'The next superstar detective is already with us. Then a sharp pathologist notices traces of benzodiazepine in one of the victim's blood samples and just traceable damage to the ligaments in her neck, and their cause of death is changed from 'natural. Mark Billingham has twice won the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award and also won the Sherlock Award for Best Detective Created by a British Author. 'One of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today' Gillian Flynn It's rare for a young woman to die from a stroke and when three such deaths occur in short order it starts to look like an epidemic. The classic first novel from Mark Billingham introduces DI Tom Thorne in a unforgettable and. Alison Willetts has survived a stroke, deliberately induced by a skilful manipulation of pressure points on. 'A damn fine storyteller' Karin Slaughter Order a Sleepyhead: (Tom Thorne Novels) today from WHSmith. 'Mark Billingham gets better and better' Michael Connelly Read what everyone's saying about the heart-racing Tom Thorne series: 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. Then DI Tom Thorne discovers the horrifying truth: it isn't Alison who is the mistake, it's the three women already dead. In leaving Alison Willetts alive, the police believe the killer's made his first mistake.

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'A terrifically stylish debut novel' Independent on SundayĪlison Willetts has survived a stroke, deliberately induced by a skilful manipulation of pressure points on the head and neck. The classic first novel from Mark Billingham introduces DI Tom Thorne in a unforgettable and terrifying case that changed crime fiction forever.

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