A quite enjoyable story. I've never heard of this author before but definitely keen to buy the first book in the set from Amazon now that I've finished this.

Both narrators were fantastic and did a great job bringing this story to life

This audiobook honestly blew me away. I did not know what to expect going into it but I was totally hooked on the story from the very beginning.

It has an amazing plot that will leave you guessing until the very end with amazing character development which just enhances the experience of the book.

The narrators are also very good choices and I loved the way they switched throughout the story without it being confusing.

This was my first book that I've read from Nell Pattison but it certainly will not be the last.

This book is set in Humberside in a snowy setting and is the second in a series.
A group of deaf students are on a school trip when one of the students, Leon, goes missing along with his teacher. Shortly after, a body is found.
Enter - Paige Northwood - a freelance sign language interpreter who has been drafted in to work with the police. However Paige has a lot of personal issues herself that feature in the book including a complex relationship with her own sister and her tangled live life!
The book is narrated by Lara Steward and Claire-Louise English who bring the ideal tone and atmosphere to this audio edition of Silent Night.

Rating: 4 🍷 🍷 🍷 🍷 !!!!!!!
Book: The Silent Night
AVAILABLE NOW- Released November 12, 2020
Author: Nell Pattison
Genre: Mystery & Thrillers

Sipping Synopsis: Paige is back as a BSL interpreter for the police department. She is called in to help interpret for cases involving deaf suspects and victims. In this story, she is called in to help with a case involving a missing teenager and a dead school employee. As always, Paige gets in too deep in the investigation and finds that everyone involved is hiding something.

Final sipping thoughts: I really like Paige’s character-although she makes me want to yell at her sometimes. She is an observant woman who does not always do what she is told. Now in the real world, Paige would have been fired so quickly. I think this story showed a little of her Achilles heel with the return of an ex. I was so mad during these parts of the story and wanted Paige to stand up for herself. Another great aspect of this book and its predecessor (The Silent House) is the ties into the deaf community. I love how Pattison brings literary exposure to that part of the world. I was able get the audio version of this book. Both books are narrated by Claire-Louise English and Lara Steward who both do a great job. Steward is deaf which in the beginning may be a little hard to understand but it really adds to the feeling of the story. I am so excited to read the third installment The Silent Suspect in the Spring of 2021. I hope to see more of a development between Paige and Singh.

Cheers and thank you to @NetGalley, @HarperCollinsAudio and @writernell for an advanced copy of @TheSilentNight.

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This is my first read/review of an audiobook version so I'm trying to be objective and ignoring the novelty of just listening.
A really good police/crime/murder book and, for me, fully deserves 5 stars.
The characters are really good although I did find Paige, the lead character, somewhat annoying with continually procrastinating (big word for me!). She always waits to tell police something and puts off telling her current boyfriend about her ex-boyfriend involved in the story.
Other than that a really good read and one I am sure you could digest at one sitting
The chapters are sequential over a few days. Interspersed are 'before the murder' chapters by a BSL reader I think. I found the audiobook version difficult to hear so I gave up and I don't think it spoiled anything for me.
You have probably about half a dozen characters who could be the murderer and sadly as usual I did not work out who it was.
The book beautifully shows how frustratingly annoying early teen kids can be with a 'whatever' 'truth omission' approach to life. Do we blame social media for this?
Highly recommended

A student is missing, a teacher is found dead. What really happened? What is everyone hiding?
Silent Night has everything you want from a good psychological thriller – an interesting & slightly unusual plot line, a small number of possible suspects, good character development, just enough twists to keep it interesting and evidence of thorough research. The plot/storyline had me hooked from the start, and I wanted to keep reading! I liked that there were two mysteries intertwined – where is Leon? & who killed Mr Wilkinson? How are the two linked?
I was not aware that this was the second in a series – it definitely stands alone though obviously the first book will give more background to our lead characters (Paige & DS Rav Singh). I am interested in reading the first now & will definitely look for more books by this author.
I liked the use of the second narrator to mark the different viewpoints in the story, but the very nature of an audiobook is that it is audio – to be listened to - and as such, the use of the deaf narrator, who had very poor diction, really didn’t work. I appreciate that it was meant to add an authenticity to the storyline & also highlight the difficulties that deaf people face with communication, but when listening to an audiobook I don’t want to be having to focus incredibly hard & constantly rewind to try & figure out what is being said - I appreciate that the story is about the deaf community & having a BSL video version would be lovely, but as an audiobook, I feel that the use of this particular narrator was completely misjudged. As such, I can only give this 3 stars – as a story it is up there at a 4.5/5, but as an audio book it falls short – if only the second narrator had just slightly clearer diction (and there are many members of the deaf community who would have done a great job and kept the authenticity whilst maintaining the experience for the listener) …

Disclosure: I received a copy of this audiobook free via Netgalley. Whilst thanks go to the publisher for the opportunity to read it, all opinions are my own.
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Silent Night by Nell Pattison is an excellent thriller about a school of the deaf.

A school of the deaf takes a trip to the woods. When everyone wakes up, Leon, a student, is missing. Next a teacher’s body is found. Paige, a sign language interpreter, helps the police with the interrogations. All of the students seem suspicious, and they are all hiding something. All the students have an alibi. What really happened? What is everyone hiding? Are the missing student and dead teacher related?

Working this case makes Paige face her past. What is Paige hiding?

I loved Silent Night. I especially enjoyed how much I learned about the deaf community in this book. I’ve always been fascinated by the deaf community, and Silent Night was an entertaining way to learn more.

Silent Night is told from Paige’s perspective. This was very interesting because she is an outsider to the situation. She doesn’t know any of the characters besides one person from her past. She is not part of the investigation, but is there to interpret when needed. There are some parts from one of the student’s perspective. This was interesting because it wasn’t until near the end of the book where I figured out which student it was.

