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Sleepyhead

Author: Mark Billingham   Series: Tom Thorne Novels

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Sleepyhead introduces 'the next superstar detective', Tom Thorne, and is a disturbing and unforgettable classic.

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Sleepyhead introduces 'the next superstar detective', Tom Thorne, and is a disturbing and unforgettable classic.

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A WOMAN UNLUCKY TO BE ALIVE. 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.

A KILLER UNLIKE ANY OTHER. Then DI Tom Thorne discovers the horrifying truth: it isn't Alison who is the mistake, it's the three women already dead.

A COP'S WORST NIGHTMARE. 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...

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Critic Reviews

“Mark Billingham is one of my favourite new authors. Highly recommended”

A terrifically stylish debut novel Independent on Sunday Extremely capable and unsettling Literary Review A cunning variation on the serial-murder theme Sunday Telegraph -- Harlan Coben

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About the Author

Mark Billingham is the author of eleven bestselling novels and the creator of the Thorne series. He has twice won the Theakston's Old Peculier prize for best novel of the year. He lives in North London with his family.

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A WOMAN UNLUCKY TO BE ALIVE. 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.A KILLER UNLIKE ANY OTHER. Then DI Tom Thorne discovers the horrifying truth: it isn't Alison who is the mistake, it's the three women already dead.A COP'S WORST NIGHTMARE. 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...

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Product Details

Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group | Sphere
Published
1st March 2012
Pages
400
ISBN
9780751548914

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