Almost a mistake. Randomly pulled off library shelf. Very dark. Almost post apocalypse. Seas rising. Town falling into decay. Reminds a bit of Cormac McCarthy ‘The Road’.
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Sixteen Horses (Dr. Cooper Allen, #1) by Greg Buchanan | Goodreads
2,509 ratings528 reviews. 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 …
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Also The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb. As seen on this forum last week. Thanks.
Also very dark sections. Generational trauma in the black family. Compelling characters and plot.
Black man trying to stay alive, and succeed, in white america.
Reminds me of nonfiction ‘Better living through birding’ by Christian Cooper (the black man tormented by the white woman in nyc Central Park).
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And then back to relaxing basics: Standford prey titles.
(And adjusting to the new du. Cheers.)
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