The Silent Child: An addictive crime thriller with a shocking twist

A silent voice holds the key to a deadly truth.

When a body is discovered at an abandoned Suffolk farm, DS Rob Minshull and the squad believe it’s the latest casualty of the drugs war terrorising rural communities. But when the victim is identified as a well-respected local teacher, the case is thrown wide open.

While they hunt the murderer, the South Suffolk CID team face a new threat. A brutal vigilante group dispensing its own twisted justice puts the investigation in grave danger, as well as the detectives.

Meanwhile, educational psychologist, Dr Cora Lael, is called into work with Lottie Arundel, a troubled teen who stopped speaking a year ago.

As Cora enters Lottie’s world, it seems that the teen’s silence might hold the key to the case. But as Cora and Rob work together to find a vicious killer, it’s clear that uncovering Lottie’s secrets will take Cora and Rob into the most dangerous of places – where the price to pay for the truth might be death…

The second book from MJ White, ´The Silent Child´, is a twisty, utterly unputdownable crime thriller. If you like James Oswald or LJ Ross, you'll love this.

Praise for MJ White:

"Cora is a character you won’t forget." - Steve Cavanagh, author of ´The Devil’s Advocate´

"A corker of a debut with a brilliantly drawn main character." - Simon Toyne, author of ´Solomon Creed´.

"Touchingly compassionate, desperately exciting and achingly well-written…a superlative crime novel" - Rob Parker, author of ´Far From The Tree´.

M.J. White is the bestselling crime fiction pen name of Miranda Dickinson, author of more than a dozen books, including six Sunday Times bestsellers. Specialising in psychological thrillers and atmospheric police procedurals, M.J. White combines Miranda’s deep understanding of character psychology with thrilling, tightly plotted mysteries.

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Release date

Audiobook: 21 April 2026