"New York Times" bestselling author and "Cosmopolitan"'s editor-in-chief returns with a sizzling, page-turning thriller in which an ordinary wo... read full description
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Mar 03, 2011
Joemmama
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Lake Warren is in the middle of a terrible custody battle with her ex. On her first outing with a charismatic fertility doctor (while her kids are away at camp), the date ends with is murder, and Lake is a wreck. She was in the apartment with the killer but she saw no one.
Would you remain silent? I think I might.
The fertility clinic, where Lake is working as a consultant, is a hotbed of gossip and speculation.
The police keep questioning her as she scrambles to solve More...
Would you remain silent? I think I might.
The fertility clinic, where Lake is working as a consultant, is a hotbed of gossip and speculation.
The police keep questioning her as she scrambles to solve More...
Jan 27, 2011
Diane
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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 More...
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 More...
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Jul 02, 2010
Mary
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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. More...
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. More...
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Mar 15, 2010
Sabrina
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Lake Warren is going through a messy separation with her husband Jack. After settling for shared custody he is now suing for full custody of their two children. Things, however, are going well with her job at a fertility clinic as a marketing consultant. The fertility clinic specializes in helping the over-forty crowd conceive. When the new doctor on staff Dr. Keaton starts flirting with her Lake responds and finds herself in his bed. But the next morning finds him with his throat slashed and La
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Mar 04, 2010
Dana
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Lake Warren is going through a messy separation with her husband Jack. After settling for shared custody he is now suing for full custody of their two children. Things, however, are going well with her job at a fertility clinic as a marketing consultant. The fertility clinic specializes in helping the over-forty crowd conceive. When the new doctor on staff Dr. Keaton starts flirting with her Lake responds and finds herself in his bed. But the next morning finds him with his throat slashed and La
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May 08, 2011
Michelle
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This book certainly has an interesting premise: woman sleeps with a colleague and wakes up to find him murdered. She can’t go to the police, not even when she feels someone is after her, because she’s in a bitter custody battle. What a way to raise the stakes right off the bat. Any parent would totally get that. There were times later in the book where I thought, “okay she really needs to go to the police now” but still I understood Lake’s reasons for keeping quiet.
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May 09, 2010
Amy
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Lake Warren is running a busy marketing firm and is hired by a Manhattan fertility clinic to devise a new marketing plan for the busy clinic. Her personal life is not going as well as her business though and she finds herself in the middle of a divorce battling for the custody of her children. Her lawyer’s best advice that he can give her is to not get involved in any relationships or engage in any behavior that can upset this custody battle.
Just days later following a company dinne More...
Just days later following a company dinne More...
Mar 01, 2011
Staci
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"Lake opened her mouth to scream but nothing came out. her breath seemed dead-bolted in her chest. She knew she needed to get closer, to check if Keaton was alive. But she couldn't move." [p.37]
....With that kind of writing this book had me turning the pages and not wanting to stop reading until I had finished the story. I really needed to know who killed Keaton and why. At the beginning I liked Lake and could totally commiserate with her in regards to havi More...
Mar 18, 2010
Marty
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I thought this was a really fun mystery/thriller - I read it easily in a weekend, and it had good characters and enough fun twists to keep me entertained. I had no idea what was going to happen/who the killer was and was nervous for the protagonist (Lake), her poor cat, and her kids.
One thing that can really irritate me in books with plots like this is how the protagonist will do something really stupid to get them into bad situations (i.e., the girl running upstairs instead of out More...
One thing that can really irritate me in books with plots like this is how the protagonist will do something really stupid to get them into bad situations (i.e., the girl running upstairs instead of out More...
Apr 21, 2010
Crystal
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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). S More...
I liked Lake from the beginning (though I kept wanting to read her name as Luke - Lake is just different). S More...
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Feb 10, 2010
Cheryl
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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 targ More...
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 targ More...
