The Silent House was a unique read. It made me stop and think about how one would solve a crime when most persons involved are deaf. A twist on the norm thriller kept me hooked. Solid characters and plot.

I enjoyed this book but I did find the behaviour of some the characters unrealistic. The sisters putting themselves in the middle of a police investigation and in danger seemed a bit far fetched. The police giving information to civilians also seemed very odd. Still, I suppose if none of that happened then there wouldn't be a book and it was a decent read.

I received this book from netgalley in exchange for an honest review and I loved this book. The story is about a deaf family whose 18 months daughter is murdered and the protagonist Paige is called as an interpreter to the police department. Paige is a professional interpreter but she can't help herself and gets attached to the investigation because she knows the family through her sister Anna.

The story is very well fabricated so that not too much is revealed at a time. The story is interesting and I couldn't guess the killer upto 65 percent into the book. The story was intriguing to me and the characterization is very well framed.

The story was very well paced and did not felt rushing contrary to many murder mysteries that I have read before. I thoroughly enjoyed the story and would recommend it.

The Silent House had such an interesting premise that I wanted to read it right away. I was intrigued to read a thriller set in the Deaf community. It added a really fresh twist to the typical murder mystery because everyone in the house at the time of the murder was deaf and couldn’t hear anything taking place. It took me a bit to get into the story, but it got better as it went on and I got to know the characters a bit. It took a little getting used to with the format of signing, but once I got used to it it was easy to follow. I give this one 3 stars.

3.5🌟
What an interesting and intriguing story. It is a story about a murder in a prominently deaf community. The police hire Paige to be their interpreter liaison, she becomes heavily involved in every aspect of the case as she discovers she knows the people involved personally.
I did find it a bit slow in the beginning but it did speed up a bit toward the end.
It was a good book, a bit slow in parts but it will keep your interest. It brings to light the difficulties that deaf people experience in situations that deal with the police.
Many thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and author for the opportunity to read and review this book.

I struggled with reading The Silent House. While requesting the book, the blurb had me all excited about reading this one. I thought the concept and premise of the book was something unique. But going through the first half of the book was a long journey. The flow of the chapters felt very slow to me. I would read one chapter and lose interest quickly, so it took me a long time to finish this one.
When Paige Northwood is called as an interpreter to a crime scene, she doesn't realize the gravity of the heinous crime committed. A deaf girl was killed in her own home, while her family slept close by leaving the local deaf community and town reeling from the shock. Lexi Hunter was brutally murdered in her own bed. When Paige realizes her personal connection to the victim, it's too late to step back from the investigation. As Paige works with the detectives, interpreting the family, she becomes privy to a lot of details of the case. Soon her proximity to the case gets her in the cross-hairs of the killer. Will justice prevail before Paige has to pay the price for helping out with the case?
The characters in this book were good, but a lot of dialogues/actions felt repeated as if to drive home a point. One of the plus points is that this book has a sensible central character. Paige was smart and almost professional. She tries very hard to keep her personal and professional life separate. But there were too many mundane things happening - most of her information comes from having long repeated conversations with the other characters. There was no nail-biting suspense as I anticipated. The last few chapters saw some action but it was a tad too late. The chapters on " # hrs before the murder" were interesting. Other than that, this book was a flatline for me.

Thank You, NetGalley,  Avon Books & Nell Pattison for an arc!

This book has a very interesting and unique premise, an infant is found brutally murdered in the home of her father and stepmother but they couldn’t have heard anything because their family is deaf.

The narrative is provided by Paige Northwood, a freelance interpreter in the sign language communication.
Apart from being professionally involved in this case as an interpreter for the Police she happens to have certain personal ties with the family in question.

Also, as is the case with every person in every thriller she happens to be extremely nosy, stupid and plain dumb.

She involves herself unprofessionally in the case to find the murderer to such an extent that she becomes a target too, hardly surprising don’t you think?
Also, I think the police should have just shown her the door instead of just warning her.

Anyhow, this book was a revelation in terms of an interesting inclusive book that did not caricature deaf characters (which accounted for all of them except four in the book).

The book was a bit too long and dragged quite a bit midway, writing felt amateur and could do with a better editing.

P.S. the role of the police, specially the DI is very poorly developed.

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC in return for an honest review.

