The Sleeping Doll Book

Daniel Pell is a contemporary Charles Manson. A petty criminal with a history of antisocial behavior and obsession with controlling other people he had a group of women living with him in a quasi cult in central California. Eight years ago he and another man viciously slaughtered a family for no apparent reason though the three women in his "Family" were absolved of any part in the deaths. Now present day Pell has escaped and Kathryn Dance the famed interrogator and kinesic analyst (body language) and her team must find out where he is and why he's staying near the prison he escaped from.She brings together the three women now leading normal lives to help her find out where Pell is and what he's up to. Pell for his part and a young woman he has manipulated to help him tries to outguess the police and fulfill his mission as he learns that Kathryn Dance is perhaps his most dangerous opponent. This is a typical cat and mouse Deaver novel in which conflicts abound - finding the killer as well as reconciling the emotions within Pell's three 'Family' members which have simmered over the years. The 'Sleeping Doll' refers to the one surviving daughter of the original murder eight years ago - a nickname because she was asleep with her toys and not seen by the killer. Dance has to find her and see what she remembers about the night of the killings. Nothing is quite what it seems to be ...