The Fourth Bear : a Nursery Crime

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The psychopathic Gingerbreadman is leaving bodies in his wake, but Jack Spratt and Mary Mary can't investigate. They have to track down reporter Henrietta "Goldy" Hatchett, last seen alive by the Three Bears (but was there a fourth?)-- Library Journal.

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Jack Spratt submitted by Jen Chapin-Smith on August 29, 2013, 1:27pm In the second Nursery Crime novel by Jasper Fforde, Jack Spratt tracks down the notorious serial killer The Gingerbread Man. Jack (yes, the one from the child's rhyme, although he's trying to hide that fact) is also trying to find the missing Goldilocks, but in the course of his investigations discovers far more sinister plots below the surface.

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 first book. In Jack's universe, fictional characters live in the "real" world, although they face a lot of discrimination on account of being "persons of dubious reality." In time, Jack must come out as one to his wife Madeline (his first wife died of starvation because she could eat no fat).

The plot line and characters are highly amusing, so I enjoyed not only "The Fourth Bear" but its prequel "The Big Over Easy" and look forward to the promised third.