There was so much suspense in Silent Night. This is your typical thriller with great character development. I felt like all the characters actions made sense and really fit with their personalities. Silent Night takes you through the suspense of figuring out what happened to Leon and the drama of Paige’s life.

I listened to the audiobook narrated by Claire-Louise English and Lara Steward. Both narrators did a great job and I really felt like they were the characters. Laura Steward is deaf which really added to Silent Night.

I highly recommend Silent Night to thriller fans especially if you want to read a novel about the deaf community.

Thank you NetGalley, Edelweiss, Avon Books UK, Harper Collins Audio UK, Avon and Harper Collins for Silent Night.

Atmospheric, chilling and unique thriller with some serious statements.

I was beyond excited to reach for this audiobook based on the description. Especially lately, thrillers too often follow a beaten path with the same motifs and characters in new editions. I was looking for something new - and I'm so glad I found it in Pattison's Silent Night.

This. Book. Was. Insane! It had everything I love in a good thriller and more. In this novel, we are introduced to a missing child case from an overnight trip from a school for the deaf to a chilling, snowy forest. After a fifteen-year-old Leon just vanished, a teacher begins to look for him. But after neither comes back. DS Rav Singh is called to the scene, accompanied by a sign language interpreter Paige Northwood.

I was blown away by the complexity of the plot as much as the wintery, atmospheric setting. This book illuminates the difficulties of living as/caring for a death teenager - something that could have gone very wrong, but the author managed to tackle this issue very respectfully. Since I listened along to the audiobook, I found that the parts of the book featuring a death person were narrated by a person with a speech impediment, which I really appreciated, although it was quite difficult to listen to with comprehension.

With this excellent, tense plot, the only thing I didn't like was that the story was made even more complex with the private life of Paige, who herself is dealing with a serious issue. In my opinion, it slowed down the pace and wasn't integrated as well as it could be,

*Thank you to the Publisher for a free advance copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

This audible book has excellent narrators in Claire Louise English and Lara Steward and a good length of listening time at 11 hours. A narrator can make or break an audible book but this one was excellent. Certain chapters I found the narration difficult to follow, which will become clear to the reader as the story continues. The summary on the fly cover will supply the storyline. For me, the main character, Paige Northwood, who works with the police as an interpreter of BSL (British Sign Language), has ghosts in her past and you learn more as the story proceeds. The ending was a surprise. I could not connect with any of the characters, especially Paige, who made me feel annoyed and angry at her actions throughout the whole story.
Is this a good or a bad thing? Each listener will take out of the novel their own interpretation of the story, which was predictable, but I could have been overthinking! This is my first venture with Nell Pattison and the jury is still out regarding my decision to read other novels by the author.

I give a 4 star rating for the narration alone.

I WANT TO THANK NETGALLEY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF LISTENING TO AN ADVANCED COPY OF THIS AUDIBLE BOOK

This was my first audiobook with Netgalley. I'm totally in support of equality and inclusivity, but I have some health issues that mean my brain can only process clear speech, so having a deaf person to narrate this didn't work for me, as there were occasional words that I just couldn't understand.

Fortunately, I've read the e-book as well, so this is my review of the content rather than the narration:

Since the first Covid lockdown started earlier this year, I’ve been struggling with my mood and struggling to read my usual genre of books. I saw the blurb for this book, and it looked interesting, but that turned out to be an understatement! I was totally hooked and enjoyed every single page, reading it in just two sittings. I enjoyed it so much that I then went and downloaded the first book in this series of three and devoured that one quickly as well. Now I can’t wait for the third book featuring Paige Northwood. Paige was the only hearing person in her family whilst her parents and sister were deaf, so she became fluent in sign language. She works as a freelance interpreter for the deaf but is getting more jobs from the police coming her way, as she’s proved her skills to them.

A group of staff and students from a residential school for the deaf go on a weekend’s camping in nearby woods, and there’s a murder. Although Paige is only supposed to be interpreting, she can’t help but get involved in the case, especially as an ex of hers is one of the group and therefore a suspect.

A fantastic read that I highly recommend.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon Books for an advance reader copy in return for an honest review.

This is the first book by Nell Pattison I have read/listened to and I was not disappointed.
I was given an advanced copy of the audiobook in return for an honest review.
This book had me hooked from the beginning, the plot is rich, filled with twists. It is just gritty enough and I love the fact it is set within the deaf community- something I have not known in many books of a similar genre. It really adds a whole other level to this multi-layered thriller.
I was torn with my view on the narration. The deaf narrator was a little difficult to understand at times (to me) but this just meant I had to concentrate a little harder during her parts which is no hardship. At first I thought the main narrator was going to be too monotone for my liking but as the book progressed I didn’t notice this.
Overall a great book, a really unique premise and a great 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. English does an amazing job of bringing this frightening tale to life

An interesting premises and entertaining thriller. Lots of suspense and great written characters. A welcome break from the usual romantic Christmas reads

I am so sorry that I could not finish this book. I appreciate that it is about the deaf community but I'm afraid I just couldn't understand what the deaf narrator was saying. I tried listening at different speeds (slower/faster) but it didn't help. I listen while I work. but that was impossible with this book because it requires all my attention to try to understand. Purely as an audiobook it didn’t work for me. I will definitely buy this book on kindle, and then read some parts and listen to some on audio. Therefore I have rated the audiobook version 2*, though I'm sure it is a better book than that!

I’ve read this as a physical copy and now as an audiobook. I much preferred the audiobook. As a physical copy I found some bits hard to follow and get my head around but I did thoroughly enjoy this book. Listening to the Audio it was much easier to follow. I love a good mystery and this certainly keeps your attention