What Lies Behind the Wall?

Walls can enclose, separate, protect us from evil, or deprive us of what we need most. For all of her conscious life, Sarah Chomsky has relied on the safety she feels within the walls of her home, her school, and her synagogue. But that is about to change. Despite the comfort Sarah and her husband find in their new home, they are increasingly aware of the dangerous walls that surround them.

• A pocket door in an otherwise ordinary reception room slides open to reveal a secret office full of record books unseen for 137 years.
• Behind the portrait of his grandmother, the town's sleaziest used car salesman keeps a wall safe containing evidence of corruption on the part of the town's leading citizens. If he falls, he carries others with him.
• Only prison walls just across a state line separate a convicted mafia boss from taking revenge on his ne'er-do-well son. But they cannot stop the son from punishing himself.
• And somewhere nearby, an obscure Christian symbol scratched on a wall will reveal the location of a hidden door leading to either great wealth or unimaginable evil.

Like a cat who explores a new room by circling the walls, Sarah tiptoes through the evidence, knowing that a wrong move may bring all her protective walls tumbling around her.