{"product_id":"sixteen-horses-paperback","title":"Sixteen Horses - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGreg Buchanan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dark, visceral and disturbing, this highly suspenseful and beautifully written thriller is totally gripping from start to finish. A hugely impressive debut.\" \u003cb\u003e--Alex Michaelides, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Patient\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Maidens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA literary thriller from stunning new talent Greg Buchanan, \u003ci\u003eSixteen Horses\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of enduring guilt, trauma, and punishment, set in a small seaside community the rest of the world has left behind.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA series of crimes comes to light\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003edisappearances, arson, and mutilations\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eand 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\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eno matter the cost.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreg Buchanan\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.8 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 19, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692440227903,"sku":"9781250246684","price":37.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9dc15258aeda6f58e550bd80a3b88bc8.webp?v=1764995461","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/sixteen-horses-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}