An evening with Susie Dent [Linghams Booksellers]

We’re thrilled to be hosting Susie Dent for an evening to celebrate the release of her second linguistic mystery, Death Writ Large.

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, 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.

PRAISE FOR HER FIRST MYSTERY, 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 PAULL

Format:

45 minute book talk

15 minute q&a

Book signing

Book tickets here - An evening with Susie Dent | 22nd September, Heswall Hall - Linghams Booksellers