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Mar 05, 2011
Marie
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In Hush, Lake Warren, a marketing consultant for a fertility clinic, is fighting with her soon-to-be-ex husband over the custody of her two children. After a night of indiscretion with one of the doctor at the clinic, she awakens the next morning, to find him murdered. Since any impropriety on her part could be used against her in the custody case, she decides to tell no one about it and flees the scene. When the police start snooping around, she lies to them. After awhile they start zeroing
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Jul 21, 2010
Kim
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I am a huge fan of Kate White's Bailey Weggins series, so I was excited to try something new from her. I thought the mystery was very good, one of those that really keep you guessing until the very end. The story was somewhat original with the mixture of the suspicious fertility clinic, waking up with the dead guy, and the problematic relationship with the soon-to-be ex husband. The main character was kinda likeable...I had a real problem with her absolute bold behavior and her constant runnin
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Jul 30, 2011
Katedoran
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Wow, was I super-impressed with this book! This is my first time reading a novel by Kate White but I'll be looking into other works of hers after reading this. The opening scene is a real attention-grabber and actually got my heart racing as I read it. I was hooked. I loved the twists and turns the book took and was able to keep the different characters straight. Kate White has a way of inserting little "hints" or descriptions that made me think "wow, did the main character get
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Nov 04, 2011
Sara
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This was the first novel of Kate White's that I have read. I enjoyed reading this book, and finished it rather quickly. It was hard to put down and I found myself thinking about the story when I wasn't reading it. I picked it up thinking it would be more romance than thriller, but there was very little romance in this novel. I thought this book wouldn't fall into the category of what a friend and I refer to as "glossy pink, unrealistic fluff novel." These books tend to have glossy
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Jun 14, 2010
Lyn M
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I definitely enjoyed this one and am giving it 4 stars. The thing is, I am not sure how to classify it. It was part murder mystery, part thriller, and part chick-lit. It wasn't as edge on your seat as some of the thrillers I've read, but the story did capture and hold my interest, and the ending was good.
The protagonist in this book is Lake Warren, a woman who is going through a messy divorce and custody battle, only to find her life threatened. Is it the husband trying to discredi More...
The protagonist in this book is Lake Warren, a woman who is going through a messy divorce and custody battle, only to find her life threatened. Is it the husband trying to discredi More...
Jul 27, 2011
Jaime
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I’m going to get straight to the point. I didn’t like this. Not only is Lake’s name ridiculous, most of her actions are ridiculous. She seems to be allergic to the police, no matter what sort of danger or harassment has befallen her, all with the weak excuse of "if anything bad is connected with me, my ex-husband will steal my kids!". It just didn’t hold together for me. I thought she was infuriatingly stupid. With infertility treatment being a burgeoning issue, this could have been an
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Jan 02, 2012
Marla
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I enjoyed this story. The characters were interesting, the plot moved along well with many interesting twists. It would be hard to categorize. I suppose I'd call it mystery/suspense with a healthy dash of romance.
My only real criticism lies in the poor judgement of Lake Warren, the protagonist, who refuses to contact the police with what she knows about a murder for fear of jeopardizing custody of her two children in a divorce action with her husband. While if find that understandable to a More...
My only real criticism lies in the poor judgement of Lake Warren, the protagonist, who refuses to contact the police with what she knows about a murder for fear of jeopardizing custody of her two children in a divorce action with her husband. While if find that understandable to a More...
Feb 03, 2011
Marie
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If you are in the mood for a light comtemporary mystery, this is the right book. I just happened to come across this book in the Library and it was a refreshing change of pace being in the "lighter" mystery genre. I sometimes get a little disgusted with all the blood and gore in most of the murder mysteries I read, and when I read to many of them in a row, I feel the need to take a break. This was the right break. I fully enjoyed this fast paced read, and it introduced me to this autho
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Jul 26, 2011
Lisa
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I was disappointed in this book by Kate White. I've read some of her other mysteries and found them to be enjoyable. This one, however, left me unsatisfied. There were just too many things going on. It's as if the author was trying to give ten potential explanations for every thing that happened so that we wouldn't guess 'who done it'. In the end, it was basically all smoke and mirrors. I didn't especially care for or about the main character, either. She simply didn't ring true.
