Silence of the Grave

{{Short description|2001 crime novel by Arnaldur Indriðason}}{{infobox book |

| name = Silence of the Grave

| title_orig = Grafarþögn

| translator = Bernard Scudder (English)
Éric Boury (French)

| image = silenceofthegravecover.jpg

| caption = First edition (Icelandic)

| author = Arnaldur Indriðason

| cover_artist =

| country = Iceland

| language = Icelandic

| series = Detective Erlendur, #4

| genre = Crime, mystery novel

| publisher = Harvill Press

| release_date = 2001 (orig.) & 5 May 2005 (Eng. trans.)

| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)

| pages = 224 pp (Eng. trans.)

| isbn = 1-84343-185-8

| isbn_note = (Eng. trans.)

| oclc= 57574468

| preceded_by = Jar City

| followed_by = Voices

}}

Silence of the Grave (Icelandic: Grafarþögn) is a crime novel by Icelandic writer Arnaldur Indriðason. Set in Reykjavík, the novel forms part of the author's regionally popular Murder Mystery Series, which star {{Interlanguage link multi|Erlendur Sveinsson series|fr|3=Erlendur Sveinsson|lt=Detective Erlendur|vertical-align=sup}}.{{Cite news |last=Stasio |first=Marilyn |date=22 October 2006 |title=Bones of Contention |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/22/books/review/Crime.t.html |access-date=22 November 2024 |work=The New York Times}} Originally published in Icelandic in 2001, the English translation by Bernard Scudder, in 2005, won the British Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger award for best crime novel of the year.

Human bones are found buried in a construction site in Grafarholt. The police starts investigating only to uncover dark secrets from 70 years ago and in a parallel narrative we hear the story of an abused woman from the same time, who is somehow connected to the bones.