I read Walls of Silence in a week because I had a lot of time. The first half of the book was a personal drama with little action (though a bit of tension). The second half was all action and little drama. Rather than being a story with twists and turns, you know from the beginning that things are dark and the book slowly reveals the underlying secret. It was ok.

Fin Border is screwed. He is pegged as a mediocre attorney in a mediocre law firm, and that's without his father's grim legacy hanging over him. And then he is unwittingly invited to witness his friend JJ's suicide, taking 15 innocent others with him. It gets worse when he realizes that JJ has set him up to look like a murderer. At the same time Fin starts to suspect something is amiss in the belly of his firm, with references back to his own father's infamy. The only ray of light for Fin is the kindling of his romance with Carol, but even that may be doomed by it's affiliation with JJ and the firm.

The conspiracy in this book is too complex to follow completely but the ever-darkening tone of the book draws you in. The unexpected epilogue is sadly humorous in the final compromise between good and evil.