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- Tom Thorne, Book 1
- Narrated by: Mark Billingham
- Series: Tom Thorne, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure
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Summary
A woman unlucky to be alive.
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.
A killer unlike any other.
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- Jude Uk
- 09-04-20
Confused!
Not usually this confused but I just couldn’t get a handle on what was what
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- Mrs C
- 12-03-21
Thoroughly enjoyed
First book I have read/listened to from this author and was hooked from the first chapter. Detective Thorne is a very engaging character. He has flaws and attributes in equal measures. I’m not sure if it was meant to be humorous or not but Alison’s character was really funny at times - loved the accent. I’m already looking forward to reading more of Tom Thorne. I really hope it’s the same narrator for the next book.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-08-19
Very enjoyable
A great gritty murder thriller. Very well read. Thoroughly believable characters and enough twists and turns to satisfy.
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- Kirstine
- 01-07-19
Engaging if unbelievable
I enjoyed this book and the imaginative crimes. It would be a spoiler if I say why the perpetrator of the crimes is unlikely to have the knowledge and skills necessary. It's the first in the Tom Thorne series; a series that I think improves with time. The author narrates his own words with skill.
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- Mr T N Austen
- 31-03-21
Good but not brilliant
The story is actually quite a good idea, it is a little predictable but is still enjoyable. The down side was the narration was not as good as some I've heard and I felt sometimes it jumped between characters without me realising. Overall though not bad.
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- Bugzy
- 11-12-20
Good plot
Enjoyed it and found it gripping in parts especially towards the end. I found the style a bit long winded and irrelevant at times. overall I enjoyed it.
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- AS-MC
- 11-11-20
Professional Reviewer Gets Read To
Loved it. It was really rememorable. The narrator/author has a great voice. If only I didn't fall asleep when read to. Hopefully my next read, 'How To Wake Up Next to Cillian Murphy' will have a similar result as 'Sleepyhead'.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-10-20
Gripping & Terrifying
Gripping and terrifying, brought to life off the pages by Mark himself. Kept me guessing right to the end when tears were shed.
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- paul
- 19-09-20
Awful
The general story isn’t that bad, but it’s really hard to follow who’s who,and does get very predictable at times.my confusion was not helped at all by the narrator who seems to forget which accent he has given his characters. I didn’t enjoy it at all and never made it to the end.
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- Pianogoon
- 30-07-20
Crime fodder
This was ok, I could imagine a bbc version of it made.
It was predictable and the main characters weren’t to my taste. Maybe folk a little older or could relate to them and their views (im 38) but for my part it seemed dated and they weren’t likeable and a bit cheesy, especially when the author tried to make them cool or develop younger characters.
I’m not a big crime fan so maybe this just wasn’t for me but I must say, I probably won’t be following the DI Thorn series or the authors other work
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