I enjoyed this book start to finish, despite not having read the first 2 in the series. Very easy to read and a real page turner

Paige, a British Sign Language interpreter, is back in the 3rd book from Nell Pattison. These books can all be read as standalone novels but there are references to the previous 2.
I have to admit to not enjoying this book as much as the previous two. In this book, despite not working directly with the police in the case, Paige still managed to get herself into a few scrapes by poking around.
That said its very refreshing to see a book centred on deaf characters.
Thanks to Netgalley and publishers for the book in exchange for an honest review

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'The Silent Suspect' by Nell Pattison is a truly unique whodunnit. It is the third in the series, but I read it as a stand alone without any problems.
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"On a quiet street, one house is burning to the ground.
By the time sign language interpreter Paige Northwood arrives, flames have engulfed her client’s home. Though Lukas is safe, his wife is still inside. But she was dead before the fire started…
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Lukas signs to Paige that he knows who killed his wife. But then he goes silent – even when the police charge him with murder.
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Is he guilty, or afraid? Only Paige can help him now…"
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The plot was really interesting, made even better by the strong characters. I loved Paige, our lead, and her sister Anna. Their relationship is heart-warming!
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The majority of the characters involved are deaf or communicate in British Sign Language (BSL). This is a first for me- but why don't we have more deaf characters in fiction?! Pattison ensured the entire story told perfectly- there's just a lot less speech marks!
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book and have ordered the first in the series, 'The Silent House' to follow more of Paige Northwood's adventures.
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Rosie rates: 4/5
Thank you to @netgalley and @avon_books for the early-release kindle book. 'The Silent Suspect' is due for release in April!
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Took me a while to get into this storyline but I think that was my fault as I didn't realise it was the third in the series. Overall it was a well written book and the characters were quite interesting but I was wishing I had read the first two.

Thank you to Netgalley and Avon Books for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

I'D NEVER HEARD OF THIS AUTHOR BEFORE BUT I REALLY ENJOYED THIS STORY. I READ IT IN ABOUT THREE SITTINGS, WHICH IS GREAT, AND IT KEPT ME ENTERTAINED.

I’ve really enjoyed reading this series, but this book didn’t stand up to the others. Enjoyable but it was a bit slow. I didn’t enjoy it was much as the last two books in the series.

The silent series are based around the deaf community which I enjoy and find interesting!
This book followers British sign language interpreter Paige Northwood and the Police as they try and discover what happens on the night a house is set on fire and a women is found dead inside. Her partner is arrested on suspicion of murder but when being interviewed he sits on his hands refusing to communicate, he doesn’t plea innocence and he doesn’t accept help from solicitors or his social worker.

I enjoyed how the story tied together going between the days of the investigation and the days leading up to the crime however I do feel like it was slow in parts and I found Paige the main character quite irritating. Throughout the story I had my suspicions on who the murderer was and although I guessed one twist the whole truth took me by surprise which was good.

This is the first book I’ve read by Nell Pattison and it was a good read.

Paige is a British Sign Language interpreter for social worker Sasha Thomas. Paige gets a call one night from one of Sasha’s clients asking for help because his house is on fire. His wife’s body is found in the blaze and it looks like murder. Paige tries to unravel the mystery and faces danger at every turn.

I liked that the majority of the characters were from the hearing impaired community and the book detailed the trials and discrimination they are faced with on a day to day basis. It’s not something I’ve read about before.

I found the story a little slow in the middle but it picked up again towards the end.

While I like a strong female lead character I found Paige frustrating in the sense that she put herself unnecessarily in danger despite saying several times that she wasn’t going to get involved.

Thanks to NetGalley and Avon Publishing for this copy in exchange for a review.

