Firstly I will say I found some bits hard to follow and get my head around but I did thoroughly enjoy this book. I love a good mystery and this certainly keeps your attention.

The story begins when five deaf students go for an overnight trip to the snowy woods. They all go to sleep but in the morning one bed is cold and empty. A 15 years old Leon is missing and his teacher's body is found in the woods along with the weapon used for the murder.

Snowy woods are perfect scenery for a thriller. Continuous snowfall makes it harder to conduct a search for the missing boy.

The police reach out for help to Paige Northwood, sign language interpreter. She get's involved in the investigation, determined to find vulnerable teenager. A then the killer strikes again.

Wow! I can't fault Nell's book. It's gripping and blood chilling right from the start. Many books have a really slow start. ''Silent Night'' keeps you on your toes right from the beginning. So many twists and turns it makes you dizzy. I absolutely loved it. I'm usually quite good with guessing the ending but I was really surprised. Even though I had few suspects on my list I was constantly changing my mind.

I haven't read such a disquieting story in a long, long time. It made me bit my nails way to short ( bad habit of mine). I can't praise “Silent Night” enough! I'm definitely going to check out “The Silent House” which is the first book featuring the interpreter, Paige Northwood.

Unfortunately this is a book I did not finish. I will not be providing a negative review, this book just wasn’t for me.

Paige Northwood has been called in to assist the police again when the headteacher of the local school for deaf children has been murdered on a school trip. One of the pupils has gone missing and would seem to be the culprit.

When the case opens up old wounds for Paige she is going to need personal support to be able to cope with the pressures.

This was a brilliant follow up to The Silent House and I have enjoyed the character development throughout. Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

The twists kept my attention, though I found some of it a bit confusing to follow at times with all the various set-ups and lies.

Kindly received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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Ruth Ware meets Agatha Christie.
A murder is done in the park surrounding Normanby Hall. Paige comes there on call and notices Rav Singh and DI Forest. They tell her that there came a deaf group from Lincoln School. The head teacher, a support assistant as well as a social worker came with some students. The head teacher, Steve Wilkinson, and a child , Leon who's fifteen are missing. Later the head teacher is found murdered.
Liz Marcek, the deputy head, Sasha Thomas, a social worker and Mike Lowther.
Saul Achembe, the school’s IT teacher. Jessica Farriday
In students there are Cassie, Samira, Kian, Courtney and Bradley.
One of them is a killer.
But who?
And then a second body is found.
Rav and Forest have to catch the killer before they strokes again.
I loved Pattison's first novel, The Silent House so I was reading this with much expectations. I must say that it was really good but wasn't as sinister as the first one.
I loved the characters of Cassie, Paige, Max, Mike, Steve. Others were good except Jessica, for me she was ok ok.
Story is told from two POV's, one of Paige and another untitled one. Both versions were good.
Thanks to NetGalley and Avon for giving me an advance copy of this awesome psychological thriller.

Five teenagers from a school for the deaf go on a camping trip in the woods in winter, but one in the morning, one of them is missing and their teacher is dead. Paige Northwood is an interpreter for the deaf and is brought in to translate for the students to try to find out what happened. It turns out that their are plenty of people with motives for murder and Paige is worried that time may be running out for the missing student.

This book has strong Picnic at hanging rock vibes. An overnight trip for a group of deaf teenagers. 4 wake up and one disappears. Something sinister is clearly afoot....I highly recommend this engrossing thriller.

I received an advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review

Very well crafted police procedural- with an engaging look inside the Deaf community. I always like it when I learn something new from my pleasure reading. Would love to see more from this author.