Jack Sprat from the Nursery Crime Division of the Reading Police Department is investigating the murder of Humpty Dumpty who has fallen off a wall and shattered.
Apart from the fact that Humpty had a fatal case of Salmonella, there is more to his murder than meets the eye, as Jack realises when meeting a cast of characters who each have a motive for his murder.
Loosely based on Jack & The Beanstalk, this is a well written very funny mystery, with wonderful characters.
I don’t read much comedy, but Jasper Fforde is an author I will be sure to read more of in the future.
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