Sleepy Head

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.

Este rar ca o tanara sa moara din cauza unui accident vascular cerebral si atunci cand au loc trei astfel de decese in scurt timp, incepe sa arate ca o epidemie. Apoi, un patolog ascutit observa urme de benzodiazepina intr-una dintre probele de sange ale victimei si doar leziuni urmaribile ale ligamentelor gatului ei, iar cauza mortii lor este schimbata de la ,,natural" la crima. Politia nu face prea multe progrese in ceea ce priveste vaneaza criminalul pana cand pare sa faca o greseala: Alison Willetts este gasita in viata si DI