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Shadow of the Rock
Thomas Mogford
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Description for Shadow of the Rock
Paperback. A humid summer night in Gibraltar. Lawyer Spike Sanguinetti arrives home to find an old friend, Solomon Hassan, waiting on his doorstep. Solomon is on the run. Questioning how well he really knows his friend, Spike finds himself drawn into a dangerous game of secrets, corruption and murderous lies. Series: A Spike Sanguinetti Novel. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
One humid summer night in Gibraltar, lawyer Spike Sanguinetti arrives home to find an old friend, Solomon Hassan, waiting on his doorstep.
Solomon is on the run, accused of a brutal murder in Tangiers. He has managed to skip across the Straits but the Moroccan authorities want him back.
Spike travels to Tangiers to try to delay Solomon's extradition, and there meets a beautiful Bedouin girl. Zahra is investigating the disappearance of her father, a trail which leads mysteriously back to Solomon. Questioning how well he really knows his friend, Spike finds himself drawn into a dangerous game of secrets, corruption and murderous lies.
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
A Spike Sanguinetti Novel
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408831397
SKU
KRA0011023
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Thomas Mogford
Thomas Mogford read Modern Languages at Oxford University and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Law from City University, London. He works for ITV Sport as a translator and reporter on the UEFA Champions League. His short fiction has been published in The Field Magazine, Litro and Notes from the Underground. An early work featuring Spike Sanguinetti reached the semi-finals of the 2008 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award and was referred to by Publishers Weekly as 'an exotic, addictive mystery'. Thomas Mogford is married and lives in Chelsea, London.
Reviews for Shadow of the Rock
Very original ... and brilliantly rendered ... a rare and enviable talent
William Boyd
Makes ideal, if rather disturbing, reading if you're holidaying in Morocco ... Evocative, engrossing and entertaining
The Times
This couldn't have been any better ... an engrossing tale that captures the reader's heart. I look forward to the new adventures of Mr. Spike Sanguinetti
CriminalElement.com
If you want a terrific first thriller to enjoy, try Shadow of the Rock by Thomas Mogford - it's ace - an original, pacy, great writing debut
Susan Hill on Twitter
Don't miss ... A good start to a promised series featuring Spike Sanguinetti, a Gibraltan lawyer
Literary Review
A top rate thriller
Simon Lelic Terrific. What Aurelio Zen was to Italy, Spike Sanguinetti could turn out to be for Gibraltar
Charles Cumming I loved Shadow of the Rock. Mogford’s sharp prose drew me in from the first page and his intriguingly flawed hero Spike stands out in the memory
Sadie Jones
William Boyd
Makes ideal, if rather disturbing, reading if you're holidaying in Morocco ... Evocative, engrossing and entertaining
The Times
This couldn't have been any better ... an engrossing tale that captures the reader's heart. I look forward to the new adventures of Mr. Spike Sanguinetti
CriminalElement.com
If you want a terrific first thriller to enjoy, try Shadow of the Rock by Thomas Mogford - it's ace - an original, pacy, great writing debut
Susan Hill on Twitter
Don't miss ... A good start to a promised series featuring Spike Sanguinetti, a Gibraltan lawyer
Literary Review
A top rate thriller
Simon Lelic Terrific. What Aurelio Zen was to Italy, Spike Sanguinetti could turn out to be for Gibraltar
Charles Cumming I loved Shadow of the Rock. Mogford’s sharp prose drew me in from the first page and his intriguingly flawed hero Spike stands out in the memory
Sadie Jones