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The Big Over Easy

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The Big Over Easy

Written by: Jasper Fforde
Narrated by: Luke Thompson
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'It looks like he died from injuries sustained during a fall...' Bestselling author Jasper Fforde begins an effervescent new series.

It's Easter in Reading - a bad time for eggs - and no one can remember the last sunny day. 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.

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.

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. And on top of everything else, the JellyMan is coming to town...

(P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2005 Jasper Fforde Fantasy Humorous Literature & Fiction Mystery Thriller & Suspense Magic Fiction Comedy Suspense
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there are a series of ear-splittingly loud beeps around the middle to end of chapter 14, which the audio editors obviously forgot to edit out. It ruins the chapter flow, and probably made me go deaf. Fix the audio.

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