A humid summer night in Gibraltar. Lawyer Spike Sanguinetti finds Solomon Hassan, an old school friend, waiting on his doorstep. Solomon has been accused of murdering a Spanish girl, Esperanza, in Tangiers - slicing her throat on a beach. He has managed to skip across the Straits but the Moroccan au
Shadow of the Rock
β Scribed by Mogford, Thomas
- Book ID
- 112610226
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 121 KB
- Series
- Spike Sanguinetti 1
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780802711885
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