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Death Writ Large, RRP 37.99
A brand-new linguistic mystery from Countdown’s resident lexicographer, Susie Dent, set in the city of Oxford.
When mysterious symbols appear as graffiti around Oxford, lexicographer Martha Thornhill recognises them from a runic alphabet created by a deceased fantasy writer whose papers she once worked on.
But this is no publicity stunt, and tensions intensify when further graffiti is found near the body of a university lecturer.
Martha is not the only one to have doubts when the suspicious death is assumed by police to be a suicide.
Called upon to lend their linguistic expertise to the case, Martha and her colleagues begin to unearth a tragedy that extends beyond the ancient walls of the university.
As new messages portend more death, it’s clear that a spirit of vengeance is stalking the city’s streets and may be reaching out towards them too.
Agrippa, RRP $38
Julius Caesar is dead, and the lives of two teenage boys are about to be changed forever in this fictional memoir by Robert Harris.
One boy is Caesar’s 17-year-old nephew, Octavius, whom he has made his heir. The other is Octavius’ closest friend, Agrippa.
To claim Octavius’ inheritance, they must fight the giant figures of the Roman Empire – and, against all odds, they win. Octavius becomes Emperor Augustus.
For twenty years, they ruled the world together.
Now Agrippa is 50. Ailing and alone, betrayed by his wife’s infidelity, he takes refuge in his house on the Bay of Naples and begins to write his memoirs.
Yet stirring up the past can be dangerous.
