Silence for the Murderer

Silence for the Murderer
First Edition (UK)
AuthorFreeman Wills Crofts
LanguageEnglish
SeriesInspector French
GenreDetective
PublisherHodder and Stoughton (UK)
Dodd Mead (US)
Publication date
1949
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byDeath of a Train 
Followed byFrench Strikes Oil 

Silence for the Murderer is a 1949 detective novel by the writer Freeman Wills Crofts. It is the twenty-seventh entry in his series of novels featuring Inspector French, a Scotland Yard detective of the Golden Age known for his methodical technique. The book attempt to create more complex characterisation than was usual in the series.