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Agatha Christie meets Countdown in the debut mystery novel from the genius of Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent
Word games can be murder
When an anonymous letter is delivered to the offices of the Clarendon English Dictionary, it is immediately clear that this is not the usual lexicographical enquiry. Instead, the letter hints at secrets and lies linked to a particular year. For new senior editor Martha Thornhill, the date means only one thing: the summer her brilliant older sister, Charlie, went missing.
After a decade abroad, Martha has returned home to the city whose ancient institutions have long defined her family. Have the ghosts she left behind been waiting for her return?
When more letters arrive, and Martha and her team pull apart the complex clues within them, the mystery becomes even more insistent and troubling. It seems that Charlie had been keeping a powerful secret. Now someone is trying to lead the lexicographers toward the truth. But other forces are no less desperate to keep it well and truly buried.
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About Susie Dent
Susie Dent is the author of several nonfiction books about words and language. Guilty by Definition is her first novel. She is a broadcaster who specializes in language. She has worked for thirty years as a co-presenter and the resident word expert on BBC Channel 4's Countdown. She comments regularly on television and radio on words in the news.
About the Narrators
Louise Brealey, AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator, studied history at Cambridge University before studying acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in Manhattan. On television, she appeared in the long-running medical drama Casualty on BBC One in 2002, appearing in ninety-six episodes. Afterwards, she appeared in the BBC serialization of Charles Dickens’ Bleak House, as well as Hotel Babylon, Law & Order: UK, Ripper Street, and in all series of Sherlock as Molly Hooper.
When he enrolled as a fresher at Durham University in 2017, Jack Edwards decided to take his camera along with him and document the whole experience on YouTube. He hoped to shed some light on the authentic British university experience, in order to make uni a little bit less intimidating for those currently applying. Now graduating from Durham, Jack continues to share tips for incoming freshers, attempting to increase the accessibility and inclusivity of higher education for all.