Death Writ Large

Dent has been the resident word expert on Channel 4’s Countdown for 30 years, co-hosts Unspeakable, a podcast with Phil Wang, and is filming a new Channel 4 series with Alan Carr called Secret Genius. She is also the author of several non-fiction books on language. Following the success of Guilty by Definition, this is the second in the charming linguistic mystery series following lexicographer sleuth Martha Thornhill. When mysterious symbols appear as graffiti around Oxford – and near the body of a murdered university lecturer – Martha recognises them from a runic alphabet created by a deceased fantasy writer.