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. To
內容簡介:
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.
關於作者:
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.