Hollow Mountain

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At the heart of Gibraltar lies the Rock. At the heart of the Rock lies darkness. The late-morning sun beats down on the Rock of Gibraltar as bored tourists photograph the Barbary Apes. A childs scream pierces the silence as she sees a monkey cradling a macabre trophy. A mans severed arm. In the narrow streets of the Old Town below, lawyer Spike Sanguinettis friend and colleague is critically injured in a mysterious hit-and-run. Spike must drop everything and return home to Gibraltar, where he is drawn into a case defending a ruthless salvage company hunting for treasure in the Straits. As Spike battles to save his business, he realises that his investigations have triggered a terrifying sequence of events, and that everything he holds dear is under threat.

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Evocative, engrossing and entertaining * The Times on Shadow of the Rock *
Shadow of the Rock, the first book by Thomas Mogford, is partly set on Gibraltar. Its exciting and assured with a hero wonderfully called Spike Sanguinetti Popular fiction at its best -- Susan Hill * Spectator, Books of the Year *
I loved Shadow of the Rock. Mogfords sharp prose drew me in from the first page and his intriguingly flawed hero Spike stands out in the memory -- Sadie Jones
Very original, and brilliantly rendered a rare and enviable talent -- William Boyd
Classic detective story ... Mogford is a fluent writer and the book gains from its unusual setting * Sunday Times *

Author Bio

Thomas Mogford has worked as a journalist for Time Out and as a translator for the European Parliament. His first novels in the Spike Sanguinetti series, Shadow of the Rock and Sign of the Cross, were published by Bloomsbury in 2012 and 2013 respectively, to great critical acclaim. He was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger Award for best new crime writer of 2013. He is married and lives with his family in London. www.thomasmogford.com @ThomasMogford