Brilliant book. The first Nell Pattison novel I’ve read, and it’s the very first Netgalley ebook that I’ve had approved, and what’s even more incredible is that it’s all based in my hometown, Scunthorpe, which is just crazy.
I genuinely couldn’t put this down. The character of Paige is endearing; you find yourself just wanting her to be happy, and to find the happiness she most definitely deserves.
Nell kept me guessing the entire time with who the killer was; I genuinely didn’t have a clue!
Fast paced and intriguing, I really enjoyed it.

Thank you both to Netgalley & Avon Books for allowing me to read for feedback!

A phone call to Paige is what kickstarts this story into motion! A fire has broken out and a client of Paige's boss calls her for help and that's where the plot unfolds. Emergency services retrieve a body from the house fire and an arrest is made. Against her better judgement, Paige throws herself into helping prove that the person arrested for this crime is innocent. Full of twists throughout, this book is definitely a page turner! I usually figure the out the perpetrator straight away, but with this I had no idea! The characters were well written and the story was easy to read. I thoroughly enjoyed this read and look forward to reading more of Pattisons' work.

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Book- The silent suspect
Author- Nell Pattison
Genre- Thriller/ Murder Mystery
Published- 2021 by HarperCollins

🔎 Story as per the author's pervious books has Paige ( interpreter for hearing impaired people ) and Sasha ( a social worker) again taking up investigative work on behalf of their client Lucas ( who is a deaf ).

🔎 Lucas's house has caught fire and his wife Nadia dies in it. What follows is a list of suspects ranging from Lucas, to his son or his wife Caroline and the money lender Roy.

🔎 The book creates many suspects and scenarios in the first half with many aspects unfolding in the latter part.
The author has done a good job of carrying on his series and also highlighting the difficulties faced by hearing impaired people. The book does drag out a bit in the middle, but overall the epilogue leaves you in a state of shock, totally unexpected and unimaginable.

I love this series of books and this one is no different. The story is told in the voice of Paige a BSL interpreter. Her character is so well written and believable (if frustrating!) that you really feel like she is talking to you and telling you her own story. The story is based within the deaf community which really gives you a unique insight into the daily challenges and prejudices faced by people with hearing impairments whilst showing you that at the same time their lives are exactly the same as everyone else’s with relationship problems, and money worries. The story is really well paced and had me racing to the end to find out the truth. The story is a really well written and enjoyable and I hope the series continues.

After reading the two previous books I was looking forward to see what this one had to offer. They genuinely just keep getting better and better. Thoroughly gripping read. Highly recommended

3.5/5

I didn’t realise this was part of a series but that didn’t affect my experience. I never felt that I was at a disadvantage because I hadn’t read the previous books and nor did I feel like too much time was spent going over past events.

Overall an enjoyable read. I was immediately drawn in at the beginning. I found it refreshing to read about deaf characters and it was a really interesting insight into the deaf community.

I found the middle lagged a little, but the flash backs to before the fire were just enough to keep me engaged wanting to read on. I also found Paige a bit frustrating at times!

But the reveal at the end and how the whole story wrapped it self up definitely made the book worth the read for me.

Having read the two previous books in this series, I was really looking forward to reading The Silent Suspect. It can be read as a standalone without feeling that you’ve missed something, but I’d definitely recommend you read all three as they’re brilliant!

Paige Northwood 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, and three days a week for a deaf social worker, but is getting more jobs from the police coming her way, as she’s proved her skills to them.

A woman dies in a house fire but it turns out that she was dead before the fire was set. Her deaf husband is arrested on suspicion of murder but won’t tell the police anything to prove his innocence. The social worker who Paige interprets for is his case worker, so all the strands of the story are intertwined.

A fantastic read that I highly recommend. I read it in less than 24 hours!

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

This is the second book I have read by this author and it is part of a series with Paige Northwood as a British Sign Language interpreter who occasionally helps the police and works part time for a social worker, Sasha, who is deaf. Although previous relationships are referred to it is easy enough to read as a stand-alone.

As with the previous book I found the storyline and plotting brilliant as the beginning finds Paige being called by Lukas, an individual who is part of Sasha’s caseload, saying his house is on fire and he believes his wife, Nadia, is inside.

