About this book:
“Political
games can be deadly…
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.”
Series: As of now, no.
Spiritual Content- Scriptures are read, mentioned, & thought over; Prayers;
Going to church & singing a hymn; Talks about God & faiths; ‘H’s are
capitalized when referring to God; Elise is angry at God & has to work
through it in this book; Mentions of God & faiths; Mentions of prayers
& praying; Mentions of Bibles & Bible reading; Mentions of churches,
church going, services, pastors, & hymns; A couple mentions of Heaven; A couple
mentions of sins; A couple mentions of blessings & a curse; A mention of a
possible miracle; A mention of a christening;
*Note: A few mentions of evil; A mention
of a demonic-looking doll.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘dumb’, a ‘idiot’, a ‘oh my gosh’,
a ‘sheesh’, a ‘how in all that is holy…’, two ‘blah blah blah’s, and six forms
of ‘stupid’; Some sarcasm & eye rolling;
Pain, Injuries, & Blood/Bleeding (barely-above-not-detailed); All about (&
many mentions of) threats, shootings/murders, & trying to find the murderer
(up to semi-detailed); Many mentions of a kidnapping & a hostage situation
(up to semi-detailed); Many mentions of threats through packages (this includes
a dead rat, a deadly snake, and more, up to semi-detailed); Mentions of shooting,
guns, & knives; Mentions of injuries; A few mentions of Elise’s late husband
who was shot in the line of duty; A few mentions of car accidents & deaths;
A few mentions of criminals & crimes; A few mentions of break-ins &
thefts; A few mentions of lying & lies; A few mentions of hunting; A couple
mentions of autopsy; A couple mentions of blackmail; A couple mentions of rumors;
A few mentions of vomiting; A couple mentions of divorces; A couple mentions of
tattoos;
*Note: Mentions of brand names,
products, & stores; A few mentions of car brands; A few mentions of mass
shootings & a politician calling for stricter gun laws; A mention of a
driver throwing a hand signal; A mention of Girl Scouts.
Sexual Content- Mentions of (married
man) womanizer who seduces young girls, assaults (rapes) them, & pays them
to get an abortion; Mentions of a man being unable to father children; Mentions
of a paternity test; Mentions of flirting & crushes; A few mentions of married
men cheating or possibly cheating & adultery; A few mentions of romance novels;
A mention of a place that married men and their mistresses go to; A mention of a
young woman who wasn’t the type at all to be in a physical relationship with
someone she didn’t know well; A mention of Elise thinking about her late
husband’s touch; A mention of a peeping Tom;
*Note: A few mentions of Elise being
a model for swimsuits when she meant her husband; A couple mentions of a STD
& a hysterectomy.
-Elise Carmichael
P.O.V.
of Elise
320 pages
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My
personal Rating- 
{ Add ½ star
for older girls who enjoyed political/suspense books. }
I’ve read a prior suspense book
by this author before and enjoyed it, so “Dead Silence” was on my
release radar. The beginning of this book was suspenseful and the ending of
this book was very suspenseful. I really liked Elise and her determination to
do whatever for her son. I loved seeing them together and I really liked that
this wasn’t a romance story at all. Elise is a widow who still very much misses
her husband, but besides that there is no “romance” content at all. I’m
constantly trying to find romance-free books in the Christian Fiction genre and
it’s hard to find. That was an added bonus to this book.
I only have two and a half things
that I wasn’t thrilled with: There was mentions of a senator who assaulted
young women and made them get abortions. The middle of the book seemed a bit
slower that the beginning and end (but it still flowed well). And the half-point
goes to Elise’s faith. Now, I really enjoyed the faith content and the
discussions, but Elise’s realization about trusting God felt a little out of
place to me. The faith content was really good, but I wanted to see more of
Elise having to make the steps towards trusting God, not just have someone
witness to her and her pray. A little detail that doesn’t matter too much in
the scheme of the plot, but something I wanted to note.
Overall, this was a good
political suspense book that had nice faith content and a no-romance-based
plot.
See y’all on Friday with a new
review!
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this
author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
*I received this book for free
from the Publisher (Shiloh Run Press) for this honest review.
