Death Writ Large (The unmissable new Oxford-based linguistic murder mystery from Sunday Times bestselling author, Susie Dent) - Susie Dent

A brand-new linguistic mystery from Countdowns 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 a runic alphabet created by a deceased fantasy 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, Martha and her colleagues begin to unearth a tragedy that extends beyond the ancient walls of the university. As new messages portend more death, its clear that a spirit of vengeance is stalking the citys streets, and may be reaching out towards them too.Guilty by Definition (book 1) was a Sunday Times bestseller August 2024