Hush audiobook

OK. Let me start by telling you that I absolutely COULD NOT put this book down. If you are a fan of the Law & Order shows.. this one is for you. This could easily have been an episode and it was a great thriller. Throughout the book I'm trying to read for clues and was trying to piece it together. Every time I thought that I had it figured out, something else got thrown in and it blew my theory on the crime. I felt like the characters were easy to relate to- like if this were a real life thing, this was how each character would react. You know how some characters you think, "Oh- you would never say/do that in real life!"? Well I didn't feel that way at all with this book. The stress and the fear that Lake experiences comes through and you feel it with her. And then when everything comes to a head at the end.... it all makes sense. I really thought the author did a fabulous job with not only carrying a thriller but wrapping it up perfectly at the end. This book is so fantastic and I really think you should read it. In fact, a few of my friends got their own copies as of late because I knew it was something they would love. It's definitely worth the purchase or even a trip to the library!

I found this novel at a flea market. Happily, it turned out to be an enjoyable read. I'd read another Kate White book ... if I found it at a flea market.

Can't remember who recommended this book to me, but when I do, I'm going to beat the crap out of them. I read this in ONE day and did not guess the killer before the revelation. My favorite part of the whole thing (don't go further here if you plan to read it) is that the lie worked and what really happened never came out and I was GLAD!!

I caught up with the multi-talented Kate White, editor-in-chief of Cosmo and author of the enormously popular Bailey Weggins mystery series. She stopped by to talk about HUSH and how she juggles her complicated life, why she’s writing a book on time management, and where she finds her inspiration. Q: HUSH is your first stand-alone thriller. I wondered, why a stand-alone thriller, and why now? A: Well, as we know at Cosmo, sometimes even the best relationships need a break. I love writing the Bailey books, but I felt it would be nice to take a little break from them and re-energize, plus I wanted to try something new—something darker, scarier, with a different kind of protagonist.Q: Did your work as editor of COSMO help you create the fabulous Bailey Weggins?A: Thanks so much for the compliment. Cosmo has helped me tremendously with the Bailey Weggins books. I pick up all sorts of crazy dialogue here and witness great situations that I can incorporate in my books. I originally wanted to write about a private eye but I knew with my day job I’d never be able to take the time to do the research. So I decided to place my character at a magazine. It has made it so much easier. Q: I understand that there are two more Bailey Weggins books in the pipeline? I'm eagerly awaiting book six in the series. A: The sixth Bailey Weggins book is with my publisher but will probably not come out until after my next thriller, which is almost done. I am just mulling over ideas for another Bailey now.Q: Lake Warren, the heroine of HUSH, is 11 years older than Bailey Weggins. Are they similar? A: They are pretty different in most respects. Bailey is irreverent, flip, spunky. Lake is cerebral, somewhat introverted. But in the end she’s pretty spunky in her own way because she must figure out who the killer is and confront that person—to save her own life.Q:Your books have wonderful, intricate plots. I assume you're a "plotter" and not a "pantser." A: You made me laugh out loud with that question. Yes, I plot. I keep a notebook for each book and I always know who will die and why. I just find that helps me lay down both clues and red herrings throughout the book, which readers seem to like. That said, things often occur to me as I’m writing, which I know is true for most writers. It’s such a fun, magical experience. I was writing a chapter of my new thriller lately and realized, “Oh no, he’s gonna die!”Q: As a psychologist, I've often recommended your non-fiction titles to my clients. Why Good Girls Don't Get Ahead but Gutsy Girls Do, Nine Secrets of Women Who Get Everything and more recently, You on Top. Any more non-fiction titles in the works? A: I feel I’ve learned a lot in my jobs, often the hard way, and I love giving career guidance to younger women. I am working on another career book now; it focuses on getting control of your time.Q: I read somewhere that "Go big, or go home" is your mantra. Care to comment? A: I heard someone young on my staff say that a few years ago and I loved it and made it my new mantra. It means that as long as you’re going to invest the time, invest as much energy and excitement as possible.

