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Death writ large / Susie Dent.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Dent Clarendon 2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dent, Susie, author.
- Series:
- Clarendon lexicographers.
- [Clarendon lexicographers]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lexicographers--England--Fiction.
- Lexicographers.
- Genre:
- Detective and mystery stories.
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 403 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Zaffre, 2026.
- Summary:
- When mysterious symbols appear as graffiti around Oxford, lexicographer Martha Thornhill recognises them from a runic alphabet created by a deceased fantasy 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.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781804187241
- 1804187240
- 9781804187258
- 1804187259
- OCLC:
- 1596073297
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