The Silent House

As soon as I read the blurb, my fingers automatically click the request button and the next day I saw it on my bookshelf. So I got out urgently for ordering a tremendous, vivid flower bouquet to send the Netgalley office but unfortunately there is a new winery recently opened at the street (it takes......more

Maybe I was too much hyped up about this after reading the description and thinking about the thrill that the book would give me. But this was such a huge disappointment. It's the writing style I would say that could not make me interested enough to continue on. The character development is really wea......more

I didn't love this book. The dialogue was not good, the pace repetitively plodded along, and I figured out the antagonist within the first few chapters. I was also really tired of Paige, our protagonist, getting "bile" in her throat. (I think she must have an undiagnosed gastrointestinal issue.) Spe......more

Even though the myster surrounding the murder of a young girl in her house is a strong hook, it's the fact that this debut novel focuses on a deaf community makes it a riveting read. The police call interpreter Paige Northwood to the Hunter's family home, everyone is so shocked by the terrible crime......more

The blurb for this book sounds really interesting but sadly it doesn’t prove to be as intriguing as I hoped. Following the murder of Lexi, a little girl, Paige Northwood is asked by the police to the the BSL interpreter as the father Alan, ‘stepmother’ Elisha and mother Laura are all deaf. The story......more