Its rare for a young woman to die from a stroke and when three such deathsoccur in short order it starts to look like an epidemic. Then a sharppathologist notic... » 

Its rare for a young woman to die from a stroke and when three such deathsoccur in short order it starts to look like an epidemic. Then a sharppathologist notices traces of benzodiazepine in one of the victims bloodsamples and just traceable damage to the ligaments in her neck and their causeof death is changed from natural to murder. The police arent making muchprogress in their hunt for the killer until he appears to make a mistakeAlison Willetts is found alive and D.I. Tom Thorne believes the murderer hasmade a mistake which ought to allow them to get on his tracks. But it was theothers who were his mistakes he doesnt want to take life he just wants toput people into a state where they cannot move cannot talk cannot do anythingbut think. When Thorne helped by the neurologist looking after Alison startsto realise what he is up against he knows the case is not going to be solved bynormal methods before he can find out who did it he has to understand whyhes doing it.Alison Willetts is unlucky to be alive. She has survived a stroke deliberately induced by a skilful manipulation of pressure points on the head and neck. She can see hear and feel she is aware of everything going on around her but she is completely unable to move or communicate. «