The Big Over Easy A Nursery Crime

Jasper Fforde's bestselling Thursday Next series delights readers of every genre with its literary derring-do and brilliant flights of fancy. In The Big Over Easy, the first book in a new series, Fforde takes a break from classic literature and tumbles into the seedy underbelly of nursery crime.

Jasper Fforde is the author of the bestselling Thursday Next series. The Big Over Easy is the first in his new Nursery Crime series.

Author's Note

xiii

Mary Mary

1

(13)

Jack Spratt

14

(13)

The Fall Guy

27

(20)

Mrs. Hubbard, Dogs and Bones

47

(5)

Prometheus

52

(12)

Mrs. Laura Dumpty

64

(8)

The Nursery Crime Division

72

(7)

The Armory

79

(6)

Back at the Office

85

(7)

Charles Pewter

92

(7)

The Sacred Gonga

99

(8)

St. Cerebellum's

107

(7)

First on the Right

114

(1)

Meeting the Detective

115

(7)

Granny Spratt's Displeasure

122

(6)

Mrs. Singh Turns the Story

128

(9)

The Inquiry Begins

137

(9)

Lord Randolph Spongg IV

146

(9)

Solomon Grundy

155

(8)

Press Conference

163

(12)

RIP, Mrs. Dumpty, and ``the Case. . . Is Closed!''

175

(8)

Titans and Beanstalks

183

(7)

Mary's Doubts

190

(8)

Briggs v. Spratt

198

(7)

Good Night, Wee Willie Winkie

205

(7)

Meet the Grundys

212

(6)

Perplexity, Complexity

218

(7)

Castle Spongg

225

(9)

Lola Vavoom

234

(12)

Another Press Conference

246

(8)

Home, Sweet Home

254

(11)

Giorgio Porgia

265

(10)

What Bessie Brooks Had to Say for Herself

275

(7)

Investigated

282

(8)

Summing Up

290

(4)

Refilling the Jar

294

(6)

The Man from the Guild

300

(7)

Lola Vavoom Returns

307

(5)

The Red Ford Zephyr

312

(7)

The Goring Foot Museum

319

(6)

Dr. Horatio Carbuncle

325

(10)

Return to Castle Spongg

335

(19)

Loose Ends

354

(12)

The End of the Story

366

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The Big Over Easy A Nursery Crime

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