Death Writ Large: A Novel

From bestselling author and etymologist Susie Dent comes a follow-up to the critically acclaimed Guilty by Definition. Famed lexicographer Martha Thornhill is back, and when mysterious symbols start to appear near the dead bodies of university lecturers, her linguistic expertise could be the key to unraveling the mystery.

"If ever a book appeared to be designed specifically for me and my colleagues at the [New York Times] Book Review, it would be Dent's Guilty By Definition, set among the lo...