Near fine condition.Hodder & Stoughton,2007.First UK edition-first printing.Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,two small nicks on the edges of the cover) with Dj(a couple of small nicks,crease and scratch on the edges of the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Nice and clean pages with a small nick and ink mark on the outer edges,a couple of small nicks and ink mark on the edges of the pages,two pencil marks impressions on the edge of the first blank page of the book.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear.416pp.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: 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.