JASPER FFORDE

‘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 shatt...

The Gingerbreadman - psychopath, sadist, convicted murderer and cake/biscuit - is loose on the streets of Reading. It isn't Jack Spratt's case. Enforced non-involvement with the Gingerbreadman hunt looks to be frustrating until a chance encounter leads them onto the hunt for missing journalist Henrietta 'Goldy' Hatchett.

Panik in der BuchWelt: ein Krieg der Genres scheint bevorzustehen. Nur Thursday Next kann mit ihren speziellen diplomatischen Fähigkeiten das Schlimmste verhindern. Doch kurz vor den Friedensgesprächen verschwindet sie spurlos. Es ist nun an BuchThursday, der geschriebenen Version von Thursday Next, die bisher ein beschauliches Dasein in einem r...