Preview Sixteen Horses
** FEATURED ON BBC TWO'S BETWEEN THE COVERS **
'Unlike anything else you'll read this year, Sixteen Horses is a deeply disconcerting ride. Irresistible' - Val McDermid, author of Still Life
'Totally gripping from start to finish' - Alex Michaelides, author of The Silent Patient
'Original, beautifully written, terrifying and haunting' - Sophie Hannah, author of Haven't They Grown
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.
In the dark days that follow, the town slips into panic and...
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