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The Sleeping Doll (Paperback)

by Jeffery Deaver (Author)
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  • Paperback: 560 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (24 Jul 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340833866
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340833865
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.2 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 16,483 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'This is a novel that will chill your blood on the warmest day of any summer holiday. Keep looking over your shoulder...'

(Independent on Sunday )

'The best psychological thriller writer around' (The Times )

'Jeffery Deaver is a master at crafting intricate crimes that are solved through guile, tenacity and sheer creative genius.'

(Harlan Coben )

'There's no question . . . about Deaver's unexcelled ability to pull the wool over your eyes. When he describes a colorless, odorless glass of liquid as water, don't assume it is until somebody drinks it down - or maybe till an hour later.'

(Kirkus Reviews on THE TWELFTH CARD )

'The most creative, skilled and intriguing thriller writer in the world . . . [Deaver] has produced a stunning series of bestsellers with unique characterisation, intelligent characters, beguiling plots and double-barrelled and sometimes triple-barrelled solutions.' (Daily Telegraph )


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California Bureau of Investigation Special agent Kathryn Dance is an expert in kinesics: the science of interpreting behaviour. It makes her a brilliant interrogator. But she's up against Daniel Pell, a master of control who mesmerises, seduces and exploits people for his own murderous ends. A convicted killer who is  known as The Son of Manson for the chilling parallels between him and the notorious ritual murderer.

To track down Pell before he destroys yet more lives, Kathyn Dance must enlist the help of four people from the killer's past. The three women who lived under his sadistic sway in the cult he once headed. And the young girl known as the Sleeping Doll, the only survivor of her family's slaughter at Pell's hands . . .

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44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Readable, but flawed, 29 Jul 2007
By G. J. Oxley "Gaz" (Tyne & Wear, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sleeping Doll (Hardcover)
In this, the first of a new series, Deaver brings back Californian Special Agent Kathryn Dance - a kinesics expert (basically she's a walking lie detector and expert in body language) - who had a cameo in his last Lincoln Rhyme novel 'The Cold Moon'

A murderous cult leader named Daniel Pell escapes from prison after years inside and the majority of this book explores his motivations and actions and the efforts of the law enforcement agencies (with Dance to the fore) to re-apprehend him.

Dance plays the Lincoln Rhyme role here, attempting to out-think Pell and predict what he'll do next.

She does this by gaining insights into his psychology from a series of interviews with those who've had previous contact with him. They include three female members of the cult he led before his incarceration and the young girl he overlooked when murdering a moneyed family in their home: the `Sleeping Doll' of the title.

Without wishing to give anything of the subsequent plot away, Deaver challenges your perceptions by turning situation after situation on its head with some skilful (and sometimes not so skilful) misdirection.

Jeff's stock-in-trade is the outrageous twist, and he's capable of delivering these with more aplomb than anyone else operating in the crime thriller field. And his characterisation is usually way above average too.

But some of his famous twists are a bit laboured here. If, like me, you've read everything he's written in both the shorter and longer formats, you'll find some of them a bit obvious. Which doesn't mean to say you still won't admire the way he pulls them off.

Another negative is that although Kathryn Dance emerges as a fully-formed character, she's just not very interesting, and Jeff struggles to breathe life into her. Her particular schtick, although potentially fascinating, doesn't seem 100% credible either, and on the whole she pales in comparison when placed next to his greatest creation, the irascible genius Lincoln Rhyme.

At the book's closure he acknowledges the sources that formed his background reading into Dance's area of expertise. And although the whole body language thing seems a bit unconvincing, he skilfully weaves his research into the narrative with nary a lapse into psychobabble.

And full marks to the writer for trying to create a new type of investigator here; you can't accuse him of lacking ambition!

In summary, despite some tedious moments and the occasional meandering passage, this is solid enough fare with something for both old fans and neophytes alike.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not Deaver's best, 22 Aug 2008
By KM (England) - See all my reviews
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Jeffery Deaver is best known for his Lincoln Rhyme novels, which - let's be honest - are some of the best books in the world of modern crime fiction today. So when I heard that he had written a new novel with a new lead character, I just couldn't wait to get my hands on it and give it a go.

