When 16-year-old Dísa is given five bitcoin by her divorced father she is unimpressed. But a year later when her grandparents are about to lose their farm near the Icelandic village of Dalvik quiet unassuming Dísa is able to rescue it with the profits from her astute trading of her father's gift. Unknown to Dísa her mother Helga catches the cryptocurrency bug. Not only does Helga invest in Thomocoin a new cryptocurrency sweeping Iceland but she persuades many of her neighbours in Dalvík to invest too taking a cut for herself. Helga is found murdered on the hillside above the farm and Inspector Magnus Jonson investigates. Magnus realises that Dísa now a 19-year-old student can help him unveil the shadowy forces behind Thomocoin. But torn between loyalty to her family and fear for her life Dísa has other ideas.
Michael Ridpath spent eight years as a bond trader at an international bank in the City of London. He is the author of six other novels. He grew up in Yorkshire and now lives in north London with his ... more
