November 2021
About:
A multigenerational, female-led thriller, and a terrifying conspiracy that goes right to the heart of the British Government.
Six months ago, in an English hospital, a healthy baby wouldn’t take a breath at birth. Since then there have been more tragedies, and now the country is in turmoil. The government is clamping down on people’s freedoms. The prime minister has passed new laws granting authorities sweeping powers to monitor all citizens. And young pregnant women have started going missing.
As a midwife, Emma is determined to be there for those who need her. But when her seventeen-year-old daughter Lainey finds herself in trouble, this dangerous new world becomes very real, and both women face impossible choices. The one person who might help is Emma’s estranged mother Geraldine, but reaching out to her will put them all in jeopardy …
The Hush is a new breed of near-future thriller, an unflinching look at a society close to tipping point and a story for our times, highlighting the power of female friendship through a dynamic group of women determined to triumph against the odds.
Review:
The hush is like no book I have read before. Whilst I do not buy into conspiracy theories, Sara Foster as weaved what we use everyday into something sinister. Smartwatches have quite literally got smarter.
With covid not yet a distant memory Sara takes us on a journey into an future where our current climate changes the way we live and how a government control every fabric of life itself.
She portrays Lainey and Emma as nervous but feisty women who alongside Emma’s mother Geraldine upset the status quo. Forever looking over their shoulders they find themselves in a network of good versus evil.
Gripping from start to finish, this book is difficult to put down but it does have some unfinished business, so I hope there is a sequel.
