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''Sleepyhead'' is a serial-killer novel, set in the contemporary London and featuring DI Tom Thorne as the main character. It was Mark Billingham's debut as a crime writer and was received very well. I have enjoyed the novel, but I think that it had a lot of faults of the typical debut - I have now read the other instalments of the series and there are better ones out there, my favourite being [[Scaredy Cat]] (this was one that really scared me and it's not an easy feat for a pop-book!).

The problems I had related mostly to a stumbling writing style, especially in the sections written from Thorne's perspective; the construction of the novel could also be improved by removal of some of the scenes. Despite its faults it was certainly a promising debut and I have to say that the next instalment of DI Thorne's story [[Scaredy Cat]] was significantly improved.

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