Dark Horse (Brown novel)

Dark Horse (2013) is a crime novel by Australian author Honey Brown. It won the Davitt Award for Best Adult Novel in 2014.

Dark Horse
First edition
AuthorHoney Brown
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime fiction
PublisherPenguin Books, Australia
Publication date
2013
Published in English
24 April 2013
Media typePrint paperback
Pages280
ISBN9781921901539
Preceded byAfter the Darkness 
Followed byThrough the Cracks 

Plot summary

On Christmas Day Sarah Barnard escapes her disapproving parents by taking her trusted but damaged black mare Tansy into the Tasmanian mountains. Trapped by a sudden storm she takes shelter but slowly comes to realise that she is not alone.

Notes
  • Dedication:

Where is the rich, dark earth, brown and moist?
Where is the smell of rain dripping from gum trees?
-John Marsden, The Rabbits

Reviews

Karen Chisholm in The Newtown Review of Books cited the novel's suspense as a major attraction: "There are a few authors out there who write books that just about guarantee that sleep will be lost, and lights will be left on for quite some time after finishing them, and as with Brown’s previous work, Dark Horse has this effect. The reader knows that not everything will be as it appears. The worry sets in early and doesn’t let up."[1]

Fiona Hardy, for "Readings" bookshop, found herself unnerved by the book: "You’ll second-guess yourself throughout while reading this, and probably never go camping again."[2]

Awards and nominations

References
  1. "Crime Scene: HONEY BROWN Dark Horse" by Karen Chisholm The Newtown Review of Books, 7 May 2013
  2. "Dark Horse by Honey Brown" Readings
  3. "Whodunnit? The women killing it in crime writing" by Stephen A Russell "The New Daily", 4 September 2014


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