Salt and Silence

By Camille Johnson

Salt and Silence is a Lowcountry psychological suspense novel about identity, belonging, and the quiet violence of obsession. Naomi Grant, caught between Gullah Geechee heritage and Northern roots, lives a carefully balanced life as a gallery manager on a South Carolina barrier island. When a strange couple begins inserting themselves into her routines, her sense of safety erodes, revealing how easily charm can mask fixation. The novel uses coastal Southern imagery-marsh decay, sweetgrass smoke, shifting tides-to mirror Naomi's internal liminality and the creeping dread surrounding her. As disappearances and unexplained events unsettle the island community, Naomi must confront the cost of being likable, the weight of silence, and the blurred line between protection and danger.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GG7MCRSR
• ISBN13: 9798278859741
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"