Sixteen Horses, Greg Buchanan
Sixteen Horses, Greg Buchanan
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Sixteen Horses
A Novel

Author: Greg Buchanan

Narrator: Louise Brealey

Unabridged: 9 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/20/2021


Synopsis

“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

"Louise Brealey's understated narration creates a dark atmosphere well suited to this story . . . Her subtle characterizations enhance the believable and complicated protagonists, as well as various colorful villagers." -AudioFile Magazine

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.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books

About Greg Buchanan

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 and in 2019 he was named on Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Sixteen Horses is his first novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Adrian

Where do I start with this one? A first time author I believe? If so, what a debut! Maybe not without it’s faults, and I’m sure it will not be for many people but, I was absolutely mesmerised by this. Set in the English seaside town of IImarsh, a town that is well past its sell by date and falling a......more

Goodreads review by Rainz

Many thanks to Net Galley, Pan Macmillan, and the author for a chance to read and review this book. All opinions are expressed voluntarily. Simultaneously captivating but at the same time, deeply disturbing, Sixteen Horses by Greg Buchanan gives a new meaning to the word ‘UNNERVING’. WARNING TO READER......more

Goodreads review by Krystal

If you can get past the cruelty to animals, this is a cracker of a thriller. In a small English town, sixteen horses heads are found buried on a nearby farm. Local detective Alec is on the case, but they call in forensic vet (who even knew that was a thing?) Cooper to help out. Now, if you don't antic......more