Wayne Johnston
“Gerard Collins' novel The Hush Sisters is classic Atlantic Gothic, with a few more sub genres thrown in for good measure. I used to live very near to where the book is set. Cold shivers. But the whole city of St. John's is brought creepily to life. The unhushable Hush Sisters will keep you up at night—just leave the lights on. Wicked and clever.”
Carla Gunn
I very much enjoyed The Hush Sisters. Darkly atmospheric and offering narrative twists to keep the reader off kilter, The Hush Sisters explores how evil lurks, in both psyche and shelter. Collins artfully explores a brutal topic where internal and external landscapes mirror one another, and what is reflected through the stories of each of the Hush sisters has the power to both horrify and heal.”
Russell Wangersky
"Once it gets inside your head, there's nothing quiet about Gerard Collins' The Hush Sisters. It unsettles, it whispers, it lurks. It demands your attention, and you're left with an impossible choice: to keep reading until the darkening drama is solved, or to savour it slowly and risk staying caught among the ghosts. Deft suspense, taut writing, and a plot that grabs you and won't let go; it drags you through one corner of a St. John's neighbourhood and shows how much of a house is really just its façade. Once you start, you're going into the walls. And that's just the beginning."
