Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Ten crime novels with isolated settings

After studying English at university, Nell Pattison became a teacher and specialized in Deaf education. She has been teaching in the Deaf community for 14 years in both England and Scotland, working with students who use BSL (British Sign Language), and began losing her hearing in her twenties. She lives in North Lincolnshire with her husband and son. Pattison is the author of novels The Silent House, which was a USA Today bestseller, Silent Night, and The Silent Suspect, featuring British Sign Language interpreter Paige Northwood.

Pattison's latest novel is Nowhere to Hide.

[The Page 69 Test: Nowhere to Hide]

At CrimeReads she tagged ten favorite crime novels with isolated settings, including:
The Bodies Left Behind, by Jeffery Deaver

Set in the forests of Wisconsin, this thriller deftly weaves together tension and a palpable threat level to keep the reader turning the pages. Two strangers, one of whom is an off-duty police officer, find themselves escaping from a cabin that has been the scene of a gruesome murder, and must trust each other in order to survive. Most of the plot takes place in just one night, adding a sense of urgency to the action.
Read about the other entries on the list at CrimeReads.

--Marshal Zeringue