One of the most thrilling new voices in crime, Thomas Mogford, is back with a violent and exciting adventure set in the dark heart of the Mediterranean

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.

"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. It’s exciting and assured – with a hero wonderfully called Spike Sanguinetti … Popular fiction at its best" - Spectator, Books of the Year

"Classic detective story ... Mogford is a fluent writer and the book gains from its unusual setting" - Sunday Times