Thorne: Sleepyhead

Sky 1 have just started showing a new series called Thorne, which is based on a series of books by one of my favorite authors Mark Billingham.

Sleepyhead is set in London Where Alison turns up at a hospital with locked in syndrome where she can hear see and feel everything but is unable to move or verbally communicate. DI Tom Thorne is trying to catch the person who did this to Alison however 3 more women turn up dead. Thorne discovers that the 3 women were a mistake and he was trying to "lock them in" as he did with Alison. The book is the first in Mark Billinghams series and the first book i was introduced to him with by my girlfriend and I couldn't put it down! and ever since I have been on a search to find all his other books (not many more to get before I have them all!)


As I said earlier Sky 1 have started a drama series based on the book starring David Morrissey.

It is a great series with outstanding acting from all the characters and as a stand alone drama I love it, but I cant help but think that watching this series may ruin the image I have built up of all the characters in my imagination. For example the image I have of Tom in the book is completely different from David Morrissey for starters I imagined him a lot older and a lot shorter! Hendricks I imagined to be built a lot bigger and have a lot more piercings and tattoos!


Well I suppose we will have to wait till christmas when i get some more Mark Billingham books to read!

Next series on Sky1 is Thorne: Scaredy Cat.....review coming next week!

xxx