A slick, smart, stylish - and shocking - thriller from one of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction.
On a lonely farmstead, a 70-year-old woman falls down outside and, unable to move, is consumed overnight by two of her pigs.
It seems like a tragic accident, except the woman was well-known photographer Sophia Bertilak - and inside her house, someone has removed all her photos from their frames, seemingly erasing her past...
The first photo Sophia ever took remains her most infamous: a missing girl who was never seen again. Forensic veterinarian Cooper Allen is drafted in for the post-mortem - and slowly becomes obsessed with the victim, her family, and the crimes she brought to light decades ago.
As Cooper pulls on a dark thread of deception, secrets and lies, she begins to unravel the case - as well as herself...
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Praise for Sixteen Horses
'Utterly gripping, exquisitely written' THE GUARDIAN
'Unlike anything else you'll read this year, Sixteen Horses is a deeply disconcerting ride. Irresistible' VAL MCDERMID
'Totally gripping from start to finish' ALEX MICHAELIDES
'Original, beautifully written, terrifying and haunting' SOPHIE HANNAH
'Breath-taking ... This is crime writing of a striking calibre' DAILY MAIL
Consumed Paperback edition by Greg Buchanan
Greg Buchanan is a BAFTA-longlisted writer for interactive and screen. His debut novel Sixteen Horses was selected for BBC Two's Between the Covers and Waterstones Thriller of the Month. |
Category: | Crime, Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: | 9781398712720 |
Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
On sale: | August 2023 |
Format: | Paperback |
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