The sleeping doll - Jeffery Deaver

The first gripping mystery in the Kathryn Dance series from master of suspense, and author of the Lincoln Rhyme novels, Jeffery Deaver.

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 . . .

Jeffery Deaver is the award-winning author of three collections of short stories and 32 internationally bestselling novels, including the 2011 James Bond novelCarte Blanche. He is best known for his Lincoln Rhyme thrillers, which include the number one bestsellersThe Vanished Man, The Twelfth CardandThe Cold Moon, as well asThe Bone Collectorwhich was made into a feature film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. The first Kathryn Dance novel,The Sleeping

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