Sixteen Horses

Featured on BBC Two's Between The Covers 'Irresistible' - Val McDermid, author of 1979'Breathtaking' - Daily Mail'Totally gripping' - Alex Michaelides, author of The Silent Patient'Read it, read it, read it' - B. P. Walter, author of The Dinner Guest'Original' - Sophie Hannah, author of Haven't They GrownNear the dying English seaside town of Ilmarsh, local police detective Alec Nichols and forensic vet Cooper Allen are set upon a chain of crimes when they discover sixteen horses' heads on a farm, each buried with a single eye facing the low winter sun.In the dark days of their investigation, the town slips into panic and paranoia. Anyone could be a suspect and as Alec Nichols struggles to find a motive, more mysterious events begin to occur and all signs are pointing to something deadly lurking in the ground itself . . .Sixteen Horses is the debut literary thriller from an extraordinary talent, Greg Buchanan.

“It is far too soon to call a book of the fair, but one early contender has to be Greg Buchanan's debut literary thriller”

Unlike anything else you’ll read this year, Sixteen Horses is a deeply disconcerting ride. Irresistible -- Val McDermid, author of the Karen Pirie series
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 Fury
Original, beautifully written, terrifying and haunting. I won't forget this novel -- Sophie Hannah, author of Haven't They Grown
A breath-taking debut . . . written with immense panache. This is crime writing of a striking calibre, which constantly surprises as it takes unexpected twist after twist — leaving you desperate for more Daily Mail
Utterly gripping, exquisitely written [. . .] Haunting and very dark, this is certainly worth the read Guardian
Sometimes you come across a work of fiction so staggeringly good, it’s almost impossible to find words that can do justice to its brilliance and adequately describe how it made you feel. In the end, all that needs to be said is this: read it, read it, read it -- B. P. Walter, author of The Dinner Guest
Utterly brilliant. Poetry and cinema at once. If this isn’t one of the biggest titles of 2021 I’ll eat my hat -- CJ Cooke, author of The Nesting
Poignant, chilling, eerie, and gruesome, Sixteen Horses is a thriller with a literary soul, perfect for fans of Netflix's Dark or BBC's Top of the Lake. Buchanan impressively balances horror and empathy, showing real evil while also exploring the human cost of economic collapse. A unique, ambitious debut that left me shocked and enthralled -- Sara Sligar, author of Take Me Apart
A dark, ambitious, and highly intelligent thriller . . . This complex, often gothic tale is definitely an eye-opener Publishers Weekly
A darkly atmospheric crime thriller Northampton Chronicle & Echo

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. Sixteen Horses is his first novel.

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