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The big over easy

By

Jasper fforde

The first book in the nursery crime series

Copyright © jasper fforde, 2005

Frontispiece by maggy roberts

Briggs waved a hand in the direction of the corpse. “it looks like he died from ..

For my brother mathew, whose love of the absurd — and the profound — enlightened..

1.mary mary

2. jack spratt

3.the fall guy

4. mrs. hubbard, dogs and bones

5. prometheus

6. mrs. laura dumpty

7. the nursery crime division

8. the armony

9. back at the office

10. charles pewter

11. the sacred gonga

12. st . cerebellum s

14. meeting the detective

15. granny spratt s displeasure

16. mrs. sings turns the story

17. the inquiry begins

18. lord randolph spongg iv

19. solomon grundy

20. press conference

21. rip, mrs. dumpty, and “the case… is closed!”

22. titans and beanstalks

23. mary’s doubts

24. briggs v. spratt

25. good night, wee willie winkie

26. meet the grundys

27. perplexity, complexity

28. castle spongg

29. lola vavoom

30. another press conference

31. home, sweet home

32. giorgio porgia

33. what bessie brooks had to say for herself

34. investigated

35. summing up

36. refilling the jar

37. the man from the guild

38. lola vavoom returns

39. the red ford zephyr

40. the goring foot museum

41. dr. horatio carbuncle

Biohazard—extreme caution!

Concentrated live verruca spore.

Use ratio 1:100 in humidity control

Reservoir every week for maximum infection.

Superverruca: antidote

42. return to castle spongg

43. loose ends

44. the end of the story

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