By Sara FosterNarrated by Cathi Ogden, Tamala Shelton
Length12h 57m
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'Magnificent ... Foster is changing the game.' Nikki Gemmell
Everything can change in a heartbeat ... The pulse-pounding new thriller from the bestselling author of You Don't Know Me
Emma has delivered hundreds of babies. She knows how to stay calm in a crisis. But nothing could have prepared her for this.
Six months ago, in an English hospital, a healthy baby couldn't take a breath at birth. Since then there have been many more tragedies, and now the country is in turmoil. The government has passed new laws granting authorities sweeping powers to monitor all citizens. And young pregnant women are going missing.
When Emma's seventeen-year-old daughter Lainey finds herself in trouble, this dangerous new world becomes very real. As the two of them close in on terrifying truths about the missing girls, catastrophe strikes. In the aftermath, Lainey must lead her own fight for truth and safety, while Emma becomes part of a rescue mission beyond anything she could have imagined.
Gripping, timely and unforgettable, The Hush is a new breed of near-future thriller - an unflinching look at a society close to tipping point, and an urgent reminder that the most radical thing women can do, in a world determined to silence them, is refuse to let each other fall.
'Smart and considered, this is the book I wish I had written. Sara Foster is one of my favourite writers.' Dervla McTiernan
'Magnificent. Writer envy. Foster is changing the game.' Nikki Gemmell
'Brilliantly imagined and superbly told, this story reaches out and grabs you right from the outset. It's impossible to put down, not just because of the gripping plot but because the three women at the centre of the book wind themselves around your heart as they struggle to comprehend the increasingly frightening world they're living in. This is the novel everyone will be talking about this year.' Natasha Lester
'Right from the first page, Foster had me gripped. The Hush will be the thriller of the year' Meredith Jaffe
'Highly original and thought-provoking, The Hush is a compelling page-turner' Anna Downes
'A gripping, timely and relevant exploration of womanhood ... A futuristic cautionary tale that is both frightening and familiar' Amal Awad
'Equal parts terrifying and enthralling, The Hush presents a frighteningly plausible future in this smart and thrilling novel with strong, likeable female leads and captivating twists and turns. I could not put it down and I could not stop talking about it.' Nicola Moriarty
'The kind of book to leave you breathless - and wake you wide up.' Readings, Best Crime Books to Look Out For
'Strong and thought-provoking ...Verdict: Could not look away.' Karina Kilmore, Herald Sun
'Gripping and chilling all at once' Australian Women's Weekly
Sara Foster writes page-turning psychological suspense thrillers with strong female leads. Her latest novel, When She Was Gone (2025), begins when an au pair and two small children vanish from a remote Australian beach, and is a race-against-time thriller, exploring themes around misogyny, wealth, power and control.
Sara is also the author of the acclaimed dystopian thriller The Hush and seven more bestselling psychological suspense stories: The Deceit (novella), You Don't Know Me, The Hidden Hours, All That is Lost Between Us, Shallow Breath, Beneath the Shadows and Come Back to Me. Two of her novels have been optioned for television, and You Don't Know Me was adapted into a chart-topping drama podcast series by Listnr. Sara has a PhD in creative writing (studying maternal representations in fiction) and lives in Perth, Western Australia, with her husband, two daughters, three cats, Luna the cavoodle and Sunny the bearded dragon.
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