
Hollow Mountain
Thomas Mogford
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 child’s scream pierces the silence as she sees a monkey cradling a macabre trophy. A man’s severed arm.
In the narrow streets of the Old Town below, lawyer Spike Sanguinetti’s 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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Reviews for Hollow Mountain
The Times on Shadow of the Rock
Shadow of the Rock, the first book by Thomas Mogford, is partly set on Gibraltar. It’s 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. Mogford’s 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