Silk Lady [Hardcover]

Gwen Davis (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

There are more rumors about celebrities in this commercial novel than in a Hollywood tabloid, but none of them are as outrageous as what the characters disclose about themselves and each other, and the low-down and dirty of Davis's fictitious jet-set is by far the book's most entertaining aspect. When the story of Fred Masters's and Miranda Jay's double suicide is splashed across the nation's front pages, Lou Salerno, a detective with the LAPD, is struck by certain similarities the case bears to one in his own district. He heads for New York, believing he can prove that the newspaper tycoon and his svelte mistress were murdered. As Salerno discovers Miranda's involvement with the founder of an aerospace firm, he also uncovers evidence of a conspiracy among the company stockholders to install untested microchips in the computers of the nation's defense system. Equally shocking is the revelation that Miranda was the star of an elite bondage and domination club. Though unabashedly erotic, the sex scenes are subtly drawn, and Davis's (The Pretenders probing of Miranda's psyche provides an unusual slant on the power plays of the rich. 75,000 first printing; $75,000 ad/promo; author tour.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

The apparent murder-suicide of newspaper tycoon Fred Masters and his girlfriend Miranda Jay supplies titillating gossip for the tabloids and has many high-placed persons running scared. As former mistress to a wealthy man with powerful government connections, Miranda was privy to confidential information, which many feel could be exposed by her death. In a series of flashbacks, Davis ( The Pretenders and other novels) traces Miranda's life from Midwestern yokel to an expert at sexual bondage and domination. The author's attempts to fashion a novel that functions as a mystery, political thriller, and an essay in eroticism fails. Cardboard characters jet from one exotic setting to another, and none is as flat as Miranda Jay. Davis fails to generate sympathy or interest for her. Lydia Burruel Johnson, Mesa P.L., Ariz.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 440 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; 1St Edition edition (May 19, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446513458
• ISBN-13: 978-0446513456
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,701,037 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Gwen Davis is the author of eighteen novels, two books of poems, some movies and a Broadway play. She has traveled (and lived) all over the world. She went to Bryn Mawr, got her Masters from Stanford, had a fight with Ken Kesey, a lawsuit from a phony psychologist who claimed she had defamed him in one of her novels, met and married a really nice man who died, has two adult children, and has had a number of wonderful dogs. But they die. Still, life goes on, or she hopes it does. So now she lives in Bali.

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Silk Reading, May 21, 2008

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M. B. "Martin Boucher" (Montreal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silk Lady (Hardcover)

Protagonist Miranda Jay is one unlucky lady. Used, abused (physically and emotionally), she heads off into the right circles where money is the key and sex is the price (yes, I made that up all by myself). She hooks up with various successful men, one of whom's having close ties with the White House. When a big scandal is just around the corner, many key players end up on the chopping block (the demise kind), including this silk lady whose life story is entirely told in flashbacks. Prolific Gwen Davis is one smart cookie. Her fun and unique tale takes you into all kind of places where colorful characters are as strong as the narrative. She is the best at mixing trash with literature. SILK LADY is much more than fluff; it is a thinking man/woman novel (and let's not forget a very satirical one) that dissects life, death and the S&M in all of us. Yes, the novel reeks of sex, but underneath the scent lies a heck of a unique point of view. Grab yourself a copy--if you're ready to venture out into different fictional areas, that is.-----Martin Boucher

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The garbage from a garbage mind, July 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Silk Lady (Paperback)

It's amazing that the author of this book has the gall to suggest anyone would benefit one iota from reading this tripe. Obvioulsy if you want someone to defecate on your brain pan than you have found the awful writer to do it. This is second rate work from a third rate author. Use this book to kindle a fire, or to wipe yourself when there is nothing else availible. Why anyone would publish trash like this just shows the mediocrity of the culture we live in. Obviously this woman reads Jackie Collins and jacqueline Susan and thinks if they are going to be making money writing this trash, she should as well. This "book" is worst than television. A snuff movie for the intellect. Try something else, anything else please. Do not be fooled by the insane writings of the author.