SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE 2022''Beautifully written and a real page turner -a wonderful insight into the early quest to understand and give a voice to people who cannot hear. '' Elisabeth Gifford ''A fascinating exploration of deafness and human value amid the sights, sounds of smells of 1817 urban Scotland.'' Sally Magnusson ''told with great empathy and heart'' Guinevere Glasfurd''A striking and stylish literary page-turner that breathes life into the past'' Zoë Strachan''skilfully combines crime fiction with a woman''s struggle to speak the truth'' The TimesIn the burgeoning industrial city of Glasgow in 1817 Jean Campbell - a young, Deaf woman - is witnessed throwing a child into the River Clyde from the Old Bridge.No evidence is yielded from the riverUnable to communicate with their silent prisoner, the authorities move Jean to the decaying Edinburgh Tolbooth in order to prise the story from her. The High Court calls in Robert Kinniburgh, a talented teacher f