There are many twists and turns and Paige’s relationship with Max is high on the agenda as is her behaviour with the policeman, Rav Singh.

Thank you to NetGalley, Avon Books and Nell Pattison for my ARC in return for my honest review.

Good read, recommended.

I really enjoyed this book - I read it in less than 24 hours and really wanted to keep reading
The things I liked : the inclusion of deaf and hard of hearing main characters, the actual ’mystery’, the pace of the story, Anna. Things I didn’t love : Paige - I found her more and more irritating as the book went on constantly putting herself in danger regardless of anyone else, the ending. I don’t like books that end on a cliffhanger of that style. Too obvious.

Having enjoyed 'The Silent House' by Nell Pattison, I was excited to read her new instalment in the series. I love the fact that the author is promoting awareness of the Deaf community and the use of sign language.

Paige is working as an interpreter for social worker, Sasha. It was nice to follow the journey of the character and her sister, Anna and I liked the references to the previous novels. In 'The silent suspect'', Nadia is found dead following a house fire and the post mortem reveals that she died from injuries. Lukas is arrested for her murder. The focus of the novel is how Paige and Sasha try to prove his innocence, with an additional thread of Paige's breakup with Max and her love interest in detective Singh.

Paige is a strong character but I felt she lost likeability with so many stupid decisions regarding her personal safety. I also felt really sorry for the way she treated Max.

There is such a fine line between drip feeding too much and too little information prior to the big reveal. Without giving spoilers, there were two surprise reveals which tied up the mystery. We know that one character is hiding something and the reason becomes clear. I didn't feel I had enough clues to guess, nor that it came as an effective twist.

I felt the novel was slow paced to begin with. There was some great descriptive writing when Paige was in difficult situations. We are left on a cliff-hanger and I would read a next instalment to see where Paige's story goes. However, I would like it to be more intense and compelling.

Thanks indeed to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC.

Another brilliant read from Nell Pattison. I love the angle of this being set within the deaf community but not focusing on it as a disability but merely part of the characters. This has all the intrigue and suspense that you want from a domestic thriller. There's plenty of characters but not too many. I actually really liked the incidental characters that were visited as part of the investigation.
A slight irritation that Paige is so intent on solving the problem that she carries on ignoring advice and puts herself in great danger but still a great book.

This was my first book about Paige Northwood, a British Sign Language interpreter, and despite not reading the other instalments I could still get the gist of the plot and didn't really miss much, despite there beings some hints at previous encounters with other characters such as the police force and flashbacks to what I'm guessing are cases featured in the previous books.

In this novel, Paige works alongside deaf social worker Sasha Thomas. She receives a phone call from Sasha's client Lukas (also deaf) to say that his house is on fire and his wife is trapped inside. This fire changes the course of his life and unveils a host of secrecy and lies in a charged 'who dunnit' scenario. The plot had all the elements to make a great crime thriller but it lacks in pacing - at times it felt like a slow-TV police drama that drags out other elements in order to fill the screentime. I also felt like the culprit of the crimes was a little obvious to the reader, but Paige takes so long to figure it out that there's no real action-punch or high stakes until the last 10% of the story. It lacks suspense and doesn't really offer the thrill and anticipation that I would expect from this genre.

One major annoying flaw of the plot for me is that constantly Paige claims she is reluctant to get involved in proving Lukas' innocence and finding out more about the case and who's involved, but lo and behold, she does so anyway. There's a sort of edging between she's involved, and then going 'oh no I shouldn't do this' and she pulls back a tiny amount, then does it again and the consequences like getting a Detective in trouble, or being physically injured on at least two occasions doesn't seem to stop her either. I found her a really frustrating protagonist and her interactions with Sasha became tedious and annoying.

I did love the insight into deaf culture though, and the commentary on how deaf people are perceived in society was insightful and necessary.

*Thanks to Netgalley and Avon Books for the ARC in exchange for my review