Mega zaskoczył mnie ten konsultant, bo tutaj jest nim patolog weterynaryjny, a z czymś takim się jeszcze nie spotkałam. The characters are almost predictable, the tired, gruff cop, the assistance from a wary outsider, the locals in their insular lives, but Greg Buchanan twists and spins their lives, their fears, their actions in an unpredictable fashion. Waar zij de verbinding met haar omgeving probeert te maken, jaagt Alec mensen tegen zich in het harnas. Verwarring na verwarring komt aan het licht en als er eindelijk een draad lijkt te zijn vastgeknoopt, kom je al snel tot de ontdekking dat die weer begint te rafelen, waardoor er weer tal van vragen ontspruiten.

Er spürte Staub auf der Haut, den Staub all jener Wesen, die hier gelebt hatten und gestorben waren. The Goodreads Libra Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. I feel like there were quite a few things not quite tied up properly, which was a bit disappointing, and I wish there were more explanations about why things were necessary to the story. Overall the types of questions which need to be considered are the number of runners, how to reduce the number of fallers, how to better manage loose horses and how to better manage the start. This is a novel that I cannot in all honesty say I enjoyed, it was just too dark for me at times, with its abuse of animals and vets facing the eternal conundrum in their profession, how to save the animals from their owners, given animals have no rights.WARNING TO READERS WHO CANNOT ABIDE ANIMAL ABUSE, the scenes are not cruelly graphic but imagination can sometimes be our worst enemy. It turns out this terrifying event is merely an opening crime that has numerous edgy layers, past and present, and repercussions, including that of contamination and poisoning that results in a major incident.

Kamil helps out when Saibal caters for his friend Rakesh Sharma’s lavish 60th birthday party, but at the end of the night Sharma’s body is discovered in the swimming pool of his opulent “Anglo-Greco-Bollyweirdo” house in north London. Cooper is unharmed, and when Alex dismisses himself from the hospital, the two go on with their investigation, but now it’s a private one.

Breathtakingly beautiful to read, I was trying to think of comparisons to the feeling of reading this. They don't just sit around and say "woe is me" but try to do things, work on the case or just survive (depending on the individual character). When I read the synopsis for Sixteen Horses I was not sure that I could read it - animal violence is something that I find hard to stomach.