Sleepyhead TV Tie In B 英文原版

　　It’s rare for a young woman to die from a stroke and when
three such deaths occur in short order it starts to look like an
epidemic. Then a sharp pathologist notices traces of benzodiazepine
in one of the victim’s blood samples and just traceable damage to
the ligaments in her neck, and their cause of death is changed from
‘natural’ to murder. The police aren’t making much progress in
their hunt for the killer until he appears to make a mistake:
Alison Willetts is found alive and D.I. Tom Thorne believes the
murderer has made a mistake, which ought to allow them to get on
his tracks. But it was the others who were his mistakes: he doesn’t
want to take life, he just wants to put people into a state where
they cannot move, cannot talk, cannot do anything but think. When
Thorne, helped by the neurologist looking after Alison, starts to
realise what he is up against he knows the case is not going to be
solved by normal methods – before he can find out who did it he has
to understand why he’s doing it.

　　Mark Billingham is a stand-up comedian, appearing regularly at
the Comedy Store. He has also written drama for children’s
television, including Knight School which won the Royal Television
Society Award for best children’s drama.