Silent Witness

By M. J. Jonas

The most dangerous weapon isn't a gun... it's a sound frequency that decays your mind.

Elias Bowen relies on cold, mechanical facts. As a structural surveyor, he measures rooms, tests load-bearing beams, and ignores bad dreams. But when he is hired to survey Meridian House-a rotting Victorian monolith built off-axis at eighty-seven degrees-his ruler and tape measure aren't enough.

The owner, an elusive archivist, is dead. The police claim natural heart failure. But the evidence tells a far darker story: A wall clock frozen at 4:17 that resonates in the floorboards at 18.4 hertz.An analog Nagra tape recorder spinning three seconds of impossible, zero-decibel silence.Fresh numbers gouged into locked oak doors.And the faint, bitter scent of burnt orange peel hanging in the freezing air.
Joined by Nora Vance, a relentless insurance auditor with her own hidden motives, Elias follows a forensic breadcrumb trail deeper into the damp stone foundations. But Meridian House wasn't built as a home. It was built as an analog weapon-a secret facility designed to erase human memory through low-frequency sound waves.

The deeper Elias digs, the more he realizes the horrifying truth: He didn't just come to investigate Meridian House. He helped build it.

Perfect for fans of Blake Crouch, Jeffrey Deaver, and atmospheric techno-noir thrillers, Silent Witness is a fast-paced novella packed with claustrophobic tension, acoustic forensics, and mind-bending twists.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HJ235959
• ISBN13: 9798172052897
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"