A review by le_corbeau_romantique
The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde

5.0

A wonderful mystery with our beloved nursery rhyme characters! Humpty Dumpty is found shattered under one of his favorite walls. It is up to the ridiculed NCD (Nursery Crime Department) and the very underestimated Jack Spratt to solve the puzzle. The author threw in many twists and turns that made this book a very interesting read. The New York Times described the story as very "Pythonesque," and I couldn't agree more. The characters were silly and it was fun to run into nursery characters. You will be laughing out loud with this book and screaming "NO WAY!" at the many surprises! I am looking for to reading the series' next installment about the Three Bears and Goldilocks.