{"product_id":"sleepyhead-by-mark-billingham-crime-novel-paperback-2026300028","title":"Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham Crime Novel Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Information:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA stunning 25th anniversary paperback edition of the groundbreaking first Tom Thorne novel, a case that changed crime fiction forever . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlison 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen DI Tom Thorne discovers the horrifying truth: it isn't Alison who is the mistake, it's the three women already dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThorne 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 . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'One of my favourite authors'\u003cbr\u003eHarlan Coben\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A terrifically stylish debut novel'\u003cbr\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The next superstar detective'\u003cbr\u003eLee Child\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOther Information:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMark 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ASDA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48333565985006,"sku":"STO-ITEM-2026-300028","price":9.72,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/0125\/9183\/files\/T_9781408736173_T1.jpg?v=1784244963","url":"https:\/\/mcgrocer.com\/products\/sleepyhead-by-mark-billingham-crime-novel-paperback-2026300028","provider":"McGrocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}