Showing Resurrection Bay (Caleb Zelic Book 1) by Emma Viskic

Profoundly deaf since early childhood, Caleb has always lived on the outside - watching and picking up tell-tale signs people hide in a smile, a cough or a kiss. When a childhood friend is murdered, a sense of guilt and a determination to prove his own innocence sends Caleb on a hunt for the killer. But he can't do it alone....

Winner of the Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards for Best Adult Novel, Readers' Choice and Best Debut, as well as Winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction.