{"product_id":"9781804187241","title":"Clarendon Lexicographers  Death Writ Large - (Pre Order) Signed Independent Edition with sprayed edge - Susie Dent (Hardback) 13-08-2026","description":"\u003cp\u003eA brand-new linguistic mystery from Countdown's resident lexicographer, Susie Dent, set in the city of Oxford  **AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW**  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, 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.  PRAISE FOR 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  Guilty by Definition (book 1) was a Sunday Times bestseller August 2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Ivybridge Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Susie Dent \/ Fiction - Hardcover \/ 13-08-2026","offer_id":56951013081468,"sku":"9781804187241","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0535\/2344\/8005\/files\/9781804187241-02.jpg?v=1781701957","url":"https:\/\/www.ivybridgebookshop.com\/products\/9781804187241","provider":"The Ivybridge Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}