Death Writ Large: The unmissable new linguistic mystery in the Sunday Times bestselling series from Britain's wordsmith, Susie Dent

di Susie Dent (Autore)

Bonnier Books Ltd, 2026

A brand-new linguistic mystery from Countdown's resident lexicographer, Susie Dent, set in the city of Oxford **AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW** A mysterious letter. A silenced scholar. A city paved with injustice. 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. 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. PRAISE FOR GUILTY BY DEFINITION: 'Astonishingly clever' THE GUARDIAN 'Will delight anyone who appreciates fine crime writing' THE TIMES 'One of the finest mysteries I have ever read' ROB RINDER 'Huge fun and beautifully written' GYLES BRANDRETH 'A tantalising mystery' JANICE HALLETT 'Genuinely page-turning' LALINE PAULL Guilty by Definition (book 1) was a Sunday Times bestseller August 2024

• Autore: Susie Dent
• Editore: Bonnier Books Ltd
• Collana: Clarendon Lexicographers
• Anno: 2026
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 416 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 153 mm
• EAN: 9781804187258

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