Susie Dent for Death Writ Large

The excellent wordsmith & Lexicographer SUSIE DENT joins us in October for her new novel in the _Clarendon Lexicographer_ mysteries_, Death Writ Large._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, Martha 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.'A tantalising mystery' - JANICE HALLETT'Genuinely page-turning' - LALINE PAULSUSIE DENT'S first novel _Guilty By Definition_ [https://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/books/susie-dent/guilty-by-definition/9781804183977/] was a Sunday Times bestseller, and was shortlisted for Book of the Year - Crime/Thriller at the British Book Awards 2025.