Sleepyhead
$24.69
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
6 April 2026
Summary
A stunning 25th 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 trut…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781408736173 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1408736179 |
| Author: | Mark Billingham |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 6 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 194mm x 124mm x 32mm |
| Series: | Tom Thorne Novels |
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About The Author
Mark Billingham
Mark Billingham has twice won the Theakston Old Peculier Award for Crime Novel of the Year, the Sherlock Award for the best detective created by a British writer and in 2026 he was awarded the Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger for an outstanding lifetime contribution to the genre. Sleepyhead and Scaredy Cat were made into a hit TV series on Sky 1 starring David Morrissey as Tom Thorne, and a series based on the novels In the Dark and Time of Death was broadcast on BBC1. Mark lives in north London with his wife and two children.
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