Excerpt:
What curdled my blood, and made my breath come choking from my body was the sight of another black figure, larger and moving quickly toward the running figures from the roadway which paralleled the park.
Even as I watched, the figure reached and grabbed Mark who struggled violently, arms and legs flailing ineffectually. Meanwhile, Patsy, now aware that this was no game, began to bark and jump at the two unmatched bodies. It was like seeing a shadow show, with the actors playing out a scene silhouetted against a lamp.

Synopsis
Two items in Jenny Aldred's morning local paper open a whole new world for her; a world in which murder, and a young boy's terror entirely encompass her. Joggers discover five-year-old Mark wandering along the trail beside the Niagara River. He's wearing pyjamas, and clutching a teddy bear. He cannot, or will not, speak. A young woman's body is found at the base of the tower near the river. There is a connection, and it takes all of Jenny's determination, and Staff Sergeant William Janes's sleuthing skills to uncover the answers to several mysteries in this second murder novel by Verna Reid. MURDER HAS NO TONGUE has the sights and sounds of Niagara for its setting. It is a fast-paced story of devotion, love of a different kind, and finally, stark terror.