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She threw a quick glance at the church, home to centuries of worship and prayer, punishment and pain. Now death – sudden, violent death – had returned to its doors like an old petitioner. 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, she 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.

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Death Writ Large, Susie Dent

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2026
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Titre
Death Writ Large
Langue
Anglais
Auteurs
Susie Dent
Éditeur
Zaffre
Publié
2026
Format
rigide
ISBN10
1804187259
ISBN13
9781804187258
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She threw a quick glance at the church, home to centuries of worship and prayer, punishment and pain. Now death – sudden, violent death – had returned to its doors like an old petitioner. 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, she 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.