Description
Product ID: | 9781529027181 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Sixteen Horses |
Authors: | Author: Greg Buchanan |
Page Count: | 464 |
Subjects: | Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, England |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Hysteria takes over a dying seaside town when sixteen horses’ heads are discovered buried in one farmer’s field. For fans of Jane Harper’s The Dry. <p><b>** Featured on BBC Two's <i>Between The Covers **</i></b><br><br><b>'Irresistible' - Val McDermid, author of <i>1979</i></b><br><b>'Breathtaking . . . This is crime writing of a striking calibre' - <i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br><b><i>Sixteen Horses</i> is the debut literary thriller from an extraordinary talent, Greg Buchanan. For fans of Jane Harper’s <i>The Dry</i>.<br><br>'Totally gripping' - Alex Michaelides, author of <i>The Silent Patient</i></b><br><b>'Read it, read it, read it' - B. P. Walter, author of <i>The Dinner Guest</i></b><br><b>'Original' - Sophie Hannah, author of <i>Haven't They Grown</i></b></p> |
Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-02-03 |