This book tells a really harrowing story, a family wakes up to find that someone has brutally murdered their 18 months old daughter during the night, but the entire family is deaf so no one heard anything.
So Paige, who’s hearing but comes from a deaf family gets employed to be an interpreter for the police. Cue lots of suspects, attempts to scare and hurt Paige and her sister Anna and a huge sad twist at the end.
I really enjoyed this book, I really could not put it down and once I got near the end had to stay up late to find what really happened.
The book is narrated in the present from Paige perspective, but alternates with a narrative of the events from before the murder, which I found really interesting and different than usual (although some I found a bit random, like the soft play scene).
I also found it very interesting that this book was about the deaf community and it felt to me that this was portrayed very well.
I highly recommend this book and a huge thank you to Avon Books and NetGalley for letting me review it.

Wow. I couldn't put this book down-- I had to know what was going to happen next.
This book is gripping, page turning and leaves you thinking wow! How didn't I think of that?

I especially enjoyed the originality of this story being a deaf thriller book. Honestly, it's heartbreaking, filled with all kinds of interesting characters, family that is controlling and wondering who can you trust.

The Silent House is definitely a read for those who love thrillers and a unique take on them.
I look forward to reading more books by this author!

4 stars from me

*Recv'd a copy via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*

Dramatic, fast moving, roller coaster ride of a novel. A different storyline than usual as it involved the deaf community and the police.

I'll give 5 stars and I'll admit I've enjoyed this book.
It's hard to stomach a crime that involves a child, but I'll give credit to the author as the subject it's really interesting, placing the crime in a Deaf community and building it around, keeping it always twisted and only at the end you get to reveal the real killer.
I do enjoy thrillers and I'm always looking for stories that are not easy to guess, no clichés, so this time I'm happy I've spent my time reading a book that really is worth it

I really struggled to finish this book. I was so looking forward to it, having read the summary and it did start well, with a sign interpreter being called to the scene of a murder and finding out she knows the family. However, what follows is a slow, meandering storyline with little to maintain interest.
1* did not like.

Thanks to NetGalley and Avon Books UK for the opportunity to preview this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This was great crime thriller with a different twist since it took place within a home of a deaf family. I was able to absorb the story line and the characters which made for a great fast paced read. I felt that the ending was cut a little short and I was wanting more detail but over all a great read.

It's a terrifying thought - waking up in the night to a creak on the stair, and realising that someone is in your home. But what if you can't hear them? That is the nightmare the Hunter's now face, waking up to face their worst nightmare - their 18 month old daughter was murdered, and they slept through the whole thing. Which means they have no idea who did it. interpreter Paige is called in to assist, and soon realises that the killer might not be a random intruder, but could be someone a lot closer to home...

Positives:
1. Obviously, the first major positive is the fact that this book offered a fantastic insight into the D/deaf community. Not only was it great to see so many D/deaf characters, but it was also really refreshing to have them portrayed in such a respectful and well-constructed way, rather than being written as stereotypes or caricatures.
2. I liked the way the author used an italic font for signed speech and roman font for verbal speech - it made it easier to distinguish between who was speaking during the scenes where Paige is interpreting, which is something that I have struggled with in previous novels using an interpreter.
3. The premise is very unique, and whilst I personally didn't feel it was very well executed, I must give Pattison a round of applause for coming up with a truly novel idea.

Negatives:
1. The reveal of who did it was just a bit bizarre to me. There was also a huge section of Paige explaining everything before the killer was revealed, which to me always implies a weak plot twist - if it has been set up well, there's no real need for 5 pages of explanation. In this case, there was no foreshadowing of any sort, and instead it was just forced in at the end. That is not a twist. That is a weak attempt to trick a reader.
2. There's no sense of tension or suspense, and even when Paige is meant to be scared it feels completely lacklustre and underwhelming. This is not a thriller in any way, shape or form.
3. There is so much repetition. Paige just keeps going over the same thing over and over and over. It was incredibly dull, and just not engaging at all. Plus, I normally like a book where everyone is a suspect, but in this case it was just the same conversation repeated for every character. Not even remotely interesting, to the point where I skipped ahead near the end to find out who did it.
4. The inclusion of the storyline from Paige's childhood just didn't seem necessary. It was underdeveloped and under utilised, and to me seemed like a way to add a motive to an element of the plot that is revealed at the end. It was just needless, and to me served only as filler to an already overinflated read.

All in all, I wasn't really a fan. It gets 2 stars for being a novel idea, but due to poor execution, pacing, and writing, I can't give it more than that. Sadly not one I'd recommend.

