So far he is a clean DI no drugs, or excesses in alcohol or bribes. As he is one the chase of a murderer who’s tends to want to inject his victims and drug them his life becomes more complicated and things get personal on this case.

He has been divorced now five years and finds new love in this story. He’s failed in the past to act swiftly on a case and prevent a murder that haunted him for years that followed it. Tom is a DI(detective inspector) who has his own regrets and has skeletons in the cupboard. I wanted to get a taste of Tom’s debut appearance before I jumped in to a recent release Bloodline which I received via the publisher’s galley pre-release. When it comes to reading this genre I have tended to lean more to across the shores and to the U.S.A talent of writers, the U.K novels have increased in number over the years since Ian Rankin and Billingham’s and their are plenty of tastes to satisfy. I am impressed, the was pace was good and he got me on the perpetrator of the murders I did not see it. Nearly ten years on now when this debut was launched and I am guilty of not reading many British authors when it comes to crime and thrillers, I have loved John Connolly and his character Charlie Parker and read quite a few in the series and read maybe one Ian Rankin.

This was my first read of Mark Billingham’s novels and his character Detective Inspector Tom Thorne.

Sleepyhead by mark billingham