His first three victims ended up dead. His fourth was not so fortunate…
Alison Willetts is unlucky to be alive. She has survived a stroke, deliberately induced by a skillful manipulation of pressure points on the head and neck. She can see, hear, and feel and is aware of everything going on around her, but is completely unable to move or communicate. Her condition is called Locked-In Syndrome. … Syndrome. In leaving Alison Willetts alive, the police believe the killer made his first mistake.
Then D.I. 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 pursuing his sick fantasy. Thorne knows immediately he’s not going to catch the killer with simple procedure. But with little more than gut instinct and circumstantial evidence to damn his chief suspect, anesthetist Jeremy Bishop, his pursuit of him is soon bordering on the unprofessional. Especially considering his involvement with Anne Coburn, Alison’s doctor and Jeremy’s close friend.
Thorne must find a man whose agenda is terrifyingly unique, and Alison, the one person who holds the key to the killer’s identity, is unable to speak…
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Okay, so I have a problem. I LOVE to read before bed, but now I keep falling asleep after about five minutes. Now it takes FOREVER to finish a book. Do any of you fellow book lovers have any advice to help me get more reading in before falling asleep? I’ve tried going to bed early, but I just fall asleep and wake up early (I’ve woken up before 6am …
The author, Mark Billingham was born and brought up in Birmingham, England. He worked for a while as an actor, then later as a T V writer and a stand-up comedian. The book, Sleepyhead was his first novel. It was published in 2001 and was an instant best seller. It introduces D I Tom Thorne, Billingham’s determined investigator. Other books …