I found this really hard going. I wasn’t sure what the book was trying to be as it was neither a crime book nor a psychological thriller. We were mainly just following the British Sign Language interpreter. We weren’t privy to what was happening with the family and the crime, and it felt more like a contemporary novel centring around Paige’s life.
Unfortunately, she wasn’t that likeable a character. Everything seemed like too much trouble for her. She didn’t appear to like her job, helping people or to be interested in anything that was happening around her. This made for a very dull read.
The book was so slow going, to begin with, and then got even slower. I didn’t even think it was possible and I almost gave up on it so many times. I’m still not sure it was worth persevering for.
It is a real shame as the premise for the book really excited me, and I chose to read this book over so many others that I have on my TBR pile at the moment, but it fell so flat and didn’t delight me in any way, and I was very disappointed. I am seeing this book advertised everywhere, and I was so pleased when I was accepted as an ARC reader; however, I’m afraid it didn’t live up to the hype it is receiving.
This book just wasn’t for me; I’m not sure if I was missing something, but I was expecting to be gripped by an intriguing story, not one that just plodded and felt like hard work to get through, sorry!

This is a murder mystery but the crime is particularly nasty as it involves a very young child. I did not particularly enjoy the book, I didn’t get the feeling of absolute horror that someone would murder a child in the presence of other children too.
The premise is quite original in that the murder takes place in a household where everyone is deaf - so no one hears the crime being committed. The parents are present in the house and immediately come under suspicion. An interpreter, Paige Northwood is employed by the police to help with the interviews but she becomes far too involved as she does have a connection to the case. She puts herself in danger and begins investigating herself. I found this aspect difficult to believe that the police would let things continue, I therefore began to disengage.
Not for me.

I don’t like to use this word, but “unfortunately” this was not one of my favorite books. I found the main character, Paige Northwood to be the most annoying person I have ever met. She continually complained about being overworked, needing rest, or a break, as she was constantly making assumptions on a police investigation that she should never have been given the information that she thought she needed.
The chapters switch back and forth between specific hours before the murder to the days after the incident. That was done very well, it was the biggest pro of the book and I did find the deaf community allegiance and support meetings very interesting. But about 40% of the way through I started skimming the pages because there was so much unnecessary information and I wanted to know who actually committed the crime. Sadly it was one of those books that I was glad when it was over.
I’ll give it three stars for the premise of the story, I just felt it could have been written so much better.
I was allowed an ARC from Avon Books and NetGalley for my honest unbiased review. This one gets 3 stars.

I really enjoyed this book. This book had me intrigued when I first read the blurb describing the book. What indeed would you do if you couldn't hear your attacker coming. And this book didn't disappoint at all. And reading a book which deals with deaf people was also a different experience. The story builds up slowly but steadily and gets more and more interesting with every page. I guessed who the culprit was but even then that didn't spoil the book for me. Really well created characters and a wonderfully crafted story. And one that I wouldn't hesitate to recommend to anyone who likes a good mystery thriller. And a big thank you to NetGalley and Avon Books UK for giving me this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

This debut mystery has an interesting and unique premise with a sign language interpreter employed by the police to translate for a deaf family whose young child, Lexi, was found bashed to death in her bed. With the father, stepmother and two siblings all deaf no one heard anything during the night.

The interpreter, Paige Northwood, has normal hearing but grew up in a deaf household and learnt to sign and translate for the rest of her family. Although she knows the family from the local Deaf Club, the police find it hard to book available interpreters so allow her to be involved all the interviews with deaf family members. The novel is voiced from Paige's perspective and her thoughts on who might have killed little Lexi so that the police investigation is more hidden than usual in this type of novel.

Despite such a promising beginning, the rest of the novel was rather slow and dull. Little progress was made in eliminating suspects and it felt like we were going round in circles not getting anywhere and failing to build any suspense, until close to the end when it all suddenly fell into place. The characters were underdeveloped and it was difficult to warm to any of them. Paige was somewhat flaky and overemotional (for a professional used to dealing with confidential situations) and her supposedly close relationship with her sister Anna not evident. I enjoyed learning more about the deaf community and their issues in dealing with the hearing on a daily basis in this promising debut and, with stronger plot and character development, would read a follow up novel.

After reading the synopsis I was eager to read this as I love a good thriller and the idea that it was set in the deaf community was something original and unique. Unfortunately it just didn't live up to the high hopes I had for it. The book started off well but about half way through I found it started to drag and I had worked out the killer fairly early on. The main narrator is Paige who is a translator and I felt the plot sometimes got lost in her dramas instead. It's not a fast paced thriller or a page turner but it's an ok read and it wouldn't put me off reading more from this author.
Thank you netgalley and Avon books for this eArc