The story follows CBI agent and kinesic expert, Kathryn Dance who is hot on the trail of a highly dangerous escaped convict who was imprisoned 8 years ago after the murders of a family, leaving only one surviving family member who was asleep in her pile of dolls at the time, dubbing her the nickname "The Sleeping Doll".

When I'd gotten to the end of this book I couldn't help but feel disappointed with it. For me the characters just weren't that interesting with some very basic characteristics and predictable and dull backgrounds. Theresa Croydon (The Sleeping Doll) also wasn't really in it all that much (she doesn't appear in it for about 350 pages then is only in it for a brief time), despite the name of the book being named after her.

The storyline was ok and fairly action packed for the most part but also felt very dragged out and could have easily been a considerable amount of pages shorter. The ending also felt like it went on way too long and I had lost interest in the last 50 pages or so. The twists were all also not all that surprising as I could see them coming from a mile off. Personally, I felt that this very much read like an action film script with not much of a complex plot or twists but a lot of near-miss pursuits, a high amount of killings and high speed action.

I'm not saying I didn't enjoy this book as it was a fairly decent thriller, but it just wasn't up to the high standards that I'd expect from a well established and excellent writer like Deaver. However this is the first in the series for this new character so I will stick with it as the CBI team were all pretty likeable characters and it was quite an easy read.

Overall, if you read this expecting something parallel to the greatness of the Lincoln Rhyme novels I guarantee you will be disappointed, otherwise you should enjoy this and it makes for a perfect Summer read.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable read, but over-research gets in the way., 8 Nov 2008
By K. Street (Oxford, UK) - See all my reviews
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I enjoy Jeffery Deaver books, and have read most of them. There is one thing that has started to irk me slightly about his writing and it is the fact that he has Done His Research, and you know what, he's going to tell you about it! It's been getting worse in recent books, and this is no exception. Within three pages Deaver crowbarred an essay on how kinesics works into the storyline. And not very elegantly either.

However once past that irritation the story picks up, and actually becomes very interesting. The characters are well-developed and the narative moves at a good pace, keeping you turning the pages. There are plenty of twists and turns, some more obvious than others. I thought that I had guessed an obvious plot development, and turned out to be completely wrong (which was a good thing!). There is a little lose end at the end of the book which I presume Deaver will pick up in some later story. Overall, not quite up to Lincoln Rhyme standards but an enjoyable read nonetheless. I just wish Deaver would leave his research notes out of his books!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Can do better?
I read of Jeffry Deaver's high reputation in the field of crime-writing and this is the first of his books I've tried. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. M. Neligan

5.0 out of 5 stars fab
The first Jeffrey Deaver book I read [the cold moon] featured Kathryn Dance and I loved the character. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Suze

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a satisfying Deaver read
I've read a number of Jeffrey Deaver books. They typically focus on a lone investigator (or department head) as he (or she in this case) investigates a crime. Read more
Published 7 months ago by J. Bowen

3.0 out of 5 stars Reasonable, but not great
First in the Kathryn Dance series (an agent with the California Bureau of Investigation and an expert in 'kinesics' - body language). Read more
Published 7 months ago by Moo

3.0 out of 5 stars Creepy cover isn't it?!
I've not read any of his work before so I had no expectations from this.

Not a bad thriller and I liked his female heroine. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Yorkshire Lass

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good read
This is my first read of Jeffery Deaver outside of the "Rhyme" series which i had started to find a little "same as". Read more
Published 8 months ago by Barry F. Cheverst

4.0 out of 5 stars Exciting chase to catch an escaped killer
This is the first book I've read by Jeffrey Deaver so I cannot compare it to his others but I certainly enjoyed this one. Read more
Published 9 months ago by crime reader

4.0 out of 5 stars Below par for Deaver
An alleged cult leader and murderer (Daniel Pell) escapes from jail after being interviewed by an agent (Kathyrn Dance) in respect of a new unsolved crime. Read more
Published 10 months ago by johnverp

4.0 out of 5 stars Cult Fiction
First I must complement G.J.Oxley and Sam Anders for their reviews of this novel, I read both and wondered what I can do to add anything of real use to anybody, but I'll have a... Read more
Published 10 months ago by OEJ

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