Sixteen Horses

Sixteen Horses
Greg Buchanan
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Paperback
h197 x 130mm - 464pg
3 Feb 2022 UK
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9781529027181
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Sixteen Horses is the debut literary thriller from an extraordinary new talent, Greg Buchanan. She thought of the horses, of the eyes in the earth. She thought about that number, sixteen. That strange number . . . Near the dying English seaside town of Ilmarsh, local police detective Alec Nichols discovers sixteen horses' heads on a farm, each buried with a single eye facing the low winter sun. After forensic veterinarian Cooper Allen travels to the scene, the investigators soon uncover evidence of a chain of crimes in the community - disappearances, arson and mutilations - all culminating in the reveal of something deadly lurking in the ground itself. In the dark days that follow, the town slips into panic and paranoia. Everything is not as it seems. Anyone could be a suspect. And as Cooper finds herself unable to leave town, Alec is stalked by an unseen threat. The two investigators race to uncover the truth behind these frightening and insidious mysteries - no matter the cost. Sixteen Horses is a story of enduring guilt, trauma and punishment, set in a small seaside community the rest of the world has left behind . . .
Unlike anything else you' ll read this year, Sixteen Horses is a deeply disconcerting ride. Irresistible -- Val McDermid Dark, visceral and disturbing, this highly suspenseful and beautifully written thriller is totally gripping from start to finish. A hugely impressive debut -- Alex Michaelides, author of The Silent Patient Original, beautifully written, terrifying and haunting. I won' t forget this novel -- Sophie Hannah, author of Haven' t They Grown Utterly brilliant. Poetry and cinema at once. If this isn' t one of the biggest titles of 2021 I' ll eat my hat -- CJ Cooke, author of The Nesting Poignant, chilling, eerie, and gruesome, Sixteen Horses is a thriller with a literary soul, perfect for fans of Netflix' s Dark or BBC' s Top of the Lake. Buchanan impressively balances horror and empathy, showing real evil while also exploring the human cost of economic collapse. A unique, ambitious debut that left me shocked and enthralled -- Sara Sligar, author of Take Me Apart It is far too soon to call a book of the fair, but one early contender has to be Greg Buchanan' s debut literary thriller * The Bookseller *
Greg Buchanan was born in 1989 and lives in the Scottish Borders. He studied English at the University of Cambridge and completed a PhD at King' s College London in identification and ethics. He is a graduate of UEA' s Creative Writing MA. Sixteen Horses is his first novel.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781529027181
Published: 3 Feb 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pan Books
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback
Height: 197mm
Width: 130mm
Spine: 29mm
Weight: 326g
Pages: 464

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