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Published: 24th April 2012
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Sleepyhead
By (Author) Mark Billingham
Little, Brown Book Group
Sphere
24th April 2012
1st March 2012
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Thriller / suspense fiction
823.914
Paperback
400
Width 199mm, Height 130mm, Spine 27mm
278g
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...A terrifically stylish debut novel Independent on Sunday Extremely capable and unsettling Literary Review A cunning variation on the serial-murder theme Sunday Telegraph Mark Billingham is one of my favourite new authors. Highly recommended -- Harlan Coben
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.