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Guilty by Definition

By Susie Dent

Guilty by Definition

By Susie Dent

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! 'KEPT ME READING EAGERLY' Philip Pullman 'HUGE FUN AND, AS YOU'D EXPECT, ALSO BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN' Gyles Brandreth 'QUITE SIMPLY ONE OF THE FINEST MYSTERIES I HAVE EVER READ' Rob Rinder 'A TANTALISING MYSTERY FOR WORD SLEUTHS AND CRIME FANS ALIKE' Janice Hallett, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Appeal Guilty by Definition is a love letter not only to language but to the city of Oxford, wrapped within an intriguing mystery of a missing woman and considering the emotional aftershocks of her disappearance on those left behind. She'd known there would be ghosts in Oxford. Martha wasn't afraid of any headless horsemen, or nuns haunting the local ruins; it was Charlie, always Charlie she was afraid would find her. When an anonymous letter is delivered to the Clarendon English Dictionary, it is rapidly clear that this is not the usual lexicographical enquiry. Instead, the letter hints at secrets and lies linked to a particular year. For Martha Thornhill, the new senior editor, the date can mean only one thing: the summer her brilliant older sister Charlie went missing. After a decade abroad, Martha has returned home to the city whose ancient institutions have long defined her family. Have the ghosts she left behind her been waiting for her return? When more letters arrive, and Martha and her team pull apart the complex clues within them, the mystery becomes ever more insistent and troubling. It seems Charlie had been keeping a powerful secret, and someone is trying to lead the lexicographers towards the truth. But other forces are no less desperate to keep it well and truly buried. Guilty by Definition was a Sunday Times bestseller August 2024
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Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
400
Release Date:
2024-08-15
Publication Date:
2024-08-15
Publisher:
Bonnier Books Ltd
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
1804183954
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
490 g

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