, still night and the cry of a tawny owl swirled through the birch trees by the loch, when I killed the only woman I have ever loved. She reads the short prologue: it describes a murder by someone who is clearly the old doctor. The victim is Clemence’s French grandmother, Sophie. Clemence decides to read the book to the old doctor as it describes how he and his friends met Sophie in Paris in 1935. As they read on, there are people closing in on the cottage by the loch who are willing to kill to make sure that the old man’s secrets stay forgotten. Atmospheric, sinuous and elegant, Amnesia demonstrates Ridpath’s special talent. – Daily Mail

The hotter-than-hot puzzles, now in a format just for kids! Youngsters who want to start solving can have fun with these smaller sudokus that are right on their level. Instead of the usual sudoku grid, which goes from 1 to 9, most of these puzzles go only from 1 to 6. It’s simpler, increases the chances for success, and minimizes frustration. At the same time, children are building their skills—and preparing themselves to work on the 22 regular-size versions that are found at the end of the book. An introduction teaches the basic sudoku rules and offers easy-to-follow hints on how to figure out which number goes where. “The new international craze!”—The New York Times “People are wild about it...”—Sherry Stern of the Los Angeles Times

She woke up naked and alone with no memories, staring up into the eyes of a handsome soldier. She had no idea who she was, how she got here, or the fact that her presence would change reality forever.Clockwork Looking Glass follows the journey of “Alice” as she struggles to make sense of her surroundings, piecing them together with the strange visions and nightmares that are her only link to who she really is. With the help of a dashing Confederate officer, a teenage witch and a paranoid manservant, Alice soon discovers that this world of airships and Tesla towers is prowled by ghastly magic-wielding monsters, ghostlike “Clockwork Carpenters,” and the cannibalistic greed of corporations like Thorne & Wolfe.It's a fantasy set in an alternate reality, an urban Steampunk universe that moves from the bronze and iron towers of New Yorke and haunted Philadelphia to the plantations of Louisiana, the Citadel of Thinking Machines and finally to the key that could bring Alice home... or destroy everything: Atlantis.

Perfect for trips, rainy days, or downtime, these puzzles—created by the expert editors at Puzzlewright—will entertain kids for hours. You’re never too young to start solving—and this collection contains 77 age-appropriate sudoku to introduce kids to the challenges and pleasures of puzzles. Children have plenty of number fun as they tackle 55 sudoku in a smaller 6x6 size to develop their skills, and move on to another 22 with regular 9x9 grids.

Ricardo Ross is The Marketmaker, the king of the Latin American bond markets. How far would you go to please the king?Disenchanted academic Nick Elliot knows that he may be selling his soul when he joins Ricardo Ross at City brokers Dekker Ward, but he needs the money. As Nick soon discovers you are either with The Marketmaker, or you have made an enemy for life.While Nick is learning the ropes, strange things start to happen to Dekker Ward employees. One top trader is fired without warning. Another dies in a bungled robbery.Nick can’t hide his feelings for his attractive Brazilian colleague Isabel. Then she is kidnapped in Rio.Nick decides go to Brazil to look for her, a country he doesn’t know at all. But the Marketmaker knows it, knows it very well …The Marketmaker is one of Michael Ridpath’s eight bestselling financial thrillers, which were published in over 30 languages.PRAISE FOR MICHAEL RIDPATH’S FINANCIAL THRILLERS:“Ridpath has that read-on factor that sets bestsellers apart.” - The Guardian“It is the author's insight into the complexities of the business that gives his novel so much life. And he can write... Yes, he has a winner here.” - The New York Times“It’ll send a shiver down bankers’ spines.” - Mirror“The author makes you feel the intensity of the trading floor, the combination of number-crunching and gut instinct that leads people to take big risks, the thrill of playing a hunch and getting it right.” - Los Angeles times Book Review“For sheer entertainment, there's nothing in the mystery genre to beat a well-constructed thriller… …the new book of Michael Ridpath provides a master-class in how it's done. I read it in one gulp." - The Observer“As slick and compulsive a piece of storytelling as can be found in the best of blockbuster fiction.” - Sunday Express.

Jean-Luc Martel wants to become the greatest hedge fund manager of his generation and “The Man Who Broke the Euro”. From his past as an RAF fighter pilot to his job as a bond trader in the City, Alex Calder is a man known for taking big risks – and winning.When colleague Jennifer Tan decides to pursue a sexual harassment case against her boss, Calder witnesses the ugly side of his world. And the tragic. For Jen commits suicide and Calder quits in disgust. One year on, Calder is running a flying school in Norfolk. But the past won’t disappear.When a former colleague of Jen's vanishes while visiting Jean-Luc Martel in his mountain paradise in Wyoming, Calder sees the tragic events of twelve months earlier in even more sinister and terrifying light.It’s time for him to risk reputation, livelihood and even his life to see that justice is done.“Ridpath has that read-on factor that sets bestsellers apart.” - The Guardian“It is the author's insight into the complexities of the business that gives his novel so much life. And he can write... Yes, he has a winner here.” - The New York Times“It’ll send a shiver down bankers’ spines.” - Mirror“The author makes you feel the intensity of the trading floor, the combination of number-crunching and gut instinct that leads people to take big risks, the thrill of playing a hunch and getting it right.” - Los Angeles times Book Review“For sheer entertainment, there's nothing in the mystery genre to beat a well-constructed thriller… …the new book of Michael Ridpath provides a master-class in how it's done. I read it in one gulp." - The Observer“As slick and compulsive a piece of storytelling as can be found in the best of blockbuster fiction.” - Sunday Express.

Steve and Henry are back with an adventure! The hostile mobs plan to release a dangerous wither storm that attacks everything. But their plan backfires. It started to attack them. Soon, Steve, Henry, Notch and Jeb discover a wither storm is on the loose and they must stop it. But how will they? Is it possible to take down a huge monster? Is it Herobrine's fault? Steve doesn't know, but he discovers that this had to be the work of Herobrine. But the question is, how will they defeat the wither storm?

Who wouldn’t want revenge upon their high school tormentors? Paying the bullies back for their misdeeds is a fantasy every terrorized kid entertains. Freshmen Aaron and Phillip have been on the receiving end of relentless bullying, and when a mysterious method to exact revenge comes their way, they jump in wholeheartedly, anxious to see the kids who beat and humiliate them get what they deserve.It goes way, way too far.When Aaron begins to have second thoughts, he finds himself trapped, wrapped up in a cultish group determined to keep him involved in secret meetings, executing horrific acts of revenge all over the school. As Aaron comes to realize that revenge isn’t what it’s always cracked up to be, he looks for a way out. When he finally discovers it, he finds himself in the middle of a battle between good and evil, where evil will stop at nothing to achieve its ends.