Talk about a roller coaster - that is what I would sum this book up as. It's a thrill ride from beginning to end. Hush is the first book I have read from author Kate White, though I have been wanting to read her Bailey Weggins series. I was intrigued on how the Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan magazine would pull off a thriller and I have to say she does a great job with it.I liked Lake from the beginning (though I kept wanting to read her name as Luke - Lake is just different). She is a woman who is going through a divorce and has just learned her husband will be suing for joint custody. She finds this out just when she feels like she is starting to get her life back on track. She's enjoying her new consulting job, she's been flirting with a handsome man and things seem to be going well. Then she finds out about the custody and her lawyer tells her to lay low especially with men for awhile. Then the flirting escalates with Dr. Keaton at work and culminates in a one-night-stand that ends with Dr. Keaton's murder.Lake doesn't know what to do, so she does not confess to the police that she was in Dr. Keaton's apartment. Then funny things start to happen and it appears the clinic is not operating on the complete up-and-up. But Lake can't quite figure out what is going on. What happens after that begins the thrill ride and you will find yourself looking over your shoulder while reading it. Kate's paranoia comes through so well and you find yourself guessing at who might be behind it all right along with her. Just when you think you get it figured out, Ms. White throws in a new curveball and the anxiety starts all over again. Kate is the main character in this but I enjoyed the secondary characters, no one was gone into as deeply as Kate, but I felt I got to know a variety of people. I only had problems in a few spots trying to figure out which doctor was which, otherwise I felt each character stood out on it's own. There were also a few plot points that ended up glossed over - I kind of felt like they were put in as filler, but they still wound there way into the story enough that it didn't take away from the story.This was hard to put down and it took my mind completely away from t-ball practice yesterday (so I missed the fact my son had to go to the bathroom, thankfully my older son noticed). I started this on Monday and finished it Tuesday which is record reading for me at the moment.If you are looking for a great thriller and a quick read this is the book for you.My Rating: 4.25/5.0

I don't read many mystery/thriller books, (mostly because I don't like the whole women-in-jeopardy-thing) but once I picked up Kate White's Hush, I found I couldn't put it down.Lake Warren (why do they always have names like that?) is going through a bitter divorce, and now her soon-to-be ex is suing for full custody of their two children. She runs her own small marketing firm, and she is in the middle of working on a big presentation for a hot-shot fertility clinic.She makes the mistake of sleeping with one of the playboy doctors at the clinic who ends up murdered after their tryst. If she tells the police she was there, she could lose custody of her children. Instead, she decides to find out who the murderer is. Oh yeah, and someone is calling her and leaving frightening messages on her phone. Is it her ex-husband or the real murderer?There is also something odd going on at the clinic. Was the doctor killed by a jealous husband, because of gambling debts, or did he find out something illegal was being done at the clinic?The author does a good job creating characters with believable motivations. Any mom can relate to panicking at the thought of losing her children, and making bad decisions because of that fear.White also paces the action in the novel so well, it's a real page turner. Lake gets herself into more than a few jams, and your pulse will race as she extricates herself. I will say that one of those jams involving water was a little over the top for me, but it was scary.The mystery of who killed the doctor keeps you guessing right up until the end, and I have to confess I was surprised. The setting of Manhattan is used to good effect, you really get a good sense of the city.If you're looking for something to take you out of your day and you have a few hours on your hands, pick up Hush. Just remind yourself to breathe while you're reading it.

Lake Warren is a marketing consultant. Her current client is an infertility clinic. Lake is currently going through a nasty divorce. Her ex-husband wants full custody of the children in order to try and get Lake to claim less in the settlement. Lake goes home with one of the doctors at the infertility clinic and wakes to find him murdered in bed. Instead of calling the police, Lake leaves the house and pretends she was never there. This was Lake’s biggest mistake. The killer has targeted Lake. If Lake goes to the authorities now, they will know she was in the house that night. Can Lake stop a killer before she ends up at the bottom of the lake?This is the first book I have read by Kate white which is amazing to me as I really enjoy this genre of books. I really liked this book but there was one fault I had with it. The main character, Lake Warren kind of got on my nerves with her less than fighting attitude. Yes, towards the end, Lake became more assertive but by than it was a little too late for me. While there weren’t many twists, they were appropriately placed in the plot. This book moved at a fast pace, which I really enjoyed. The identity of the killer was a bit of a surprise. This is because of the things that happened to Kate, which I couldn’t imaging that type of person could do those things. I do have to say that I won’t stay “Hush” about this book.

This was a good suspense novel. I could hardly put it down. Lake is a woman in her forties who is going through a nasty divorce. She works as a marketing consultant and her current client is a fertility clinic. Someone is after Lake, menacing her with strange phone calls and doing something bizarre to her cat. (Don't worry, the cat was shaken up but physically o.k.) The problem is, Lake can't even figure out who it is, which makes deciding how to deal with it even more difficult. Is it the person who murdered the doctor she slept with? Is it her ex-husband, trying to drive her over the edge so he can get full custody? Did the fertility clinic figure out she's been snooping around because she suspects them of unethical or even criminal conduct? As if that's not bad enough, she can't call the cops for assistance, because she was with the doctor the night he was murdered, and she's afraid of being considered a suspect. A real page-turner!

