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The debut linguistic mystery novel from Dictionary Corner's residentlexicographer, Susie Dent. **AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW** 'A TANTALISINGMYSTERY FOR WORD SLEUTHS AND CRIME FANS ALIKE' Janice Hallett, Sunday Timesbestselling author of The Appeal 'KEPT ME READING EAGERLY' PHILIP PULLMANShe'd known there would be ghosts in Oxford. Martha wasn't afraid of anyheadless horsemen, or nuns haunting the local ruins; it was Charlie, alwaysCharlie she was afraid would find her. When an anonymous letter is deliveredto the Clarendon English Dictionary, it is rapidly clear that this is not theusual lexicographical enquiry. Instead, the letter hints at secrets and lieslinked to a particular year. For Martha Thornhill, the new senior editor, thedate can mean only one thing: the summer her brilliant older sister Charliewent missing. After a decade abroad, Martha has returned home to the citywhose ancient institutions have long defined her family. Have the ghosts sheleft behind her been waiting for her return? When more letters arrive, andMartha and her team pull apart the complex clues within them, the mysterybecomes ever more insistent and troubling. It seems Charlie had been keeping apowerful secret, and someone is trying to lead the lexicographers towards thetruth. But other forces are no less desperate to keep it well and trulyburied. PRAISE FOR SUSIE DENT: 'Susie Dent is a national treasure' - RICHARDOSMAN 'Nobody on earth knows more about the English language than Susie Dentand nobody writes about it more entertainingly' - GYLES BRANDRETH 'Stuffedwith delightful words . . . it'll keep Scrabble fanatics and wordsmithsentertained for hours' - RADIO TIMES