Sixteen Horses: A Novel by Greg Buchanan

Sixteen Horses: A Novel
Greg Buchanan
Page: 464
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ISBN: 9781250246684
Publisher: Flatiron Books
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Notes From Your Bookseller Sixteen Horses is so well written we were hard pressed to believe it’s a debut. Intense and atmospheric, it’s got the heft of Henning Mankel’s Kurt Wallander novels. You’d also be in the right company if you made these other “if you like” comparisons: Ian Rankin, Denise Mina and Broadchurch by Erin Kelly. We were captivated from the opening line. “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 and The Maidens

A literary thriller from stunning new talent Greg Buchanan, 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.

In Ilmarsh, England, local police detective Alec Nichols discovers sixteen horses' heads on a farm, each buried with a single eye facing the low winter sun. After Veterinary Forensics expert Cooper Allen travels to the scene, a pathogen is discovered lurking within the soil, and many of those who have come into contact with the corpses grow critically ill.

A series of crimes comes to light—disappearances, arson, and mutilations—and 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 frightened and insidious mysteries—no matter the cost.

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