And on top of everything else, the JellyMan is coming to town. InThe Big Over Easy, Fforde takes a break from classic literature and tumbles into the seedy underbelly of nursery crime. Its Easter in Reading - a bad time for eggs - and no one can remember the last sunny day. As Jack and Mary stumble around the streets of Reading in Jack's lime green Austin Allegro, the clues pile up, but Jack has his own problems to deal with. The Big Over Easy: Nursery Crime Adventures 1 by Jasper Fforde. Following the pathologist's careful reconstruction of Humpty's shell, Detective Inspector Jack Spratt and his Sergeant, Mary Mary, are soon grappling with a sinister plot involving cross-border money laundering, the illegal Bearnaise sauce market, corporate politics and the cut and thrust world of international chiropody. Humpty Dumpty, well-known nursery favourite, large egg, ex-convict and former millionaire philanthropist, is found shattered beneath a wall in a shabby area of town. It's Easter in Reading - a bad time for eggs - and no one can remember the last sunny day. I don't know about you, but I really needed this. It's very much Who Framed Roger Rabbit meets The Eyre Affair, Once Upon A Time, and Humpty Dumpty Jr.: Hardboiled Detective which I really appreciated. I loved the tone and world of this story. Categories Adult Fiction, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries, Humour and Comedy, Science Fiction and Fantasy The Big Over Easy (Nursery Crime 1) by Jasper Fforde was so much fun.
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