Barbara S. (barbsis) - , reviewed on 7/7/2011 + 1076 more book reviews

Kathryn Dance, Michael O'Neill and Winston Kellogg form a triad to bring down cult leader, Daniel Pell, who has escaped from prison. Kathryn Dance is a kinesics specialist which is basically someone who reads body language to solve crimes which is interesting in limited use but Dance had to mentally comment on every single movement and facial expression that everyone made. This was very disruptive to the flow of the story and got very irritating very quickly. I kept thinking "yeah, yeah you're reading body language, so what, get on with it already!" Here's hoping that the second book in the series (Roadside Crosses) skips all this kinesics junk.

I will say that I enjoyed reading Daniel Pell's accounts. He's a total freak and a psychopath but a genius and his thinking processes were fascinating - more so than Kathryn's and that unfortunately says a whole lot about series potential. Yeah when a one time character is more interesting than the heroine, yup definitely gonna be a problem.

I finally got real interested when "The Sleeping Doll" was finally introduced at page 449. Then I honestly couldn't put the book done. I will read Roadside Crosses but if it reads like this one, I will be done with this series. After all, 500+ pages is a lot to slog through again and again with little return.

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