Sound (Every Secret has a Sound)

"Sound" is the first novel by Elizabeth Waller, daughter of renowned writer, Leslie Waller. The book introduces two New York City Police Department detectives working out of the Division of Information Services, a branch of Forensics. Following clues in the case of a missing girl, the two maneuver their way through New York City neighborhoods, Yonkers, Hoboken and Riverdale, trying to find her. Helping the police is Dr. Ellie Wheeler, a professor of Audiology. Her field of research is "sonic assault", utilizing sound as an enhanced interrogation technique. She is also an audio engineer, who helps the detectives with recordings they find in the course of their investigation. The detectives have been partners for some time. The narrator, whose name is never revealed, is typical of someone who works primarily in research: meticulous, anti-social and often an asshole. His bad temper has handicapped him throughout his life. He is gay. The narrator's partner, Jace, is tall, bespectacled and graying, with a patient, laid back manner. He's cheerful, but not syrupy, and secretly enjoys watching his partner lay someone out. He brings in the Doc/Ellie, an old friend, to work the case with them. He is a calming influence on his partner. Among the secondary characters in "Sound" are the Lieutenant of the Unit where our detectives work, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the City of New York, others in the Church's hierarchy, and New York City, itself, both backdrop and living context for the story. After the events of "Sound" the three main characters will embark on something new. The new story, entitled, "Tina", brings the detectives into the Doc's world, and is already in the works.