{"product_id":"9781804187241","title":"Death Writ Large : The unmissable new linguistic mystery in the Sunday Times bestselling series from Britain's wordsmith, Susie Dent","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Dent, Susie \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 13\/08\/2026,\u003cbr\u003ePagination: 416 pages,\u003cbr\u003eISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781804187241,\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA brand-new linguistic mystery from Countdown's resident lexicographer, Susie Dent, set in the city of Oxford.A mysterious letter. A silenced scholar. A city paved with injustice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGuilty by Definition (book 1) was a Sunday Times bestseller August 2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57193561850229,"sku":"9781804187241","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781804187241.jpg?v=1778920009","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.info\/products\/9781804187241","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}