the first book of his "Fire and Ice" series which take place in Iceland. Ridpath is a British author, and his protagonist is an American police detective from Boston who was born in Iceland, moved to the U.S. when he was 12, and has been sent to Iceland as a sort of Witness Protection arrangement prior to a high profile police corruption/drug gang trial (it's complicated).
Anyway, the story is entertaining, if not exactly plausible, and the descriptions of the Icelandic countryside are nicely done. I've just started book 2 in the series, Far North, which is centered around the banking shenanigans of 2008/2009 and the resulting political fallout in Iceland - along with some fictional murders arising therefrom.
There are 4 books in this series so far, and I expect to read them all - if for no other reason than the Iceland locale. The writing is crisp and straightforward, and the plot of book 1 was entertaining enough to keep me turning the pages.
At any rate, they'll pass the time until the books I really want finally make it to my library. 
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