Jack Spratt Investigates the Big Over Easy: A Nursery Tales Crime by Jasper Fforde: Book Beginnings on Fridays, First Line Friday, The Friday 56, and Book Blogger Hop

 

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Jack Spratt Investigates the Big Over Easy: A Nursery Crime Novel

 by Jasper Fforde

Genre: Fiction

Published: July 25, 2006

Page Count: 383 pages

Summary: 

"Meet Inspector Jack Spratt, family man and head of Reading’s Nursery Crime division. He’s investigating the murder of ovoid D-class nursery celebrity Humpty Dumpty, ex-convict and lover of women, found shattered to death beneath a wall in a shabby area of town. Yes, the big egg is down, and all those brittle pieces sitting in the morgue point to foul play.

Spratt and his new partner, Sergeant Mary Mary, search through Humpty’s sordid past in hopes of finding the key to his death. Before long, Jack and Mary find themselves immersed in a bizarre case that reaches into the highest echelons of Reading society and business."

 

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Happy Friday and welcome to the FIRST LINE FRIDAY, hosted by Reading is My Superpower! It’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line.

"Now, it says here one reprimand: You struck Detective Inspector Flowwe with an onyx ashtray. Why was that?"

"The table lamp was too heavy," she replied, truthfully enough, "and if I'd used a chair, it might have killed him."

"Which is illegal, of course," added Briggs, glad for an opportunity to show off his legal knowledge...

THE FRIDAY 56 is hosted by Anne of Head Full of Books. To play, open a book and turn to page 56 (or 56% on your e-reader). Find a sentence or two and post them, along with the book title and author. Then link up on Head Full of Books and visit others in the linky. 

"Anyway, what can I do for you?"

"Just routine stuff, Mrs. Grundy," said Jack. "We need you to confirm the whereabouts of your husband on the night of the Spongg Charity Benefit."

"Is he a suspect?" she asked.

"We need to eliminate your husband from our inquiries, Mrs. Grundy."

"Please," she said as she removed a hair clasp to allow acres of luxuriant auburn hair to tumble into her lap, and the sofa, and the coffee table, and the floor, "call me Rapunzel."

Jack and Mary exchanged glances as her long red tresses lapped at their feet like the incoming tide. They had the same thought: the twenty-eight foot human hair found at Grimm's Road.

I was in the mood for something light. They probably don't get any lighter than this.

The purpose of THE BOOK BLOGGER HOP is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, and befriend other bloggers. THE BOOK BLOGGER HOP is hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer.    

Are you a member of any book clubs, and if so, what has been your most memorable book to discuss with them? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer)

I've been a member of my town's book club since 2011. Our discussion this month on The Midnight Library by Matt Haig was excellent. Here's the list of all the titles we have discussed so far. I'd love to hear what other books have provoked good discussions for book clubs you have attended.