Synopsis – Hush Little Baby
When she hears the baby crying, she knows she has to do something to keep it safe. To protect it from its terrible parents. Even though the father of the child is Melissa’s own son…
When Melissa Crawford snatches a crying baby from outside a house, she knows she’s done the right thing. She can’t bear to see the baby suffer one more day in that house, with those people. With her, baby Gabriel will be safe and loved. She is his grandmother after all…
But as Melissa is making her escape, she is involved in a terrible accident which forces her into hiding. She can’t believe she’s been so careless – now she has to lay low and let the dust settle.
Gabriel’s parents won’t care where he is, they’ll be glad he’s gone but if she goes to prison who will care for the little baby? Who will keep him safe?
But caring for Gabriel is harder than Melissa imagined. Why does he keep crying? Why won’t he settle? Why does he remind her of another child she once loved…and lost?
Author Bio
J. A. Baker is a successful psychological thriller writer of numerous books. Born and brought up in Middlesbrough, she still lives in the North East, which inspires the settings for her books.
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My Review
Hush Little Baby has an interesting premise. It is told in dual timelines and points of view.
We flash between present day Melissa who has abducted her grandson and 1970s Nancy who is living in an abusive situation.
There are some dark themes of familial violence touched on throughout this book.
The story ultimately kept me reading because I wanted to see where it was going but I found myself skimming some parts as they felt repetitive. I preferred the 1970s storyline to the present day which was almost boring at times.
Overall if you like psychological thrillers Hush little Baby is a good one. It just didn’t blow me away.
