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Sharon Leal is headed to CBS. Deadline reports the Recovery Road star has joined the network’s new TV series Instinct.

Based on the upcoming book by James Patterson, the drama “follows Dr. Dylan Reinhart (Alan Cumming), a former CIA operative who is lured back to his old life by tenacious NYPD Detective Lizzie Needham (Bojana Novakovic) when she needs his help to stop a serial killer.”

Leal will play “a friend of Lizzie’s who recently has been promoted to be their boss in the department. Instinct is expected to premiere on CBS in early 2018.

What do you think? Are you a fan of James Patterson? Will you watch Instinct?