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Book Synopsis''Shrewd and atmospheric Mediterranean noir in the newest and darkest of territories' William Boyd, GuardianSome wounds never healWhen a routine court case takes a sinister turn, defence lawyer Spike Sanguinetti starts asking dangerous questions that nobody seems to want answered. Soon, it's not just the truth that's at stake: it is everything and everyone that Spike holds precious. As the Gibraltarian sun beats relentlessly down, crimes of the past and present collide, relationships are tested and long-buried secrets exposed. Who can Spike trust? And where do his own loyalties lie?
Trade ReviewA traditional and thoroughly satisfying crime novel * Joan Smith, Sunday Times *
One of the most enjoyable crime series of recent years * Sunday Express *
Popular fiction at its best -- Susan Hill
Most enjoyable, vividly realised and full of reminders that the olive-clad land and the translucent sea have been the scene of battles and crimes, and will be again * Literary Review on 'Sleeping Dogs' *
It has the satisfying flavor of a classic whodunit * Kirkus on 'Sleeping Dogs' *
The fourth novel in Thomas Mogford’s superb series ... it moves Mogford’s shrewd and atmospheric Mediterranean noir into the newest and darkest of territories -- William Boyd on 'Sleeping Dogs'
