Elsie Carmichael, a court sign language interpreter, is just
finishing a case and rushing off to pick up her son, Sawyer, who is
deaf. On the way out of the building she sees one of the guards
speaking to a man she doesn’t know. Reading their lips she fears
they are planning a murder. Just as she is about to go to the police
with what she learned, she gets a call from Hallie, her son’s
sitter. He has broken his wrist and is being taken to the emergency
room. Elsie forgets the police and rushes off to be with her son.
The next morning she
learns that indeed a murder has been committed. Her mother-in-law, a
state senator has been assassinated. Because of her lip reading,
Elsie and Sawyer become part of the police investigation of the
crime.
This murder mystery
is filled with twists. It’s hard to guess who killed the senator
and why until the very end. Elsie and Sawyer are appealing
characters. Sawyer is a brave little boy and his mother does
everything she can to protect him.
The use of lip
reading and sign language in the story was interesting. I enjoyed
learning more about the deaf and how children, deaf from birth
function. The story is Christian fiction. Elsie’s character prays a
great deal, but it is a realistic part of who she is.
If you like a
suspenseful, Christian mystery, this is a good one.
I received this book
from Barbour Publishing for this review.
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