(27) Porridge Rings, Homicidal Cookies & Cucumber Nukes
Title: The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde Publisher: Penguin Books 375 pages Genre: Fiction Synopsis: A return to the seedy underbelly of nursery crime, where characters are never as innocent as they seem. Detective Jack Spratt and Sergeant Mary Mary long to collar The Gingerbread man - psychopath, sadist, criminal genius, cookie - who's at large in Reading. Instead, their demoted to searching for missing journalist Henrietta "Goldy" Hatchett. The last witness to see her alive were the reclusive three bears, and Jack thinks something's odd about their story. How could that porridge be too hot, too cold and just right if it was poured at the same time? The question is was there a fourth bear? Review: I would love to be inside Jasper Fforde's head for just a little while. What an amazing imagination he has. I am continuously enthralled by his wit and attention to detail. The sarcastic comments, the bizarre characters and amazing literary references tha...