Rating: ✪✪✪✪ ½ out of 5 Stars
Release Date: 2002 (but still
brilliant)
Author’s Website: Anne
Frasier's website
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MY THOUGHTS

Anne Frasier released the thriller Hush in 2002 and it went on to become a
bestseller alongside many other bestsellers among her 24 books published so
far. Frasier writes a serial killer with the best of them, just as creepy and
absorbing as Thomas Harris’s Silence of
the Lambs and as tense and satisfying in its conclusion as Michael
Robotham’s 2012 Say You’re Sorry
(named by Stephen King as one of his top three reads of that year).
"The Madonna Murders," as the press have named the
killings is back again after a break of almost two decades. He brutally and
mercilessly kills mothers and their babies. And now it seems the killer is
back.
Ivy Dunlap, the only survivor of the Madonna killer,
her son murdered by the killer, comes back to assist with this new outbreak of
killings. She’s now a skilled FBI profiler with a degree in criminal psychology.
However, Chief Homicide Detective on the case, Max Irving, is not welcoming. In
fact, he doesn’t understand why they need her or whether these fresh murders
could really be the Madonna Killer after all these years. Meanwhile, Max is
also dealing with his teenage son, Ethan, who has changed in recent months and
become distant from his father.
There’s depth to this story and the last hundred
pages you can barely turn quick enough. The twists and turns and view into the
mind of the killer are intriguing and the characters wonderfully imagined.
This is a story about a particularly horrifying
killer; killing babies is a terrible spectacle, even in words. However, Frasier
handles this well and with respect. If you love your thrillers dark and
absorbing, HUSH has got to be your next read.
BOOK BLURB
What's your greatest fear?
It's criminal profiler Ivy
Dunlap's job to unravel the psyches of the most dangerous men alive. None
haunts her dreams more than the killer who took her son's life sixteen years
ago, then silently disappeared into the dark. Now an urgent request for help
from the Chicago police has reawakened Ivy's greatest nightmare. The Madonna
Murderer has returned to fulfill his calling. This time Ivy understands the
killer and will face her greatest fear to stop him from killing again.
I received a copy of this
book from Belfrey Press in exchange for an honest review.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Going
back to 1988, Weir’s debut title was the cult phenomenon AMAZON LILY, initially
published by Pocket Books and later reissued by Bantam Books. Writing as
Theresa Weir she won a RITA for romantic suspense (COOL SHADE), and a year later
the Daphne du Maurier for paranormal romance (BAD KARMA). In her more recent
Anne Frasier career, her thriller and suspense titles hit the USA Today list
(HUSH, SLEEP TIGHT, PLAY DEAD) and were featured in Mystery Guild, Literary
Guild, and Book of the Month Club. HUSH was both a RITA and Daphne du Maurier
finalist.
My
Amazon author page: http://www.amazon.com/Susan-May/e/B00EYBGUC8/
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