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leventmolla 's review for:
The Sleeping Doll
by Jeffery Deaver
Jeffery Deaver has introduced a new Protagonist after writing for years about Lincoln Rhyme, the quadriplegic forensic expert. Kathryn Dance was introduced in Cold Moon as a kinesic expert (namely one who is an expert interrogator and can be used almost like a human lie detector) helping Lincoln Rhyme, but in this novel she is the main character. (Lincoln Rhyme appears for a page or two...)
She is interrogating Daniel Pell, the self-proclaimed cult leader who had killed almost all the members of a family along with women in his "Family" who would follow him bravely. He has been in jail for many years, but there has been a new development which makes him a suspect in another case. He escapes, and Kathryn is in his trail, in a destructive search in the California landscape.
Unlike Lincoln Rhyme who works with scientific equipment and a knowledge of most materials man-made, Kathryn Dance uses psychology, body language and clues during an interrogation, and an analysis of human behaviour to guess Pell's next move. Pell in turn tries to shake her loose, but she is always following him very closely.
It is a quite enjoyable novel and Dance seems to be a good candidate to stay around for more books. I think Deaver has done quite some research about cult leaders and how they control the people around them.
The book still has twists and turns typical of Deaver, but much less than in the Lincoln Rhyme books. It is a bit similar to the story - in its development - in The Blue Nowhere, but it has its uniqueness as well. Next in line is the new Lincoln Rhyme book, The Broken Window.
She is interrogating Daniel Pell, the self-proclaimed cult leader who had killed almost all the members of a family along with women in his "Family" who would follow him bravely. He has been in jail for many years, but there has been a new development which makes him a suspect in another case. He escapes, and Kathryn is in his trail, in a destructive search in the California landscape.
Unlike Lincoln Rhyme who works with scientific equipment and a knowledge of most materials man-made, Kathryn Dance uses psychology, body language and clues during an interrogation, and an analysis of human behaviour to guess Pell's next move. Pell in turn tries to shake her loose, but she is always following him very closely.
It is a quite enjoyable novel and Dance seems to be a good candidate to stay around for more books. I think Deaver has done quite some research about cult leaders and how they control the people around them.
The book still has twists and turns typical of Deaver, but much less than in the Lincoln Rhyme books. It is a bit similar to the story - in its development - in The Blue Nowhere, but it has its uniqueness as well. Next in line is the new Lincoln Rhyme book, The Broken Window.