Join the North Providence Mystery Book Club on Tuesday
October 2, 2018. We will be discussing Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham.
This is the first novel featuring Detective Inspector Tom Thorne.
The synopsis from the author’s website is “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; she is aware of everything going
on around her, but she is completely unable to move or communicate. It is
called Locked-In Syndrome. In leaving Alison Willetts alive, the police believe
the killer has made his first mistake.
Then D.I. Tom Thorne discovers the horrifying truth; it is
not Alison who is the mistake, it is 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 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 tell anybody. . .”
We will be meeting in the Second Floor Meeting Room at 7:00
pm.