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Jun 02, 2011
Smitha
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This was a juicy, fast-paced murder mystery with a medical background - my kind of book. Lake Warren is a divorcee mother undergoing a fierce custody battle for her 2 children, who doesnot want any black mark against her name, even an innocent date. She is tempted for a one night stand by a doctor working in an infertility centre, where she is currently employed as a marketing/publicity personnel and finds herself in the soup. Things start unravelling for her very soon and she finds that the inf
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Jan 13, 2012
Pam
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Lake Warren is going thru a very difficult divorce as her soon-to-be ex wants full custody of the children. Not only that, it seems that she's come across a perplexing mystery at the fertility clinic, where she's working, a mystery that could get her killed. However, she's determined to figure out what's going on.
Granted the two events going on her life would make any book interesting to read, this one leaves you feeling gypped. It does grab your attention at the start making you want More...
Granted the two events going on her life would make any book interesting to read, this one leaves you feeling gypped. It does grab your attention at the start making you want More...
Aug 01, 2010
Laurel-Rain
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When you think the worst has happened, how will you cope with something even more malevolent? These are questions for our heroine Lake Warren. Finding out that her estranged husband Jack is suing for custody of their children seemingly pales when, after a one-night stand with a colleague, Lake finds him murdered in the bed. And from there, things turn even more deadly.
She knows that her presence at the victim's apartment will arouse suspicion, so she doesn't turn to the police...Her More...
She knows that her presence at the victim's apartment will arouse suspicion, so she doesn't turn to the police...Her More...
Apr 26, 2010
Lisa
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HUSH is the latest from best selling author and Editor in Chief of Cosmo magazine, Kate White. Though she has written several successful books in her Bailey Weggins Series, this is her first stand alone novel and the only one I've read. But I can assure you it won't be the last.
I hadn't read a murder mystery in awhile so I was looking forward to cracking this one open. One thing I liked about this book right off the bat was that it jumped right into the story from page one. I didn't More...
I hadn't read a murder mystery in awhile so I was looking forward to cracking this one open. One thing I liked about this book right off the bat was that it jumped right into the story from page one. I didn't More...
Dec 20, 2011
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Apr 28, 2010
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Aug 06, 2011
Mike
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There are a lot of plates spinning in this mystery-thriller. The pace is relentless and I had a know in my stomach every tome i picked up the book. All in the space of one week, the main character's divorce takes a nasty turn, a murder is committed, the firm she's working with seems to be up to no good and she herself is being menaced by a mysterious man. Yikes! The author does a credible job of keeping the story lines straight and tying everything up pretty neatly at the end. Plus the iden
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Aug 17, 2010
Suz
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A mindless page turner which kept my interest. Story of a woman in the process of getting a divorce who has a one-night stand with a cutie in the office. He is murdered the night of their affair and the plot is about the lengths she goes to keep her involvement with him concealed. In addition, she's on a quest to uncover untoward practices in the fertility firm in which she is a consultant. I liked Kate White's practice of having each chapter end with a statement that told me I can't yet put
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Jun 24, 2010
Jess
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I gave this one 2.5 stars.
I read this for a book club, the description sounded really intriguing. But I don't know what happened. Everything just felt flat. The mystery aspect was really not that interesting, and I found myself caring more about the mystery of Jack and his strange behavior. I was sort of apathetic towards the main character Lake, I didn't really have any positive or negatives thoughts about her. She was just there.
I'm really disappointed.
I read this for a book club, the description sounded really intriguing. But I don't know what happened. Everything just felt flat. The mystery aspect was really not that interesting, and I found myself caring more about the mystery of Jack and his strange behavior. I was sort of apathetic towards the main character Lake, I didn't really have any positive or negatives thoughts about her. She was just there.
I'm really disappointed.
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Jul 02, 2010
Cecilia
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Good Summer Read. Perfect for a long plane ride or while taking in the sun pool side.
The story itself is very suspenseful, but a little frustrating at times. Sometimes, Lake just seemed so dumb to me. "CALL THE POLICE" was a phrase I kept screaming over and over again.
I have been through a custody battle and maybe knowing what I know made me think differently, but I am still pretty sure if I found myself in a similar situation before my custody battle started, I More...
The story itself is very suspenseful, but a little frustrating at times. Sometimes, Lake just seemed so dumb to me. "CALL THE POLICE" was a phrase I kept screaming over and over again.
I have been through a custody battle and maybe knowing what I know made me think differently, but I am still pretty sure if I found myself in a similar situation before my custody battle started, I More...
