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A stunning 20th anniversary paperback edition of the groundbreaking first Tom Thorne novel, a case that changed crime fiction forever . . .

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 DI 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 . . .

''One of my favourite authors''
Harlan Coben

''A terrifically stylish debut novel''
Independent on Sunday

''The next superstar detective''
Lee Child



Trade Review
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

Sleepyhead

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A Paperback / softback by Mark Billingham, Lee Child

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    Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
    Publication Date: 26/11/2020
    ISBN13: 9780751582208, 978-0751582208
    ISBN10: 0751582204

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    A stunning 20th anniversary paperback edition of the groundbreaking first Tom Thorne novel, a case that changed crime fiction forever . . .

    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 DI 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 . . .

    ''One of my favourite authors''
    Harlan Coben

    ''A terrifically stylish debut novel''
    Independent on Sunday

    ''The next superstar detective''
    Lee Child



    Trade Review
    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

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