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.