A NovelBy Susie DentNarrated by Louise Brealey, Jack Edwards, Susie Dent
Length12h 31m
About this audiobook
Agatha Christie meets Countdown in the debut mystery novel from the genius of Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent
Word games can be murder
When an anonymous letter is delivered to the offices of the Clarendon English Dictionary, it is immediately clear that this is not the usual lexicographical enquiry. Instead, the letter hints at secrets and lies linked to a particular year. For new senior editor Martha Thornhill, the date means 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 been waiting for her return?
When more letters arrive, and Martha and her team pull apart the complex clues within them, the mystery becomes even more insistent and troubling. It seems that Charlie had been keeping a powerful secret. Now someone is trying to lead the lexicographers toward the truth. But other forces are no less desperate to keep it well and truly buried.
Narrated byLouise Brealey, Jack Edwards, Susie Dent
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMay 13, 2025
LanguageEnglish
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About the author
Susie Dent
SUSIE DENT is a writer and broadcaster who specializes in language. She recently celebrated thirty years as a co-presenter and the resident word expert on Channel 4’s Countdown, and also appears on the show’s comedy sister, 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Susie comments regularly on TV and radio on words in the news and is the author of several non-fiction books about words and language. Guilty by Definition is her first novel.View all by Susie Dent
