Sleepy26177 reviewed on 11/4/2007 + 218 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

The book description says it all and there isn´t much to add from my side without revealing some sercrets the story offers.

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This has been my first book by Mark Billingham and I am fascinated by the main character Tom Thorne. Intrigued by Mark Billinghams homepage I got the book because the descriptions Billingham left of DI Thorne´s character made me think there is another interesting series worthy to read.

The book as itself has it´s ups and downs. Partly switching between present and past which is interesting but overall the books seems to be very long with lots of unnecessary details. Though the story is a thriller it develops very slowly.

DI Thornes personal thoughts and problems reminded me of the early Kay Scarpetta only his are much deeper and emotional which made me connect pretty fast to his character. Certainly I am going to read the rest of the series.

The Tom Thorne Series contains 7 novels so far:

1) Sleepyhead
2) Scaredy Cat
3) Lazybones
4) Burning Girl
5) Lifeless
6) Buried
7) Death Message

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