The Silence of Murder

The Silence of Murder (ISBN 978-0-375-86896-2) is a mystery novel for teen readers written by American author Dandi Daley Mackall  and published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group (now owned by Penguin Random House ) on 11 October 2011. The book won the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult in 2012.

The story centers on the murder of John Johnson, a beloved small-town high school teacher and baseball coach. The only suspect is Jeremy Long, a student at the school who has been voluntarily mute for almost a decade. Jeremy's younger sister Hope believes her brother is not responsible for the crime, and sets out to prove his innocence and find the true killer.