Susie Dent A Woman of Letters

The queen of Dictionary Corner delves into her holdall of words and amazing phrases, and also reveals her debut novel which unsurprisingly is a crime novel based around words! When an anonymous letter is delivered to the Clarendon English Dictionary, it puzzles the team of lexicographers. When more letters arrive and the team pull apart the clues within them, the questions become more insistent and troubling. Someone is trying to lead the lexicographers to the truth, while another is desperate to keep it buried.