An evening with Susie Dent | 22nd September, Heswall Hall
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We're thrilled to be hosting Susie Dent for an evening to celebrate the release of her second linguistic mystery, Death Writ Large.
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, 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.
PRAISE FOR HER FIRST MYSTERY, 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
Format:
45 minute book talk
15 minute q&a
Book signing
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, 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.
PRAISE FOR HER FIRST MYSTERY, 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
Format:
45 minute book talk
15 minute q&a
Book signing
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Where is it happening?
111 Telegraph Road,Heswall,CH60 0AF,GB, 121 Telegraph Road, Wirral, CH60 0AF, United Kingdom, Birkenhead
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Host or PublisherLinghams Booksellers
