Death Writ Large
The unmissable new Sunday Times bestselling Oxford-based linguistic murder mystery from leading lexicographer and star of Countdown, Susie Dent
$27.99
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
18 August 2026
Summary
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, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804187258 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1804187259 |
| Author: | Susie Dent |
| Publisher: | Bonnier Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Zaffre |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 18 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 153mm x 234mm |
| Series: | Clarendon Lexicographers |
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Susie Dent
Susie Dent is a writer and broadcaster specializing in language. She recently celebrated thirty years as a co-presenter and the resident word expert on Channel 4’s Countdown, and also appears on the show’s comedy spin-off 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Susie frequently comments on television and radio about words in the news, and is the author of several non-fiction books on words and language. Guilty by Definition is her first novel.
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