The Quiet Between Applause: Some silences protect. Others expose.

By A.J. Finch

Theo Wells came to Blackwater Cove to stop telling other people's tragedies.

Instead, he finds one waiting.

When drag satirist Madame Meridian vanishes after publicly mocking a powerful councilman, the town calls it unfortunate timing. Sheriff Marcus Boone calls it nothing at all.

Theo calls it leverage.

As political pressure mounts and the town scrambles to protect its reputation, Theo and Marcus are forced into uneasy alignment - one chasing truth, the other guarding it.

But Meridian isn't missing the way they think.

And if the town discovers she's alive, silence will no longer be enough.

The Quiet Between the Applause is a literary suspense novel about visibility, power, and the cost of being seen.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GTF4J486
• ISBN13: 9798253004739
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"