Death Writ Large

The unmissable new Sunday Times bestselling Oxford-based linguistic murder mystery from leading lexicographer and star of Countdown, Susie Dent

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The brand-new Sunday Times bestselling linguistic mystery from Countdown's resident lexicographer, Susie Dent, set in the city of Oxford<br>'A MUST-READ' Woman's Own<br><br>'A CLEVER, TWISTY MYSTERY' Good Housekeeping<br><br>'BRILLIANT, GRIPPING, UNPUTDOWNABLE' Kate Williams<br>'A COMPELLING MURDER MYSTERY PUNCTUATED BY DELICIOUS ETYMOLOGICAL PUZZLES' Tom Read-Wilson<br><br>'EVERY BIT AS GRIPPING AS HER DEBUT' Daily Mail<br>A mysterious letter. A silenced scholar. A city paved with injustice.<br><br>When mysterious symbols appear as graffiti around Oxford, lexicographer Martha Thornhill recognises them from an alphabet created by a deceased writer whose papers she once worked on. But this is no publicity stunt, and tensions intensify when further graffiti is found near the body of a university lecturer. <br><br>Martha is not the only one to have doubts when the suspicious death is assumed by police to be a suicide. Called upon to lend their linguistic expertise to the case, she and her colleagues begin to unearth a tragedy that extends beyond the ancient walls of the university. As new messages portend more death, it's clear that a spirit of vengeance is stalking the city's streets, and may be reaching out towards them too.<br><br>PRAISE FOR GUILTY BY DEFINITION:<br><br>'Astonishingly clever'<br>THE GUARDIAN<br><br>'Will delight anyone who appreciates fine crime writing'<br>THE TIMES<br><br>'One of the finest mysteries I have ever read'<br>ROB RINDER<br><br>'Huge fun and beautifully written'<br>GYLES BRANDRETH<br><br>'A tantalising mystery'<br>JANICE HALLETT<br><br>'Genuinely page-turning'<br>LALINE PAULL<br><br>Guilty by Definition (book 1) was a Sunday Times bestseller August 2024

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781804187258

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

231 x 152 x 36 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Bonnier Books UK