Thomas Mogford has worked as a journalist for Time Out and as a translator for the European Parliament. His first novels in the Spike Sanguinetti series, Shadow of the Rock and Sign of the Cross, were published by Bloomsbury in 2012 and 2013 respectively, to great critical acclaim. He was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger Award for best new crime writer of 2013. He is married and lives with his family in London. www.thomasmogford.com @ThomasMogford
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 -- 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