Silence for the Murderer is a 1949 detective novel by the writer Freeman Wills Crofts.

[1] 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.

[2] The book attempt to create more complex characterisation than was usual in the series.

[3] After leaving the army the raffish Frank Roscoe manages to secure employment in the household of a wealthy invalid.

However, her suspicions are raised when his employer dies and she suspects Frank of planning to marry his daughter for the inerhitance.