Oh no! I gave my favorite mystery writer, Kate White, only 4/5 stars! Well, the reasons are minor, but I'll explain. I have read every mystery Kate White has written and loved them all. I recently finished the last book in Ms. White's Bailey Weggins murder series, so it was a bit disappointing to read this novel, which is not part of that series, and find that the main character has the same "voice" as Bailey. I would really have liked something to set her apart from Bailey, other than the fact that she has kids. Second, the clinic cared about matching hair and eye color (not a spoiler!) but blood types would have been the more intelligent medical choice, and it was overlooked, making the physicians (IMHO) appear stupid. BUT...again, these are MINOR flaws within the story/plot and I anxiously await the next novel by the talented Kate White.

WowThis book is slow in the beginning but gets really intense after a few chapters. The ending will make you keep reading until the end.

Unlike most mysteries, not entirely predictable.I quite enjoyed it.

Couldn't put it down!!!

I really enjoyed this book. I thought the writing was great and I couldn't stop turning the pages. Interesting premise as well.

Lake Warren’s lawyer calls her one hot summer day with an update on her divorce that chills her to the core: her ex is going after full custody of their children. Lake can’t fathom why this is, but is warned to proceed with the utmost caution. She should focus on her work as a marketing consultant for a fertility clinic, put off dating, and become even more involved in her children’s lives once they return home from summer camp. Lake doesn’t follow this advice to a tee, however. When she’s invited to a celebratory dinner after a new partner is added to the clinic, she goes home with the handsome and flirtatious Dr. Keaton. Later that night, she wakes up and takes in the view of the city from the terrace, where she nods off. But when she goes back inside, Keaton’s throat is slashed. Lake flees, fearful both for her safety and the possibility of being arrested for murder and losing her children forever. While she tries to stay off the radar for the police, someone else has targeted Lake, believing she knows something—and Lake is beginning to suspect Keaton may have stumbled upon that something at the clinic. I’ve been revisiting some of Kate White’s older novels during my pregnancy, enjoying the fast-paced and cozy feeling of the novels. White does a great job creating tension that’s fun instead of stressful, keeping the reader on the edge of their seat without veering into anything too dark or graphic. Re-reading these has made for a fun experience. I’ve been especially pleased that the settings are as vivid and alive as I remember them being. White does a great job with creating her setting and having it match the tone and mood of her story. The scenes feel all the better because of how easily I can both picture what she’s put on the page and fill in additional details with the mood she’s set. I will say that “Hush” has a few bumps in the road, including a very large cast. I had a hard time keeping track of who was who at the clinic. One of White’s strengths is creating secondary characters, and I felt she didn’t get to show off these skills as much in this novel because there were just too many people coming in and out of scenes. There also seemed to be a loose thread at the end of the novel for me. (view spoiler)[ While the affair between Jack and Molly came to life and made sense, I am still not sure why Jack kept wanting access to the apartment. Was he looking for something, like Lake suspected? If so, what? Or was he generally snooping with no specific agenda? I felt a bit confused at the end of the novel about what purpose this served other than making him into a red herring. (hide spoiler)]I’m looking forward to jumping into the next re-read!CW: (view spoiler)[ Divorce including contested custody arrangements, infertility (including intensive treatment and multiple instances of pregnancy loss), medical abuse/violation of patient rights, animal cruelty (cat sedated and shaved; not injured or killed), knife violence, main characters drink drugged, infidelity/affair with friend, fatal car accident (including pregnancy loss) (hide spoiler)]

Lake, isn’t that an interesting name for a character? Lake is the owner of a business that helps companies with their marketing strategies. She finds herself with a new client, the Advanced Fertility Center. The more Lake spends time at the clinic doing research to see how she can best help them, the more she uncovers. The more she uncovers about the clinic, the more odd things start happening to her. She thinks she’s beginning to go a bit crazy and wonders if the odd happenings have to do with her almost ex-husband, Jack. Enter Dr. Keaton, the handsome doctor who is signing on with the fertility clinic. A little harmless flirting can’t hurt, right? Her lawyer warns her not to do anything untoward that could hurt her chances in her custody battle with Jack. Lake does everything she can to heed his advice. But what about all these strange happenings? What are they related to – her pending divorce or what she is discovering about the clinic? Who can she trust? I applaud Ms. White in writing about a subject that could be quite emotionally triggering for some readers. I applaud Ms. White also in doing her research on this particular subject matter. As a medical transcriptionist, I found myself quite intrigued with this story line. The way the story lines blend together and the situations Lake finds herself in make for a page-turning tale. This particular book published in 2010, but if you are a Kate White fan and haven’t read this one yet, give it a go. Let me know what you think.