THE SHADOW OF THE ROCK

Book ID/图书代码： 02000011B48341

English Summary/英文概要： 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. A Spanish girl has been found with her throat cut on a beach in Tangiers and he is accused of her murder. 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.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在直布罗陀一个潮湿的夏日，斯派克.桑吉内蒂律师回到家中，发现一位老朋友所罗门.哈桑等在自己的家门口。

所罗门正在逃亡中。一个西班牙女孩横尸于丹吉尔的海滩上，割喉而死，而所罗门被指控谋杀了她。所罗门成功穿越了海峡，但摩纳哥政府希望他回去认罪。

斯派克来到丹吉尔希望能延迟所罗门的引渡，在那他遇到了一个美丽的贝都因女孩，扎赫拉。她正在调查父亲的失踪案，而一个线索将疑团指向了所罗门。斯派克开始怀疑，自己到底有多了解这位朋友，而正在此时，他发现自己已身陷险境，身边满是秘密，腐败，和罪恶的谎言。（XAT）

Awards/获奖情况：[An] excellent thriller … by [a] rising star ... Exciting and assured – with a hero wonderfully called Spike Sanguinetti ... popular fiction at its best (Susan Hill, Spectator, Books of the Year)

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)

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)

If you want a terrific first thriller to enjoy, try Shadow of the Rock by Thomas Mogford - it’s ace - 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)

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)

About the Author/作者介绍： 托马斯.玛格福德在牛津大学攻读现代语言专业，并获得伦敦城市大学的法律研究生学位。他是ITV体育频道的翻译，欧洲冠军联赛时期的记者。他的短篇小说出版在《领域杂志》和《地下笔记》上。斯帕克.桑吉内蒂系列的早期作品曾入围亚马逊突破性小说决赛。被《出版者周刊》评价为“异国风情而引人入胜”。托马斯.玛格福德已婚，现居于伦敦切尔西。

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.

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