A GRIPPING
MYSTERY.
A DEADLY
SILENCE.

When fame turns to fear and the truth is buried beneath the noise, Dr. Elise Harte must solve the case that could cost her everything.

AWARD-WINNING MYSTERY

The BookFest Award Winner

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THE MYSTERY

Acclaimed audiologist Dr. Elise Harte has spent her life listening-to people, to patterns, to the subtle truths others miss. But when a celebrity client is found dead inside a soundproof recording studio, the silence speaks louder than she ever imagined.

As Elise digs deeper, she uncovers a web of lies, hidden identities, and a killer who knows how to stay off the radar. With danger closing in, she must trust her instincts-and her ears-before the next note is her last.

Death by Decibels

Cynthia Merritt is a Doctor of Audiology and author of Death by Decibels, a Dr. Elise Harte Mystery, the first in a series and has been Published. She graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology, received her Master’s degree in Audiology from Sacramento State University, and her Doctorate degree in Audiology from the Arizona School of Health Sciences.

Cynthia Merritt

Author

Death by Decibels

 When helping patients turns deadly…

Fall festivals and pumpkin spice lattes are not enough to stop the gossip swirling around Mt. Harmony, Illinois’, highly respected audiologist, Dr. Elise Harte, since her recent involvement…with murder.

Elise is over the moon about a local lab’s new chip she’s convinced will help her patients more than anything to date. She’s looking forward to the lab’s roll-out party and seeing her friend and lab’s sales rep, Tierneigh Brown.

But the morning of the big “to-do,” Tierneigh calls Elise, desperate to talk… but not on the phone. Confused, Elise agrees to come to the lab early so they can meet, but her warm anticipation turns ice cold at the sight of Tierneigh’s body on the floor of the soundproof test chamber, speaker cords wrapped tightly around her legs.

A tragic accident or the unthinkable? Can the town actually believe Elise had something to do with it? The reporter won’t leave her alone, the Jacks ladies love gossip, and patients start cancelling, so Elise uses her abilities to listen, deduce, and plan, to uncover the killer, even after an attempt on her own life one night…in a darkened cornfield.

Cynthia Merritt

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DEATH BY DECIBELS

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