Karin Slaughter said "Tom Thorne is a wonderful creation" and the Guardian enthused Sleepyhead as "...thrilling and disturbing with memorable characters and bundles of atmosphere" and I cannot agree more. It is a very well-written and -thought-out debut and highly recommended if you haven't already read it.
Paperback: Alison Willetts has survived a stroke, deliberately induced by a skilful manipulation of pressure points on the head and neck.
She can see, hear and feel but she is completely unable to move or communicate.
In leaving Alison Willetts alive, the police believe the killer's made his first mistake.
Then Detective Inspector Tom Thorne discovers the horrifying truth: it isn't Alison who is the mistake, it's the three women already dead.
Thorne must find a killer whose agenda is disturbingly unique, and Alison, the one person who holds the key to the killer's identity, is unable to say anything.
About the author: Mark Billingham has twice won the first Theakston's Old Peculier Award for the Best Crime Novel of the Year, and also won a Sherlock Award for the Best Detective created by a British writer. Each of the novels featuring Detective Inspector Tom Thorne has been a Sunday Times bestseller.
Currently, there are ten books in the DI Tom Thorne series with the eleventh due to be released on 6 August 2013 on hardback. If you have a Kindle, you can get a head start on 23 May 2013.
The author lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and two children. Check out Mark Billingham's official website for more updates and information and you can also like him on Facebook.
Billingham's character is on Sky One entitled Thorne showing on Sundays at 9pm . Here is a sneak peek:
Rating: 6/5
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