The big Over Easy

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"Sound library."
Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Read by Simon Prebble.
Detective Jack Spratt, recently unable to convict three wily pigs in the murder of a certain wolf, meets the challenge of a new case when Humpty Dumpty is found shattered to death beneath a wall in a shady part of town.

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Jack Spratt submitted by Jen Chapin-Smith on August 29, 2013, 12:48pm In the first of Jasper Fforde's Nursery Crime series, Jack Spratt investigates the murder of Humpty Dumpty. Jack (yes, the one from the child's rhyme, although he's trying to hide that fact) soon discovers that Humpty's wife was probably also murdered, and a possible witness to Humpty's murder has since been killed, too.

The Nursery Crime series takes place in a fictional universe similar to Thursday Next's. Although it's not exactly the same universe, Thursday does make a cameo appearance in the book. Jack's universe, fictional characters live in the "real" world, although they face a lot of discrimination for being "persons of dubious reality" or PDRs.

The plot line and characters are highly amusing, so I enjoyed not only "The Big Over Easy" but its sequel "The Fourth Bear" and look forward to the promised third. If you liked Fforde's "Thursday Next" series or "Shades of Grey" you'll also like these novels.