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Rural dream turns nightmare with horses, peculiar neighbors, and sinister nights.

After the Horses

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  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    17 July 2025

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Summary

Hoping to reclaim the peace of her rural childhood, Margo moves with her husband to a remote corner of Gloucestershire. She is following her dream of working with horses, but finding her feet in this scattered community is harder than she thought.

The horses are highly strung Arabs, the previous groom seems to haunt every shadow, and her neighbours have some very peculiar customs.

Now something sinister may be roaming the village at night.

Life in this strange place is…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781915067494
ISBN-10:1915067499
Author:Mary Griese
Publisher:Crumps Barn Studio
Imprint:Crumps Barn Studio
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:17 July 2025
Weight:292g
Dimensions:21mm x 129mm x 198mm
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B-Format
After the Horses by Mary Griese - ISBN: 9781915067494
129 × 198 mm
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A4
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘Funny, beautifully written’

‘This book will stay with you’

‘Gripping, full of heart, like nothing you’ve read before’

‘Refreshing’

‘You use language like paint, with an attention to light and shade’ - Beryl Bainbridge

‘Beautifully written with clear knowledge of farm life’

‘Tense, funny … Completely transporting

About The Author

Mary Griese

Mary Griese is an established artist known for her watercolours of livestock, with work held in private collections across the UK. She has two children and two grandchildren and lives on a Somerset farm. Mary holds an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University, and her first novel Where Crows Would Die (Y Lolfa, 2020) explores 1960s Wales. After the Horses is her second novel.

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