Dead Silence by Robin Caroll

Elise Carmichael is a court sign language interpreter who reads lips all the time. As a widow with a young son who is deaf, lip reading is simply second nature, until the day she reads the lips of someone on the phone discussing an attempt to be made on a senator’s life—a senator who just happens to be her mother-in-law. Before she can decide what she needs to do, she receives the information that her son is rushed to the ER and she must leave. Then she later sees the news report that her mother-in-law has been shot and killed. But when she comes forward, her life, as well as her son’s life, may now be in the crosshairs of the assassin.

I didn't think this book was as good as the other books I have read by Ms. Caroll.  There just seemed to be something lacking.  The story line was good.  The characters were ok. I just can't put my finger on why it wasn't as good.  Elise is a loving mother who would do anything to protect her son.  She spends a lot of time angry with God about her husbands death and her son's deafness. Elise doesn't much care for the FBI either.  At first the FBI don't believe her about witnessing the threat against the senator.  Then when they start believing her, they wonder why she didn't act sooner to warn her that her life was in danger.

Again, this wasn't a bad book.  Just not up to what I expected a Robin Caroll book to be like.

I was given this book by the publisher via NetGalley for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.