Death Writ Large The Unmissable New Linguistic Mystery In The Sunday Times Bestselling Series From Britain's Wordsmith -

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 paullguilty by definition book 1 was a sunday times bestseller august 2024

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