But the Hunter family are deaf, and don't hear a thing when a shocking crime takes place in the middle of the night. Instead, they wake up to their worst nightmare: the murder of their daughter.
The police call Paige Northwood to the scene to interpret for the witnesses. They're in shock, but Paige senses the Hunters are hiding something.
One by one, people from Paige's community start to fall under suspicion. But who would kill a little girl?
Was it an intruder?
Or was the murderer closer to home?
This mystery will keep you up all night - perfect for fans of The Silent Patient and Cara Hunter***
[There was someone else in the room]***
(@AvonBooksUK, 5 March 2020, 400 pages, paperback, #ARC from @AvonBooksUK via # NetGalley and voluntarily reviewed, #BlogTour 30 March)
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I'd never heard of the author before so had zero expectations for this book. The blurb intrigued me as it seemed to offer something different from the run-of-the-mill thrillers. This book ticked all of the boxes for me. I was gripped from the shocking opening, the brutal hammer murder of a baby girl. I had so many questions I wanted to be answered, least of all, who the hell would murder a baby? I loved the way the story unfolds with unreliable narration and misdirection until it reached a point where I thought everyone was a suspect and my mind was going to crazy places. I kept coming back to the fact the dead babies parents were the prime suspects. Who else would kill a baby? I just didn't see a stranger breaking in and doing that. It's Jon Benet Ramsey all over again. Of course all my suspicions were wrong (mostly). I also loved the way the book focuses on the experiences of deaf people and the deaf community which I've never really come across in fiction before. This is a gritty, original thriller.
