Guilty by Definition by Susie Dent (Bonnier Books, 2024)
Fiction
Susie Dent’s debut novel, Guilty by Definition (ISBN: 9781804183946, hardback). Set in Oxford, a trail of complex clues is sent to Martha Thornhill, the senior editor for the Clarendon English Dictionary. All point to the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Martha’s much-loved, and much-missed, sister Charlie, and a powerful secret she was keeping. Can Martha and her team decipher the clues and solve the mystery?