Header PromotionThe Sleeping Doll by Jeffrey Deaver (Pocket Books 2007)
The story's plot twists are effective and surprising. I really enjoyed how the author kept exposing a little more of the characters throughout the novel, as one would peel the layers of an onion. It kept it interesting and kept me guessing. I thought the story was over a few times but another twist in the plot or exposure of a character's true motivations or actions is revealed. I also appreciated how the author developed the protagonist, Kathryn Dance's, abilities as a "kinesics expert" (or a body language expert, for us lay people), and how he used it to show how Kathryn works as well as how Daniel Pell reacts, without being overly analytical. The details and nuances helped put the "picture" of the story in my head so that I was drawn into the story, rather than simply reading the pages.
Book Blurb:
"California Bureau of Investigation agent Kathryn Dance, a kinesics expert and master interrogator, locks into a "dazzling mental contest" (The New York Times) with modern-day Charles Manson in this heart-pounding thriller... Serving life in maximum security for masterminding the slaughter of a wealthy Carmel family the unrepentant Daniel Pell may also be linked to another killing, a cold case that will heat up quickly if Kathryn Dance can get the confession she seeks. But when Pell escapes, a harrowing manhunt takes off - and Kathryn will race to uncover the secrets of the past from the lone survivor of Pell's bloodlust, a teenager now, the little girl who hid in her bed to save her own life: The Sleeping Doll."
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