Imagine making one uncharacteristic decision that pumps an unremarkable life up to a terror-filled nightmare replete with deceit, death threats, and distrust. Author Kate White does just that in her latest novel, Hush, which is as sexy and stylish as its first victim and as adventurous as its central character. White, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, introduces us to Lake Warren, a newly separated, successfully self-employed, 44-year-old mother of two whose world is turned awry when she accepts the invitation of an attractive doctor, a fertility specialist.
Unfolding in the fascinating milieu of in-vitro fertilization, embryo transfers, and big money, Hush is a thriller that keeps you guessing until the very end. Lake is a marketing consultant hired by a fertility clinic that has proven especially successful with the over-forty crowd which is known for high-risk pregnancies and increased complications. In the middle of a complicated divorce and just starting to feel good about herself after being deserted by her husband, Lake accepts an intimate invitation from the flirty Dr. Keaton. What follows is a tale of murder, fraud, disloyalty, and revenge. There is an entire cast of suspects that keep the reader guessing, never quite certain who the real culprit is. Lake’s resulting isolation is amplified; if she doesn’t know who the bad guys are, how can she know who’s a good guy? And who shaved the cat?
As if murder weren’t hassle enough, Lake stumbles upon shady dealings at the fertility clinic and introduces us to most of its staff and a few of its patients. Was the murder a cover-up for fraud? Did the murderer then attempt to kill Lake? Who has a motive? Who doesn’t? Just as the answers seem to emerge, something redirects suspicion to another character. By the end of the book, the reader suspects everyone, except perhaps Lake’s two children who have spent the entire time at camp.
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1 - Natalie
Sounds like my kind of book! Putting it on my wish list. Great review, thank you.