Product Description

It should have been an average bust. Minimal trouble. Minimal backup.

When police detective Foster Everett witnesses the unspeakable, average becomes deadly. A cover up ensues and Foster begins numbing herself with alcohol at a neighborhood bar. There she meets Riley Meideros, the one person strong enough to hear Foster's painful secret and not turn away. But like most secrets, Foster's refuse to stay hidden. And like even the most carefully built walls--walls that Riley effortlessly seems to breech--the barricades surrounding Foster soon begin to crumble. Fearing that she's put Riley in danger and fighting against the powerful attraction growing between them, Foster vows to uncover the truth. But someone is determined to keep the truth buried, even if it means silencing Foster and Riley permanently.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #391195 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 316 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781933110905
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
"The first person narration is fresh and often sarcastically funny…The novel is perfectly plotted (with) consistently accurate tone." -- Midwest Book Review, May 2003

From the Publisher
This debut action novel sounds like it is written by a pro. Goldsby's first novel shines.

About the Author
Gabrielle Goldsby currently resides in Portland, Oregon, with her partner and a rather corpulent cat named Sheba, AKA FB. At the age of six, an unsuccessful attempt at petty thievery led to a chance encounter with the security guard of a local grocery store and, subsequently, years later, to a Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice Administration. An abhorrence of confined spaces, Wrangler jeans, and bland dinner menus forced her to use her overactive imagination in ways that might still be deemed illegal in some states.

Customer Reviews

Exciting, Engrossing, Not to be Missed!
This debut novel, part action, part police procedural, and part romance, is a real corker. Goldsby takes an oft-used character type-a burned out police detective-and builds a clever and engrossing plot around her. Lesbian LAPD cop Foster Everett hasn't even hit age 30 yet, and she's already seen one too many murders and far too many instances of abuse, neglect, and generally despicable behavior by the lawless element in her city. On the trail of snuff film porn purveyors, she and her partner, Smitty, go on what seems to be a routine bust at a video store. They find a small child chained up and capture the kidnapper. Foster loses her cool completely and beats him up. She goes outside to cool off and wait for backup, only to be told that the pedophile has suddenly died in their custody. Foster can't believe it; Smitty sends her away, saying he'll cover it up.

Foster has a conscience, and she can't quite bear the burden of guilt. In true messed-up-cop fashion, she starts drinking heavily. Then Smitty dies mysteriously, supposedly a suicide, and leaves her in a world of hurt. Still drinking heavily, she is spiraling downhill when she is befriended by Riley Medeiros, the bouncer at the lesbian bar. Before Foster has unearthed many clues about Smitty's death, much less her own problems, her life is in danger and she's forced to run. Riley becomes her rescuing angel.

What makes this story especially good is the effective integration of the growing affection between Riley and Foster as the stakes from running away get higher and higher. The relationship between the two women seems natural and doesn't interrupt the flow of the enigmatic mystery. But even with Riley's help and support, Foster's attempts to investigate from a distance and via friends in the department are met with deadly consequences. It becomes clear that if she is found, she's dead-and Riley and any friends, too. Can Foster uncover the truth in order to find out who is masterminding the murders and cover-ups before they get her?

The first person narration of the story is fresh and often sarcastically funny. "She even slept like an innocent...like she hadn't a care in the world. I slept like a criminal, balled up into a fetal position with one hand under my pillow where my weapon was usually hidden" (p. 130). The novel is perfectly plotted and has a very real voice and consistently accurate tone, which is not always the case with lesbian mysteries.

Foster's gradual awakening to her own pain and to the resolution of the mess she is in makes for an exciting and satisfying read complete with several unexpected twists. In addition, Goldsby has done a fine job navigating the cross-genre nature of this book. For readers of lesbian action, adventure, and romance, Wall of Silence is not to be missed. I give it my highest recommendation.

--Lori L. Lake, Midwest Book Review

5 star read with one Caveat.
I have never in my life read such huge discrepancies in reviews, therefore I felt it necessary to add my two cents. This book, in a word, is wonderful. The author deftly took me, the reader, by the nose and made me feel everything from anger to fear to arousal. The very first sentence had me thinking I had better pay attention. That to me is the definition of a good read. The main characters just felt real. I kept thinking they were patterned after different people I had met in my life. If I have one complaint about this book its the price tag. I was lucky enough to get my book while it was on sale. However upon returning to Amazon to purchase another for a Christmas present I noticed the price was back up. I understand that books of this nature might be difficult to market however I think a effort should be made make wymens books more affordable. If you can go into a store and purchase a mystery for 7 bucks why not these?Regardless I will purchase this book and any others this author may write in the future.

A winner,
An engrossing combination of action, romance, and hard-boiled police procedural, Goldsby's Wall of Silence delivers on all fronts. Well-written characters, a well-developed and satisfying plot, and dialogue that sparkles with wit and authenticity make this book a pleasure to read. Too often lesbian mysteries leave me wishing that more time had been spent exploring the relationships between the main characters, but the balance is just right in this one as we see a damaged cop, Foster Everett, learn to trust the enigmatic Riley Medeiros, a woman with her own secrets. But silence runs both ways, and while attempting to unravel a dangerous conspiracy that threatens both their lives, Riley and Everett struggle to reach past old barriers and to embrace a life together.