Sleepyhead (Tom Thorne #1) by Mark Billingham

HIS FIRST THREE VICTIMS
ENDED UP DEAD.
HIS FOURTH WAS NOT SO
FORTUNATE . . .

Allison Willetts is unlucky to be alive. She has survived a
stroke, deliberately induced by a skilful manipulation of
pressure points on the head and neck. She can see, hear
and feel; she is aware of everything going on around her,
but she is completely unable to move or communicate. It's
called locked-in syndrome. 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. 'An appropriate margin of error' is how their killer
dismisses them, and Thorne knows they are unlikely to be
the last. For the killer is smart, and he's getting his kicks
out of toying with Thorne as much as he is in pursuing his
sick fantasy . . .

Sleeyhead is sensational: a sinister, sophisticated thriller
which imposes a twisted new take on the contemporary
British crime novel. Impeccably plotted, remarkably
assured, Sleepyhead is nothing less than the most 
exciting crime debut of the year.

Genres: Crime - Mystery - Fiction - Thriller - Detective - British Literature
Condition: Very good
Published: 2001 by Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 343
ISBN: 0316856967
Weight: 485g